Full disclosure: I am a pluviophile. That means that I love rain, in all forms. I love monsoon downpours, steady rain pattering on the roof, misty seaside rains, even dull drizzles on endlessly gray days.
Author: Debra Denker
What are you Grieving? The Goddess Isis Weeps
What are you grieving? Who among us is not grieving someone, something, or many things and people?
Why a Climate Healing Meditation Now?
Even as we enter the second year of a pandemic, the climate emergency continues unabated, with 2020 either setting a new record or tying for the warmest year on record, depending on who is measuring and their specific methods. Since the start of the pandemic we’ve seen record fires in Australia, California, and Siberia, record … Continue reading Why a Climate Healing Meditation Now?
The Year the World Disappeared: Gratitude and Honest Grief Are the Paradoxical Catalysts for Transformation
In this pandemic year of repeated shrilling alarms of climate emergency, what are you grieving the most? As this strangest of years comes to a welcome close, I am finding that grief and gratitude are a paradox I must hold daily. Nine months into the particular nightmare of the pandemic, I still wake up each … Continue reading The Year the World Disappeared: Gratitude and Honest Grief Are the Paradoxical Catalysts for Transformation
Climate Change is a Foundational and Intersectional Issue of Life or Death
In a way, climate change is really the ONLY issue. Because if we don’t get this one right and, at minimum, hold global heating to the 1.5 degrees C agreed on in in the non-binding Paris Accords, none of the other issues that progressives—or anyone else—care about are going to matter.
Climate Change Fiction on American TV: “Madam Secretary” and…That’s About It
As Hurricane Dorian slams into the Bahamas as a category 5 storm with sustained winds of 185 mph and gusts of 220 mph, I remember the opening scenes of an episode of Madam Secretary. When I tuned in, I was initially confused. We’re in the cockpit of a NASA plane flying into the violent eye … Continue reading Climate Change Fiction on American TV: “Madam Secretary” and…That’s About It
I Didn’t Always Hate Summer—Climate Change Stole Our Gentle Summers
As we say good-bye to July, the hottest month worldwide since record-keeping began, I mourn for the way summer used to be.
Opening the Hearts of Climate Change Deniers and Delayers
Sometimes it’s hard not to be angry at people who fail to connect the dots of “extreme weather” to the pattern of climate emergency.
Solarpunk and Cli-fi, Oh My! The Case for Optimism
Cli-fi, fiction about the climate crisis, is still hardly a household word—or even a known genre among booksellers—years after Dan Bloom coined the term in 2007. I still get blank stares most of the time when I introduce Weather Menders to a bookseller, or talk about the genre with people who are not deeply involved … Continue reading Solarpunk and Cli-fi, Oh My! The Case for Optimism
Climate Action and Earth Healing: Choosing Joy and Love
Even as the climate and extinction news grows worse day by day, I remain convinced that Consciousness is the wild card that gives humanity a choice.
Weather Menders 