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"This is the WAY." Dear David Fleming, I 💚 you.
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Shaun ChamberlinThe wonderful @mongabay reminds us how to put #darkoptimism into practice
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/08/the-case-for-hope-in-environmental-journalism/
The case for hope in environmental journalism
I often return to this image, which I took in 2022 in Jambi, Indonesia. At first glance, it seems to capture something hopeful: a full-circle rainbow arcing over a lush green landscape. But look closer, and you’ll see what lies beneath the beauty: a vast oil palm plantation, carved out of what was once native […]
Pauline von Hellermann#ClimateDiary I have just signed up for "Surviving the Future: A Path Through Tumultuous Times", an online course with wonderful @DarkOptimism
I wanted to share it here as I thought perhaps others on #ClimateDiary might be interested too - and we can do this together! A nice way to connect and talk. There is also a Deep Dive version.
#DarkOptimism is where I am at, and I really look forward to connecting with others to navigate these tumultuous times together.
https://ecogather.ing/surviving-the-future-a-path-through-tumultuous-times/
#ClimateDiary I like this very much, it captures my present mood perfectly. And I thought others on Climate Diary might appreciate a bit of #SolarPunk #DarkOptimism too (and you, too, @DarkOptimism 😊) https://mastodon.art/@NiwlCraft/113148827347218495
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Attached: 1 image A ship from the past, oil on panel, 2018. This was the culmination of years of reading about ecology, collapse, and low tech, + my experience sailing on historical ships 100 years old. #oilpainting #MastoArt #lowtech #sailing #sailcargo #containership #shippingindustry #postcollapse #solarpunk #ecopunk #ecology #windpropulsion
Stingray's Badger FriendThank you Shaun Chamberlain of @DarkOptimism for radically changing my world, with the article below.
I've been struggling with a loss of hope recently, and love your concept of #DarkOptimism
I also love the "two legged" model for bringing #CO2 #emissions together with #biodiversity loss as different parts of the same challenge facing humanity.
Your inspiration is much appreciated
#ClimateEmergency
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateAction
#ClimateJustice
#Pollution
Millan Millan and the Mystery of the Missing Mediterranean Storms
Welcome to the story of Millan Millan and the Mystery of the Missing Mediterranean Storms, where we follow the over fifty year-long career of noted Mediterranean meteorologist Millan M. Millan, profoundly expanding our view of climate change along the way.
@pvonhellermannn
Ah, absolutely my pleasure Pauline.
This short piece perhaps best sums up the strength that I too find in the realisation:
https://www.darkoptimism.org/2013/01/20/the-secret-truth-behind-environmentalists/
My late friend #MichaelDowd called it the 'post doom' space, which is another term I love. If of interest, here's our very first conversation — I guess it's #postdoom meeting #darkoptimism and, perhaps unsurprisingly, finding we had a lot in common..!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR0C8h7go40
@DarkOptimism i finally read your piece about Schumacher College yesterday ( @urlyman also posted it here) - that is incredibly sad news. I kept on meaning to visit and was in touch with Ruth Potts there last year .. but I am very glad that it led me to your websites and work, and to #DarkOptimism! That shall be my outlook now too 😊
#ClimateDiary 2/2 I have been struggling in recent months with feeling really hope- and helpless regarding climate action (and much else). But now feel that there is also strength in this realisation, so much still that we can do for each other and the world even when the bigger picture is incredibly bleak. Then yesterday listened to @DarkOptimism talking about #DarkOptimism - and this term captures it perfectly. Thank you, Shaun!
https://www.ecogather.sterlingcollege.edu/surviving-the-future
Surviving the Future — Exploring Ecological, Economic, and Social Crises — EcoGather
Led by author, activist, and educator Shaun Chamberlin, Surviving the Future: Conversations for Our Time curates spaces for realists about our troubled times. Exploring responses that bring hope and meaning amidst the intertwined crises unfolding as you read these words.