The seven categories below are composed of books, articles, videos, discussion and support groups, community support venues, nature connection opportunities, and mind-body practices to inform and cultivate diverse aspects of climate cure. Additional offerings by Jack Adam Weber can be found at: jackadamweber.com, his YouTube channel, and on his author pages at WakeUp-World.com and CollectiveEvolution.com.
1: Books
Baker, Carolyn. Navigating the Coming Chaos: A Handbook for Inner Transition. Indiana: iUniverse, 2011. Provides emotional and spiritual preparation for turbulent times. You might also enjoy Carolyn’s other books on coping through climate chaos: Collapsing Consciously, Dark Gold, Saving Animals from Ourselves, and Savage Grace (the last two are written with Andrew Harvey).
Barrows, Anita and Joanna Macy. Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God. New York: Riverhead Books, 1996. A superb translation of some of Rilke’s finest poems; includes a fascinating account of the great poet’s life.
Climate Reality Project. Beginning the Conversation: A Family’s Guide (free e-booklet). https://www.climaterealityproject.org/sites/default/files/kidsandclimatechangee-book.pdf. A clear, sensible guide for discussing climate change with children that includes simple facts and conversation starters.
Frankl, Viktor. Man’s Search for Meaning. Boston: Beacon Press, 1959–2006. A classic and harrowing account of a psychiatrist’s life through suffering and hope amid atrocious circumstances.
Harvey, Andrew. The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism. California: Hay House, 2009. From the passionately compassionate teacher and scholar, Harvey offers wise inner and outer guidance on activism as a soulful path.
Hawken, Paul. Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. New York: Penguin Books, 2017. The encyclopedia for outer action (except rebellion) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Jung, Carl. The Basic Writings of C. G. Jung (Modern Library), New York: Random House, 1959. A good introduction to Jung’s teachings and work in depth psychology.
Kelly, Brendan. The Yin and Yang of Climate Crisis: Healing Personal, Cultural, and Ecological Imbalance with Chinese Medicine. California: North Atlantic Books, 2015. Discusses climate change and outer action in the context of traditional Chinese medicine patterns of imbalance.
Korngold, Efrem and Harriet Beinfield. Between Heaven and Earth: A Guide to Chinese Medicine. New York: Random House, 1991. The best introduction to the basic principles and practice of Chinese medicine.
Krishnamurti, Jiddu. Freedom from the Known. New York: HarperCollins, 1969. My favorite book on Krishnamurti’s radical teachings.
Leonard, David Bruce. Medicine at Your Feet: Healing Plants of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Hawaii: Roast Duck Productions, 1998-2019. An authoritative and exhaustive rendering of Hawaiian medicinal plants, including uses for food.
Levoy, Gregg. Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1997. One of my favorite books of all time; exquisite, poetic prose and many astonishing, real-life accounts to help you awaken to your deepest callings and purpose.
Licata, Matt. The Path Is Everywhere: Uncovering the Jewels Hidden Within You. Colorado: Wandering Yogi Press, 2017. Heartfelt, wise counsel from a somatic therapist about our finer jewels of being human which emerge from transformative, body-centered emotional work.
May, Rollo. The Courage to Create. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1975. A key influence in my earlier years; I can’t even remember what May said, but it changed me.
Mitchell, Stephen. Letters to a Young Poet. New York: Random House, 1984. Letters by favorite poet, Rilke, this is a compendium on fierce wisdom of the passion to write, think and feel deeply, and follow one’s truth.
Oliver, Mary. New and Selected Poems, Volume One. Boston: Beacon Press, 1992. Just read her poems if you haven’t … or if you haven’t for a while, even if it was yesterday. My favorite of her poems, “No Voyage,” was included in the Grief chapter but had to be removed for copyright reasons.
Pitchford, Paul. Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition. California: North Atlantic Books, 2002. I studied with Paul years ago, and his book is a classic on the holistic model for using herbs, food, and mind-body practices in a holistic context.
Richo, David. Shadow Dance: Liberating the Power and Creativity of Your Dark Side. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1999. A helpful guide for befriending our positive and negative shadows and making them allies.
