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Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖

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climate solutions enthusiast, machine learning engineer, recovering perfectionist, sailor, and aspiring jazz guitarist forpeopleandpla.net https://brichapman.com

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Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · Jun 17

Not sure where to start?
I made a starter pack of 5 essays for the grief-stricken, the burned out, and the quietly determined.

Start Here

A gentle guide for the tender-hearted, the burned out, and the quietly hopeful.

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Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 8h

this book "Surviving Climate Anxiety" came across my feed recently and piqued my interest - has anyone read it? thoughts?

Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 13h

It breaks my heart receiving calls from students in a panic about being accused of using AI on assignments where they never used AI.

People. If you are going to police AI use, the most important thing you can do is be human. Remember there is a human heart on the other end of that accusation.

Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 14h

The "silent majority" is where the vast majority of people want climate action but they don't talk about it because they think other people won't agree.

I imagine if that problem were resolved we would see climate climbing in voter importance.

Rowdy @r0wdy.sk33t.expert · 15h

Climate change and the environment is important to voters! Twice as salient as crime!

Not saying it needs to be the primary platform plank, but green policy is not turning anyone away from Dems.

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Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 14h

this is a collage I made to describe my purpose statement “for people and planet”

A mentor pointed out that it made her think of “the people’s planet” and “the planet’s people,” which birthed this yin and yang symbol representing the people of the planet and the planet of the people.

Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 15h

switching from SMART goals to HEART goals:

H = honest

E = energizing

A = aligned

R = realistic

T = transformative

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Climate Change Solutions @climatechange.solutions · 1d

Today's top climate solutions! 💖🌱🌎

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Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 1d

happy halloween! 🎃

The Nature Conservancy @nature.org · 1d

Skeletons aren't just bones—they're stories. Steve Huskey’s "The Skeleton Revealed" shows how vertebrate skeletons reveal movement, behavior, and evolution. From chameleons to alligators, these displays show how bones shape the form and function for survival. ➡️ https://nature.ly/4hxrt8C

Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 1d

this is so perfect for halloween!!!

Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 1d

my negotiation tutorial (packed with 10y of hard-won negotiation knowledge) is finally up! buff.ly/LCTvMnd

Negotiation for People Who Hate Negotiation

You don’t have to be pushy to be powerful.

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Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 1d

I feel like something that often gets lost in the climate conversation is:
it's not succeed or fail.
it's: every bit of CO2 makes it worse, and every bit of emissions reduction and conservation makes it better.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 2d

If you take the time to read the whole Gates memo (which I did), the bulk of the content was mostly solid and encouraging. Really!

It was the FRAME that was off--very off, from the first line.

And when your framing is off, then how you make decisions and set priorities is off. THAT'S the problem.

My quote from an Axios interview, stating that: People often think of climate change as a separate bucket at the end of a long row of other buckets of problems we're trying to fix that are wrong in the world," Hayhoe told Axios.
This includes poverty, disease and access to clean water.
"Climate change is not a separate bucket," Hayhoe said. "The reason we care about climate change is that it's the hole in every bucket."

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Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 2d

silent majority! 💪✊

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2d

“Recent studies show that between 80% — 89% of the world’s population wants to see climate action. Many would even contribute 1% of their income to make that happen, even tho people vastly underestimate their peers’ desire for change. Members of this “silent majority” come from all walks of life…”’

‘I worry about the future of my daughter’: the ‘silent majority’ who care about the climate crisis

Readers who are part of the 80-89% of the population who want to see climate action tell us their ideas on how to make their voices heard

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Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 2d

climate solutions digest #7!
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Weekly Climate Solutions Digest

Welcome Late October arrives with a thin silver light. In the north, the first frosts etch the edges of leaves, while far south, jacarandas toss purple confetti over warm sidewalks. Along the…

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Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 2d

Billie Eilish Calls Out Billionaires While Accepting Award: 'Give Your Money Away, Shorties' apple.news/AJZGwWdM5R9C...

