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A platform to share stories and experiences
When users first land on the website, they are greeted with a collection of personal stories about climate grief. These stories are presented in the style of a newspaper, with headlines and short paragraphs that capture the essence of each individual's experience.
We asked our participants when they feel climate grief and for their consent to share it on our platform. Here’s what they had to say…
“When numbers are rising far faster than our little human minds can conceive.”
“When a relatable carbon-emitting queen complains about her awful flight”
“When the media delegitimizes climate activism by equating it to throwing soup on paintings.”
“When green and clean companies tell consumers to fix the climate crisis that they caused.”
By viewing these stories, users can explore youths' emotions and join us in normalizing the emotions surrounding climate grief. The stories are meant to serve as a reminder that climate grief is a real and valid emotion, and that others have gone through similar feelings. Users are also invited and encouraged to send us their own their own stories to build a repository of stories on the platform.
A platform to find communities and resources addressing climate grief
After users view the stories, they are invited to take an assessment to reflect on their own goals, values, and approach to activism. This assessment is designed to help users understand their role in addressing climate grief and to match them to a personalized selection of communities.
Our goal is to bring attention to the valuable efforts and initiatives of organizations and communities working to address climate grief. By finding these communities that match their individual values, needs, and personalities, their climate grief can be transformed for the better, into other forms like climate optimism or radical imagination.
A platform to encourage community building
After completing the assessment and learning more about their role in climate care, users are able to share their results on social media. By sharing their results, users help to raise awareness about climate grief and the different communities working to address it. The platform aims to create a sense of community and shared purpose among those who feel climate grief.
