Event Information

Are you an activist or someone interested in navigating this challenging time?  

YOU'RE INVITED to a Climate Mental Health Festival that will honor our feelings around the climate crisis while fostering connection, joy, and resilience as we navigate this together. 

Choose your own adventure in a wide variety of group and reflective activities aimed to cultivate personal and collective strength and gear for action.

There will be organizations and resources available to help you find your place within the world of climate allies taking action. We embrace moments of creativity and radical joy as resistance, and we look forward to grounding - and dancing - with you!

Events and Activities Include:

    • Climate Art with Nicole Kelner of @mindfulnicole
  • Creative writing with Jayshawn Lee of @jayshawnllee
  • Fabric Mending with Alice Hale of @alice.e.hale
  • Climate Grief Processing with Robin Silver, Death & Grief Educator of @yourmorbidfriends
  • Talk & Sharing Space with Gianna Lum of @gianna_plum @climatecafe.eco
  • Comedy with Sam Zelitch of @samzdoes
  • Delectable plant-forward bites + masala chai with @imleekitchen @ fontainhas_dukaan
  • Performances:
  • Cellist Activist John Mark Rozendaal, @jmrozendaal
  • Punk Rock Band Resistance Company @resistancecompany
  • DJ Cindee Jay @cindeejay and @dream_weaver_party
  • Performance by Nate Smith @_undiscoveredcountry_ @6thfest

Collaborators Include:

  • Climate Cafe @climatecafe.eco
  • Nasty New Yorkers & The Jua Foundation @nastynewyorkers @thejuafoundation
  • Climate Imaginarium @climateimaginarium
  • Scientist Rebellion @scientist_rebellion_nyc
  • Jesus Medina Sacred Cacao  @moe_go
  • Miriam Rachael Freed Impact Entrepreneur Coaching @miriamrachaelfreed
    • Nate Smith @_undiscoveredcountry_ @6thfest

 

Schedule

4:30 - Doors
4:30 - 5:30 –Climate Art with Nicole Hellner, Mending Circle with Alice Hale, and Creative Writing with Jayshawn Lee. Check out the engaging tables for resources + local groups.
5:30-5:45: Intro talk

5:45 - 6:45 – Climate Cafe with Gianna Lum, Climate Grief with Robin Silver

6:45 - 7:15 - Break (grab some bites!)
7:15 – 7:30 – Climate Comedy with Sam Zelitch, Performance by Nate Smith

7:30- 9:00 – Cello by John Mark Rozendaal, Resistance Company band, Cindee Jay (DJ set)

9:00 - Close