11.5 million for food equity, climate justice, carbon reduction, and combating climate change. Thank you, Billie 💗💗💗

Billie Eilish Calls Out Billionaires While Accepting Award: 'Give Your Money Away, Shorties' — Complex

Mark Zuckerberg was reportedly in the room during Eilish's acceptance speech for the WSJ Magazine’s Music Innovator Award.

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Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 3d

I am perpetually curious about sail cargo as a climate solution. A prime example of how solving climate change can make the world more awesome.

Hayes Gardner @hayesgardner.bsky.social · 3d

Fossil-fuel guzzling ships power the global supply chain. One climate solution is good ol’ fashioned sailboats.

The world’s largest wind-powered cargo ship is on its maiden voyage, carrying cars and cognac. Its destination? Baltimore, where it’ll arrive today.
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World’s largest sailing cargo ship headed to Baltimore on inaugural voyage

With sails towering 300 feet tall — which need to be lowered to fit under the Bay Bridge — the Neoliner Origin will regularly unload automobiles, bottles of Hennessy and even cruising passengers at th...

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Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 4d

yessss!! agreed, different things resonate with different people, there are indeed many valid ways to cover climate topics.

I'd say the only wrong way is to ignore it completely.

Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 4d

Climate adaptation for athletes

ECIU @eciu.net · 4d

Athletes call for climate adaptation fightback ahead of COP30

Climate change is one of the toughest opponents facing any athlete, warns Brazilian soccer player Tamires Dias, one of around 40 elite sportsmen and women involved in the launch of new global campaign featuring at COP30.

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Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 4d

this week on substack I'm sharing some thoughts about how accepting contradiction or paradox in our lives can allow us to grow our impact.
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The Gift of Contradiction

How embracing our messy tensions can widen movements and deepen integrity

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Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 4d

this week's climate solutions digest! 🌱💖🌈
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Weekly Climate Solutions Digest

Welcome Late October light sits lower on the day, turning sidewalks to amber and orchard leaves to copper. Across marshes, geese draw their careful V, a moving stitch that makes the sky feel hand…

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Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 5d

So in that case, using social media more could result in more awareness of the problem which results in more anxiety.

But the cause of the anxiety is still climate change which is caused by fossil fuel use, not social media usage. Social media usage would be just an intermediate step to awareness.

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Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 5d

I think they’re making a correlation between social media use and climate anxiety in the study, not saying social media is causing climate anxiety!

My takeaway was that social media might be educating folks about the reality of the climate situation.

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Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 5d

🫶 @sarahjaquetteray.bsky.social’s climate anxiety field guide changed my life, check out her work!!

Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 5d

Listening to Kimberley and guest Sarah Jacquette Ray discuss how to calm climate anxiety even with the news is dire on a new episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit #MentalHealth #podcast

457 The Secret to Calming Climate Anxiety (Even When the News Feels Like Doom) with Sarah Jaquette Ray

Podcast Episode · Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression · 10/27/2025 · 54m

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Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 5d

San Francisco when climate change was solved.

Mysteriously has a lot more water and a ferry over my house but I am NOT ASKING TOO MANY QUESTIONS.

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Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 5d

fascinating research on climate doom

holly jean buck @hollyjeanbuck.bsky.social · 5d

One important finding for me was the overwhelming negative imagery that people have about climate change, when we asked an open-ended question about the first image that came to mind. We're missing positive imagery and narratives about the transition and climate action.

Bri Chapman - for people and planet 💖 @brichapman.com · 5d

love a heat pump! ⚡️

Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 5d

💡 In a new piece on the Project Drawdown Insights hub, Heather McDiarmid, Ph.D. breaks down five reasons heat pumps are awesome for your comfort, your community, and the climate!

👉 Dive into the full article: https://bit.ly/4o9lFot

Five ways heat pumps are more awesome than you think

If you trust your freezer to keep your food frozen, you can trust a heat pump to keep your home cozy. But if you’re still on the fence, here are five reasons that heat pumps are awesome for you, the p...

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