Summer Reading Circle

Over the past several years, our team has been diving deeper into learning about the climate crisis and our role as evaluators in restoring good relationships with the Earth.   At the conclusion of our 2024 summer reading circle, which focused on the book of essays All We Can Save, our team convened to share… More

“Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge” – Audre Lord (p. 248) The week of September 9th, Cathexis team members met to discuss the chapter “Feel” from All We Can Save (Johnson & Wilkinson, 2020) for our Summer Reading Circle. The section contained essays and stories about the emotional toll the climate crisis presents.… More

“We must link arms across movements, across race, across class, across organizations.” – Jacqui Patterson (p. 202)  In the face of the climate crisis, it’s easy to feel disheartened. We are fighting something so much bigger than ourselves, and slow progress can make it feel like what we are doing isn’t enough. Yet we see… More

After a bit of a break, we return with a new chapter from our summer reading circle! This week, we covered the chapter “Reshape” from All We Can Save (Johnson & Wilkinson, 2020). It focused on the need to change our built environment and economic systems to become more climate resilient.  We particularly enjoyed the… More

In our latest session of our summer reading circle, we covered Chapter 4: Reframe from All We Can Save (Johnson & Wilkinson, 2020). In this session, our focus was on reshaping the narrative around climate change: how can we tell a story that inspires hope and compels action? A critical aspect of reframing the climate… More

Inequality and climate change are the twin challenges of our time, and more democracy is the answer to both.” (Heather McGee, p. 91) In our team’s third meeting this summer to discuss Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson’s essay collection All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, we focused… More