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How do we reclaim joy and healing in a time of Climate Emergency? Eaarth Feels Podcast co-host Christine, self-described Climate Crone, as well as mother, author, and energy healer introduces her new podcast, Climate of Joy. Climate of Joy looks at the Climate Emergency that we are facing, and the opportunity that the current ecological and environmental, social, and economic planetary crises offer for dramatic spiritual and cultural healing. If you are ready for a new conversation about climate change, check out Climate of Joy, available wherever you download your favorite podcasts. Or click here to head over to the podcast website. For everyone who listened to the end of this episode, click here to go to the free thank you gift!

In this second episode of a two-part special COP27 podcast, Christine discusses how to apply a "bigger picture" perspective to the devastation of climate change with guest Sandra Boatman. Sandra is a skilled energy intuitive who embodies Divine Feminine ways of knowing and healing. Tune in for a conversation that ranges from practical energetic ways of releasing trapped emotions, and why that is important, to the planetary influences at this important time. Feeling stressed and anxious about the state of the world? Join the free online Healing circle Christine leads on the first Saturday of every month for energetic support in these challenging times. 

In this pre-COP 27 podcast, Christine discusses the world of vibrating energy and connection revealed by quantum mechanics. How can those of us who are alarmed about the climate emergency apply that information to our current situation? Christine explores this question, adding insights into other dimensions that she has glimpsed in her work as a spiritual detective and intuitive energy healer. If you want to share your feelings about climate change in a supportive circle, and have the opportunity to shift them using energy techniques, you are invited to join the free online Healing circle that Christine leads on the first Saturday of every month on Zoom.

***Spoiler Alert*** Does Apple TV's Ted Lasso, featuring a relentlessly optimistic American recruited to coach a professional English soccer (or football, if you aren't North American) team, have any insight to offer those of us who are kept awake at night because of the climate emergency? The show's second season includes an episode entitled "Do the Right-est Thing" and in today's podcast Christine and Rose discuss what, if anything, this popular show has to teach us about doing just that in a time of global climate change.

As pivotal UN climate talks begin at the COP26 summit in Glasgow on October 31st, this podcast episode spotlights youth whose voices are not often heard at climate negotiations, but who will be living with the impacts of a less stable climate all their lives. Six young people from around the world, including from those countries being most impacted by climate destabilization already, send a message to the leaders meeting in Glasgow.

The United Kingdom will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on November 1 to November 13, 2021. Will world leaders commit to making the changes necessary?  

"No matter what he says today, remember, Shell has spent millions covering up the warnings from climate scientists, bribing politicians, and even paying soldiers to kill Nigerian activists fighting against them, all whilst rebranding to make it look as though they care and that they have the intention of changing." This week's Best in Climate article, originally published on CommonDreams.org, discusses how brilliantly climate activist Lauren McDonald articulated the frustrations of many at Shell's climate inaction & obstruction. McDonald was sharing the stage with the Shell CEO Ben van Beurden at a TED climate conference in Edinburgh Scotland. COP26, the UN Climate Conference, begins in Glasgow on October 31st.

"It is helpful to know that to care about others, much less about the environment or the quality of life on the planet, is extremely recent in the evolution of consciousness of millennia." Dr David Hawkins This episode of Eaarth Feels is a discussion of climate change, and the other environmental challenges we are facing, in the context of psychiatrist Dr David Hawkin's Map of Consciousness.

Climate change and environmental destruction have inspired court cases around the country and the globe, aimed at protecting the natural world. Journalist Katie Surma gives us a brief history and provides us hope for Earth's future. This story originally appeared in Inside Climate News and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.

Climate Breakdown is undeniable and no one is coming to save us. How do we step into this moment? Rose reminds us we are the ones we have been waiting for.

"Our leaders are lost," said Nakate of Uganda, "and our planet is damaged." This week's Best in Climate article highlights the recent addresses by youth climate activists Vanessa Nakate and Greta Thunberg at Youth4Climate summit. Originally published on CommonDreams.org.

Continuing our monthlong coverage on Climate anxiety, Shannon Thompson, the founder of Shakti Rising,  shares insights with Rose  from her 22 year history leading a trauma informed women's change organization.