In a world where peace is used to justify war, and where ordinary people are calling for an end to genocide, what would it mean to build a culture of...
Read: Reflections on Climate, Collapse, and Collective Healing
Read Essays: This is where I slow down. Where thoughts stretch into full sentences and emotions take their time. In a world driven by headlines and hot takes, this space is different. Here, I write about climate collapse, climate anxiety, personal grief, and the quieter truths behind global systems — because sometimes, the most urgent change begins within.
These essays are part reflection, part invitation. They’re grounded in lived experience and emotional honesty, often sitting at the messy intersection of mental health, social justice, and planetary crisis. Whether I’m writing about burnout, uncertainty, or the politics of peace, my goal is always the same: to make the climate crisis human — and to remind us we’re not alone in feeling it.
If you're looking for climate storytelling, emotional resilience, or just a place to think deeper about what comes next — you're in the right place.
After weeks of movement, exhaustion and emotional weight, I woke up needing to do something with my hands. So I built a small fence that became a...
After taking part in a Spanish and Dutch research group on activists and algorithms, I found myself sitting with a deeper question. Are activists...
From a perfect sunny morning to war as content, this piece reflects on what it means to keep searching for humanity in a world where dehumanising can...
Fiction can offer something facts alone cannot. This reflection explores why science fiction and horror matter now, and how stories can help us carry...
After several heavy, world focused pieces, this week’s READ turns to something quieter and much smaller. But not smaller in meaning. When two baby...
After co facilitating a pilot gathering at The Hague Humanity Hub, I walked home thinking about what the morning had revealed. In a world that pushes...
A lunch conversation with my partner, housemate, and a close friend opened up something much bigger than food, boycotts, or personal choices. It...
This past week brought murder on the high seas, another round of the productivity debate, and a new belief I cannot unsee: if we want to survive what...
A quote from Star Trek sent me down a rabbit hole about Europe. We have War Colleges everywhere, but where is our Peace College? Defence is...
Monsters run the world. Now what? A funny, honest six phase map from burnout to community, and why my projects keep evolving into connection.
A simple phrase, give and take, can quietly train us to treat care like a transaction. What happens when receiving starts to feel like debt, and...
A late night in Brussels turned into a question about belonging, safety, and what we do when the ground keeps shifting. This is my takeaway: radical...
A Sunday lunch turns into a reflection on nostalgia as a coping mechanism and the myth of normal. I map three ways I notice people cope as the world...
After a big day, I sometimes call it a treat and disappear into delivery food and a binge. But the comfort trap is sneaky. It looks cosy, yet leaves...
Choosing what builds life is my vow for 2026. Dear friends, Watching these READ articles grow in 2025 from a handful of people when I started, to...
An end of year reflection on belonging to community, protecting attention, and reducing noise in 2026 Humanity reflection: This is a Polaroid from...
News detox as a personal choice not a moral failure. News Detox: As I start to write this, I’m not entirely sure how. The activist in me wants to...
SLIP SLOP SLAP The jingle I still remember, and the problem we actually solved. Slip Slop Slap: I want to share a good news story. And...
Recently my father sent me a news article that first made me angry because of its ridiculous fear based language. But when I slowed down and looked...
Kenton (one of my rabbits) taught me something this morning. While I try to build community in my neighbourhood, community is already thriving in my...
How Leaders Use Fear as Power To Shape Our World Fear as Power: this is Part Two of my journey into fear narratives. Part One was deeply personal. It...
Fear Narratives and Self Doubt: I think the first thing I need to say is that I did not expect to feel anything at all. It was just another political...
I’ve been thinking about the power of words. My words. The things I always say. I think for most of my life I believed saying sorry was good...
Bill Gates climate shift concerns me. Once calling global warming the world’s biggest threat, he pushed for action, funding, and innovation to avoid...
Why your voice and your way of seeing things, matters more than you know. Climate Storytelling: I’ve spent years working in communications. I’ve...
Reconnecting Before It’s Too Late Kinship with the non-human world: What if the smallest lives—those we rarely notice—have the most to teach us...
Imagination: There was a time when people looked to the future with wonder. Not fear, not dread — but wild possibility. We don’t need...
There’s something deeply wrong with the world, and a growing number of us can feel it in our bodies. Maybe it shows up as restlessness. Numbness...
The Beauty of Not Knowing What Comes Next I don’t have a five-year plan. I’m not even sure what next month looks like. Embracing Uncertainty: For a...
We often imagine collapse as something loud — sirens, floods, fire. But what if it’s not? What if it’s quieter than that? Closer? Already here? I...
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