And thus I wonder, and similarly strive to create a balance - for me, for you, for us.  For all of us. 

While still a work in progress, I am eager for this page to be an ever-growing springboard to hope, highlighting articles, organizations, businesses, and even individuals, whose work on climate change and human consciousness can offer us hope for our future and for those of generations to come. Should you have input or ideas, I'd love to hear them - do share,  and check back often to see what's new on the hope horizon!  May this little webpage serve to connect you to the amazing growth and progress that is being made in our world, and inspire and motivate you in those moments when nothing else might.

Laugh

Laughter soothes tension, activates and relieves your stress response, relieves pain, improves your mood, and strengthens your immune system - all benefits which instill hope and optimism! The following list of non climate-specific videos may cause some laughter and even a few tears of joy…Enjoy!

• Singing Beagle Video on YouTube

• TP Hand Sanitizer

• Basketball-shooting Elephant

• Some Good News, Ep. 1 (all episodes are GREAT)

• Hello: COVID-19 Adele Parody by Chris Mann

• My Corona: Parody by Chris Mann

• One Day More: Family Video of Les Miserables

• Bukahara: Happy (Official Music Video)

• Gerbil Mini-Museum (scroll down on that web page for the video!):

Read

Great things are happening - all around us! It’s just a matter of seeing it so we can believe it and make some room for hope to hang out. Please share the great things you find out there - and know that the Optimist Daily is a GREAT resource for good news!

• Clean Energy Hit Record Growth in 2020, Despite Covid-19, Optimist Daily, Nov ‘20

• Jeff Bezos announces $800 million to Climate Change, CNN, Nov ‘20

• UK to ban sale of new gas-powered vehicles in 2030, Optimist Daily, Nov ‘20

• Jay Inslee on the power of optimistic climate action, Optimist Daily, Oct ‘20

• Cambridge just dropped $4.5 billion endowments from fossil fuels, Optimist Daily, Oct ‘20

• Another company is out to capture all the CO2 it has ever emitted: Microsoft!, Optimist Daily, Oct ‘20

• Bipartisan Senate Climate Caucus Grows by Six Members, The Hill, Nov ‘19

• Should we be more Optimistic about Fighting Climate Change?, Harvard Business Review, Sept ‘19

• The “We Are Still In” Declaration, We Are Still In Campaign

• Maybe We’re not Doomed After All, NYT, Jun ‘19

This archive of articles that can instill further hope around Climate Change...

• 5 Things Happening Right Now that Can give you Hope about Climate Change, Upworthy, Dec '15

• India Can Lead the Fight against Global Warming: PM Modi, Hindustan Times, Feb '15

• Climate Consensus: Signs of New Hope on Road to Paris, Yale Envir. 360, Feb '15

• Focus on Poverty: The Wild Cards Offering Climate Hope, SciDevNet, Jan '15

• Hope for Republicans on Climate Change, Washington Post, Jan '15

• A Little Hope on Climate Change, Resilience, Nov '14

• Climate Hope Amid Melting Ice, Rising Temps, Environmental Defense Fund, Dec. '14

• 3 Points of Hope on Climate Change, Huffington Post, Jul '14

• 10 Reasons to be Hopeful that We'll Overcome Climate Change, The Guardian, Jul '14

• 3 Reasons Why you Shouldn't Lose Hope on Climate Change, Grist, Jun '14

• The Coming Climate Crash (Key Republican economist pro carbon tax), NY Times, Jun '14

Get Involved

Change-Makers and their Organizations
the amazing work being done is extensive...may this list be a springboard

Securing a Livable World in Community

• Citizens' Climate Lobby

• 350.org

• U.S. Climate Action Network

• CERES Mobilizing Sustainability Leadership

• Sustainable World Coalition

• LOHAS Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability

Raising Levels of Consciousness at the Societal Level

• Presencing Institute

• MetaIntegral

• The Shift Network

And while I certainly don't write exclusively (nor much in general lately) about hope on my blog, it does tend to infiltrate...