Richo, David. When the Past is Present: Healing the Emotional Wounds that Sabotage Our Relationships. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2008. Crucial wisdom and excellent writing from one of my long-term mentors to supplement inner work, especially on grief and shadow work vis à vis “hurt people hurt others.”
Rogers, Carl. On Becoming a Person: A Therapist’s View of Psychotherapy. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1961. From one of my heroes, this heartfelt classic guided me through my late teens and helped me learn the language and landscape of inner work. While staying at a mountain retreat deep in the Spanish Pyrenees, I wept deeply the winter I learned Dr. Rogers had passed away.
Tierra, Michal, C.A., N.D. Planetary Herbology. Wisconsin: Lotus Press, 1992. My favorite herbal handbook that categorizes many Western herbs within the Chinese system.
Walker, Dean Spillane. The Impossible Conversation: Choosing Reconnection and Resilience at the End of Business as Usual. Oregon: Dean Walker, 1997. A primer on facing climate crisis honestly with a broken-open heart and building meaningful relationships.
Weber, Jack Adam. Rebearth: Poems for Personal and Planetary Transformation. Please check www.jackadamweber.com for availability.
Weber, Jack Adam. Nature of the Heart: Poems for Holistic Healing. Hawaii: Earthbound Press, 2008. A collection of poems conveying the death-and-rebirth healing process through my core love wounds.
Welwood, John. Journey of the Heart: The Path of Conscious Love. New York: HarperCollins, 1991. A “bible” to me in my earlier years by one of my first teachers on how inner work and integrity develop from the path of authentic intimate relationships and deep love.
2: Articles
Bartz, Andrea. “How City Noise is Slowly Killing You.” Harper’s Bazaar. July 25, 2017. https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a10295155/noise-detox/?fbclid=IwAR0Ac8xI0m-HXPk5XNdmRErb-zu0lDtXiDr9me_k4XgmoZOmZyDZsX-d8FE.
Gardner, Dan. “Why don’t we care about climate change?” The Globe and Mail, December 21, 2018. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-why-dont-we-care-about-climate-change/.
Hedges, Chris. “The Last Act of the Human Comedy.” Truthdig, September 2, 2019. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-last-act-of-the-human-comedy/.
Hedges, Chris. “Saving the Planet Means Overthrowing the Ruling Elites.” Truthdig, September 23, 2019. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/saving-the-planet-means-overthrowing-the-ruling-elites/.
Hedges, Chris. “The World to Come.” Truthdig, January 28, 2019. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-world-to-come/.
Jensen, Robert. “After the Harvest: Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully.” Common Dreams, June 14, 2014. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/06/14/after-harvest-learning-leave-planet-gracefully.
Leonard, David Bruce. “The Foundations of Nature Connection.” Earth Medicine Institute, 2012. https://earthmedicineinstitute.com/more/articles/foundations-of-nature-connection/.
McDougall, Dan. “Life on Thin Ice: Mental Health at the Heart of Climate Crisis.” The Guardian, August 12, 2019. https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2019/aug/12/life-on-thin-ice-mental-health-at-the-heart-of-the-climate-crisis.
McGrath, Matt. “Climate Change: 12 Years to Save the Planet? Make that
18 Months.” BBC News, July 24, 2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48964736.
Masters, Robert Augustus. “Spiritual Bypassing: Avoidance in Holy Drag.” https://www.robertmasters.com/2013/04/29/spiritual-bypassing/#.
Monbiot, George. “Only Rebellion Will Prevent an Ecological Apocalypse.” The Guardian, April 15, 2019. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/15/rebellion-prevent-ecological-apocalypse-civil-disobedience.
Moss, Michael. “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food.” The New York Times Magazine, February 20, 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/the-extraordinary-science-of-junk-food.html.
Nelson, Marilee. “Fragrance Is the New Secondhand Smoke.” Branch Basics, January 4, 2015. https://branchbasics.com/blog/fragrance-is-the-new-secondhand-smoke/.
Pagett, Norman. “Humankind is on the road to nowhere.” Medium, June 29, 2018. https://medium.com/@End_of_More/an-infinity-of-futility-5fb525fc610c.
