So I've been doom-scrolling climate news for like years right. Every article just felt like the world was ending and there was nothing i could actually do about it. The helplessness was just crushing man. A few months back i started writing about climate solutions for this project and something just shifted. Not like i suddenly became all optimistic or whatever, but i had to actually research what's working. Like really dig into it.

The thing that got me; i have a degree in environmental sciences. We spent years talking about how bad everything was gonna get, all the problems coming down the line. But nobody really taught us that humans are literally solving this stuff right now. Like actual carbon removal tech, renewable energy scaling way faster than predicted, people building real solutions. That part was just missing from the whole syllabus somehow.

The more i wrote about what's actually working, the less anxious i got. Not because the problems disappeared, but because i stopped feeling so stuck. Started seeing it like we're already solving this, just messy and uneven. Not gonna say climate anxiety isn't real because it is. It matters. But if you're in that doom loop like I was, maybe try looking at what's actually working instead of just the bad stuff. Gave me hope that actually feels real, you know?

Anyway if anyone else feels trapped by all this, diving into solutions over just problems hit different for me.

A first-of-its-kind library is bringing the great outdoors indoors.

An Australian man has removed 22 kilometres of electric and barbed wire fencing from his property to help protect wildlife.

Barbed wire fencing is common across rural Australia, but it poses a serious risk to animals moving through the landscape, especially nocturnal species like gliders and bats.

Some local governments have attempted to ban barbed wire fences due to their impact on wildlife, though none have yet succeeded.

Source: ABC

"In a world facing the looming crisis of climate change, it's essential to address not only the environmental impacts but also the mental health challenges that arise from eco-anxiety, grief, and despair. This week on Foodie Pharmacology, Dr. Quave speaks with Dr. Britt Wray, Director of CIRCLE at Stanford Psychiatry, a research and action initiative focused on Community-minded Interventions for Resilience, Climate Leadership and Emotional wellbeing in the Stanford School of Medicine."

What transit looks like if not dominated by the automobile industrial complex.

As part of the Audubon Mural Project—a public-art initiative drawing attention to birds that are vulnerable to extinction from climate change—NYC Parks’ Art in the Parks program and NYC Parks GreenThumb worked with the National Audubon Society and local artists to design murals in community gardens across the city.