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Inner Climate Response Alliance (ICRA) @innerclimate.bsky.social · 4h

Come and work with us at ICRA! We are looking for a youth coordinator and community resilience coordinator. Both roles are part-time, remote and UK based. More details here: climatepsychologyalliance.org/index.php/co...

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Rebecca Nestor @rebeccaclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Thrilled to bits that these roles are now available. Thanks to @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk for the generous funding

Climate Psychology Alliance @climatepsychol.bsky.social · 1d

Join our team! 4 p/t paid and 1 voluntary role for people who want to help shape the collective response to our worsening climate crisis:
climatepsychologyalliance.org/index.php/co...
Please share and help spread the word 🙏

#werehiring #charityjobs #climatejobs @innerclimate.bsky.social

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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats to the organisers and was great to be asked to speak about the University of Glasgow’s ‘climate change and mental health network’

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Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social · 1d

There’s a great exhibition on now in the ARC at Glasgow Uni with photographs around the theme of climate and mental health assembled by our PhD students in sociology and climate and my esteemed colleague the anthropologist Dr Alicia Davis.

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Rebecca Nestor @rebeccaclimate.bsky.social · 1d

We particularly encourage applications from candidates who are from marginalised groups.

Most of the posts are U.K. based and require the right to work in the U.K. The CPA youth coordinator role is an exception to this - see application packs for more details.

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Rebecca Nestor @rebeccaclimate.bsky.social · 1d

✴️ Closing date 31 October 2025.
✴️ Interviews in November.
✴️ All roles available immediately, for one year in the first instance with the possibility of renewal.
✴️ We seek to acknowledge systemic oppression, challenge assumptions and support an inclusive and diverse community.

Rebecca Nestor @rebeccaclimate.bsky.social · 1d

The roles:

1. Administrative coordinator
2. Inner Climate Response Alliance youth coordinator
3. CPA youth coordinator
4. Inner Climate Response Alliance community resilience coordinator
5. Co-Treasurer (voluntary role)

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Rebecca Nestor @rebeccaclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Thrilled to bits that these roles are now available. Thanks to @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk for the generous funding

Climate Psychology Alliance @climatepsychol.bsky.social · 1d

Join our team! 4 p/t paid and 1 voluntary role for people who want to help shape the collective response to our worsening climate crisis:
climatepsychologyalliance.org/index.php/co...
Please share and help spread the word 🙏

#werehiring #charityjobs #climatejobs @innerclimate.bsky.social

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Climate Psychology Alliance @climatepsychol.bsky.social · 8d

“Our well-being is foundational for the work we do in the world.” adrienne maree brown

If you're aged 18-25 join our free, online Support Space for warm care, deep listening and resilience building for living in a time of crisis.

More info and booking: bit.ly/46recKY

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Climate Psychology Alliance of North America @climatena.bsky.social · 14d

New CE alert!
www.climatepsychology.us/cpa-workshop... #mentalhealth #climatechange #disastermentalhealth

Breath-Body-Mind for Stress & Trauma Due to Climate Change, War & Disaster — Climate Psychology Alliance North America

Join us in learning practices for self-care, stress relief, emotion self-regulation, mental focus, energy, and awareness of self and others.

www.climatepsychology.us

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Climate Psychology Alliance of North America @climatena.bsky.social · 25d

“Mutual Aid organizations are rising to meet community needs, filling the widening gap left in the US by our rapidly unraveling social safety net. Explore how mental health professionals can fit into this vital work, expanding our clinical skills beyond the therapy room into frontline communities.”

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 3d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Ben Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social · 3d

Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'

Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 3d

On reports the Home Secretary plans to grant police more powers to prevent ‘repeated protests’, Greenpeace UK:

“Protest works because it is repetitive. If police had told the Suffragettes or civil rights activists ‘you’ve made your point,’ they would never have won the victories we all enjoy today"

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Rebecca Nestor @rebeccaclimate.bsky.social · 7d

This important conference coming up in November at Birkbeck will bring together mental health professionals in witnessing and responding to the genocide in Palestine. @climatepsychol.bsky.social will be attending.

www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-hea...