Plested, James. “How the Rich Plan to Rule a Burning Planet.” Redflag, December 10, 2019. https://bit.ly/3853bye.
Real Simple. “Everything You Need to Know to Grow Your Own Vertical Garden.” Real Simple, September 6, 2019. https://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/gardening/how-to-make-a-vertical-garden.
Richardson, John H. “When the End of Civilization is Your Day Job.” Esquire, July 20, 2018.https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a36228/ballad-of-the-sad-climatologists-0815/.
Scher, Avichai. “Climate Grief: The Growing Emotional Toll of Climate Change.” NBC News, Dec. 24, 2018. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/mental-health/climate-grief-growing-emotional-toll-climate-change-n946751.
Watts, Jonathan. “Human society under urgent threat from loss of Earth’s natural life.” The Guardian, May 6, 2019. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/06/human-society-under-urgent-threat-loss-earth-natural-life-un-report?fbclid=IwAR07WOwuUGM4SWumFlE_nv_cv5GV4TEPixIJOgDknuhABD5P4FNv32fkVcg.
Weber, Jack Adam. “Anxiety and Depression: What Sufferers & Those Who Love Them Should Know.” Collective Evolution, September 23, 2018. https://www.collective-evolution.com/2018/09/23/anxiety-depression-what-sufferers-those-who-love-them-should-know/.
Weber, Jack Adam. “Beyond Yoga: Stretching Into the Deep Heart.” Wake Up World, February 15, 2018. https://wakeup-world.com/2018/02/15/beyond-yoga-stretching-into-the-deep-heart/.
Weber, Jack Adam. “Coronation Unveiled: A Critique and Cure for Charles Eisenstein’s Fairy Tale Pandemic Essay.” Medium. May 7, 2020. https://medium.com/@jackadamweber/coronation-unveiled-a-critique-and-cure-for-charles-eisensteins-fairy-tale-pandemic-essay-c3446906a85b
Weber, Jack Adam. “Embodied Spirituality: The Truth Shall Set You Free.” Collective Evolution, April 6, 2019. https://www.collective-evolution.com/2019/04/06/embodied-spirituality-the-truth-shall-set-you-free/?fbclid=IwAR3NkihmX55pybTniE0Mhz88kIWSRZPI30lR4E6AuL4Qi3Hjd4eUthuG20o.
Weber, Jack Adam. “Everyday Activism: Little Effort, Big Results.” Collective Evolution, June 1, 2019. https://www.collective-evolution.com/2019/06/01/everyday-activism-little-effort-big-results/.
Weber, Jack Adam. “Grief Work: Love’s Saviour.” Collective Evolution, July 31, 2018. https://www.collective-evolution.com/2018/07/31/grief-work-loves-saviour/
Weber, Jack Adam. “Healing Through Severe (Major) Depressive Disorder: Tips, Facts & Insights.” http://www.jackadamweber.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Depression-Tips-Insights.pdf.
Weber, Jack Adam. “Lockdown, with Benefits: A Model for Degrowth and a Survivable Future.” Medium. May 4, 2020. https://medium.com/@jackadamweber/lockdown-with-benefits-a-model-for-degrowth-and-a-survivable-future-c93783bb455a.
Weber, Jack Adam. “Re-thinking Love: Why Our Hearts Must Also Be Minded.” Wake Up World, June 6, 2014. https://wakeup-world.com/2014/06/06/re-thinking-love-why-our-hearts-must-also-be-minded/.
Weber, Jack Adam. “The Science of Climate Crisis.” http://www.jackadamweber.com/science-climate-crisis/.
Yalkin, Devin. “It’s the End of the World as They Know It: The Distinct Burden of Being a Climate Scientist.” Mother Jones, July 8, 2019. https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2019/07/weight-of-the-world-climate-change-scientist-grief/.
3: Video
60 Minutes. “Brain Hacking: Silicon Valley Is Engineering Your Phone, Apps and Social Media to Get You Hooked, Says a Former Google Product Manager.” January 10, 2018. 60 Minutes Overtime. YouTube video, 13:47,.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awAMTQZmvPE.
