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On this episode of The Coolest Show, we will have a conversation about care & repair. Our conversation will include many topics including suicide, burn out, stress, and many things that you may be dealing with personally. If you feel alone and need help please contact the suicide hotline by calling or texting 988 or visit https://988lifeline.org to chat with a counselor. 

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As Earth month ends and May ushers in mental health awareness, Climate Critical is calling to question the way the climate/environmental movement has been doing the work and how it hurts us. After surveying people from 106 different types of environmental organizations, researchers concluded everyone is burnt out. 

“The movement takes on the attributes of the place where it was built, and America itself organizes everything about how it works to extract from Black and brown people, from women…” said Tamara Toles O’Laughlin, founder of Climate Critical and a producer of The Coolest Show. Care and repair is an ethos that ensures we take care of the inputs and people, that we hold space for humanity and rest as an active part of how we do our work. Tamara joins Rev Yearwood to discuss the dangers of burnout, pathological integrity, and the reputational risk Black women are taking to ensure we are healthy and able to win. 

Climate Critical’s full Climate Burnout Report releases on April 28th. Find out more and support at www.climatecritical.earth

Supplemental Readings

https://atmos.earth/tamara-toles-o-laughlin-climate-activism-burnout/

https://www.thecut.com/article/climate-change-burnout-black-women.html