Mental Health Conference for Palestine: Living through the Unimaginable

A conference to bring together mental health professionals in witnessing and responding to the genocide in Palestine

www.eventbrite.com

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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 7d

MPs are incredibly busy.

That’s why this essential briefing on the #climate & #nature crisis needs under 2 hours of their time👇

What will they gain?

✅ How to dispel polluter myths
✅ Demonstrate a strong commitment to protecting our future
✅ Arm themselves to make sound decisions

National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 15d

📢 Britain faces a climate & nature emergency.
On 27 Nov, top experts will brief 800+ leaders from politics, business, culture, faith & media.

An unfiltered overview of the latest threats & solutions.
Only by facing it can we rise to the challenge.

Check if your MP is coming: www.nebriefing.org

National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature

An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats arising from the climate & nature crisis to an invite-only audience. Westminster Central Hall, 27 November. Has your MP confirmed yet?

www.nebriefing.org

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David Higgins @davidhiggins.bsky.social · 7d

#envhum

Angela Marques Filipe @angelaofthenorth.bsky.social · 8d

Part-time RA role in my Leverhulme project "Reframing Ecoanxiety". Ideal for PGRs in the social sciences and environmental-medical humanities looking for flexible, remote work. Oppts for career advacement detailed. Right to work in the UK required. Apply by October 17th for a start November 1st.

CASUAL ACADEMIC - Research Assistant

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

durham.taleo.net

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 11d

Here is the deal:

Capitalism wants you to manage your feelings, suppress them during the work day - and then we feel dysregulated and unsettled (or worse) when they return to us at force at night - and then we try to escape them.

There are other ways to consider our emotional response

Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 14d

This starts next week - plenty of seats open - including 3 free seats.

From a past participant:
“Martha offers a little toolbox: ways to notice messages from our emotions that we’ve been habitually overlooking, and strategies for how to listen to those messages...”

Riding the Roller Coaster Workshop: — What A Shrink Thinks

or grown-ups who have feelings

www.whatashrinkthinks.com

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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 12d

With Trump using the UN to amplify climate denial, the need for the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis couldn’t be greater.

Has your MP confirmed yet?
www.nebriefing.org

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Rebecca Nestor @rebeccaclimate.bsky.social · 16d

Ominous. Sinister

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 17d

This is a 4 week workshop on how to structure community groups for low conflict/consensus building /collaborative, recreational & support purposes

www.whatashrinkthinks.com/group-group

The Group Group | Build Community Resilience — What A Shrink Thinks

Join workshops and discussions to explore and nurture community groups for support, study, and recreation. Sessions focus on balance, facilitation, and welcoming environments.

www.whatashrinkthinks.com

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 17d

If you are interested it a free structured community group model, learning more, practicing, founding your own local group or participating as a facilitator in our network you can hop in here and join us tomorrow morning

www.whatashrinkthinks.com/gathered-mee...

Gathered Meeting Facilitators — What A Shrink Thinks

www.whatashrinkthinks.com

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Rebecca Nestor @rebeccaclimate.bsky.social · 18d

Appreciate you setting out your thoughts and I am happy to agree to disagree 🥰

Rebecca Nestor @rebeccaclimate.bsky.social · 18d

Yes, all fair points, though I see it differently myself. I think the editorial line is pro climate, and I find them clear about their rationale for this wrt OCC policy. And I think the Oxford situation on transport has been more than just divisive - in their position I would have safety concerns.

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Rebecca Nestor @rebeccaclimate.bsky.social · 18d

I agree it’s problematic, and so do they. But see here for the bollards-related reason why: oxfordclarion.uk/we-are-all-t...

We are all the Clarion

Occasionally we are asked “Who is behind the Oxford Clarion?” At our core is a small writing team who work for free – we have no funding from anyone. Among them are people with backgrounds in journal...

oxfordclarion.uk

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Climate Psychology Alliance @climatepsychol.bsky.social · 22d

Feeling overwhelmed about the world? Join this free online workshop for young adults (18–30). We’ll support sense-making of our emotions and share simple practices that can make a big difference in feeling more grounded and connected. pls share bit.ly/47Pmopz

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