This essay, written by a group of CPA members, is a response to the March 2024 Digest which explores the intersection of the Gaza crisis and climate change. The first part of the conversation can be accessed via the following link (climatepsychologyalliance.org).

Dear CPA community, 

As one of the young members of the CPA circle, as well as the Climate Majority Project (climatemajorityproject.com),[1] I write to you today reflecting, as a youth, on the psychological dimension of helping to address the climate and environmental crisis (or at least that’s the intention!). Read More

During the final editing of Explorations: Issue 6 I was struck down by a tummy bug. Urgent dashes to a not-so-private bathroom kept me, my baby and husband stuck in a studio flat. My fever peaked with fainting at 4am, delirious from dehydration, having given all my milk and energy to my baby and everything else to the toilet bowl. Read More.

Like Nessa, I identify as a white middle class woman. I’m conscious of my privileges and responsibilities that come with my cultural heritage. I believe it is Whiteness - its values, psychologies and ideologies - that are driving climate change. Climate change is racist. Let’s reflect on this. Read More.