Baker, Carolyn. “Placing Climate and Other Catastrophic Events Within a Larger Story.” March 10, 2019. Video, 1:21:08. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfNuIF668MQ&t=81s.
Extinction Rebellion (Jack Adam Weber). “Climate Crisis: How to Care Enough.” August 14, 2019. Video, 17:13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=97&v=bUDCFuyd71I&feature=emb_logo.
Harvey, Andrew and Carolyn Baker. “Saving Animals from Ourselves.” May 20, 2019. Video, 23:37. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js2mGBcbMIw&list=PL4XrxrM8jT7XVpXTgEIeQNWOOVKa-6LCv&index=10&t=296s.
Hippo Works. “Cool the Climate!” March 9, 2020. (Children’s) Video: 28:42. https://cooltheclimate.com/.
Hynes, Jennifer with Dougie Hanson and Edoardo Ballerini; written by Bill McKibben. “Life on a Shrinking Planet.” January 2, 2019. Video, 55:22. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db6C0wKn440.
“Ice on Fire: Climate Change Documentary.” June 28, 2019. Video, 1:37:43. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgAflG6MW1c.
Jackson, Jeremy. “Ocean Apocalypse.” Evening lecture filmed at Naval War College on January 9, 2013. Video, 1:28:11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zMN3dTvrwY.
The Lightfoot Institute. “Nobody’s Fuel: An Engineer’s Guide to Saving the Planet.” The Lightfoot Institute. August 29, 2019. YouTube video: 1:07:16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOeoXvRQPiI&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2en7KbzwD3n6NDVu-MxrZ93rfp4pHysKCR9tqXKpuh1sqARWq2OJ0QQ2E.
Moyers & Company. “The War on Climate Scientists.” May 16, 2014. Video, 24:27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnSicq6Y1lY.
National Geographic. “Flight of the Starlings.” November 15, 2016. Video, 2:00. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYvG-vEFz4c.
The Poetry of Predicament. “Healing Our Trauma Together In an Insane World.” September 10, 2018. Video, 1:00:16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S620OItCa8.
Rae, Kerwin. “Why It’s Time To Think About Human Extinction / Dr. David Suzuki,” Kerwin Rae. YouTube video, 1:00:24. December 16, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktnAMTmgOX0&t=631s.
Read, Rupert. “Shed a Light: This Civilization is Finished, O What is to Be Done?.” November 9, 2018. Video, 1:11:55. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzCxFPzdO0Y&t=1672s.
Solomon, Sheldon. “Ernest Becker and The Denial of Death.” October 2, 2011. Video, 1:00:36. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpVkrIdz9-Y&t=1209s.
Stromsted, Tina. “On ‘Marion Woodman and the Embodied Soul.’” March 3, 2015, Video, 13:59. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zja1jI01BU.
Thunberg, Greta. “The disarming case to act right now on climate change.” February 13, 2019. Video, 11:12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2QxFM9y0tY.
UPFSI. “Scientists’ Warning at Foresight Group, EU Commission.” Filmed November 5, 2019 and delivered to EU Commission in Brussels, Belgium. Video, 39:53. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMbeYJgH_6g.
Weber, Jack Adam. “The Monkers.” February 8, 2020. Video, 0:15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oteao5RwtHA.
Weber, Jack Adam. “The Yin and Yang of Radical Transformation: Finding Sanity in Uncertain Times.” September 22, 2018. Video, 2:19:53. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgCG4QRGbs4&t=29s.
Weber, Jack Adam. “Wild Inside: Becoming Medicine for Our Times.” August 11, 2013. Video, 2:36:09. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQtOEBtAstA.
Woodman, Marion and Andrew Harvey.“Dancing in the Flames.” October 30, 2018. Video, 1:24:00. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/dancingintheflames.
Wyllie, Jan and Jennifer Hynes. “Mindbreaking: The Mental Health Effects of Environmental Change.” May 29, 2019. Video, 26:38. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awAMTQZmvPE.
4: Facebook Discussion and Activist Groups
Climate Change: Facts and Consequences: A place to share and discuss the latest, breaking climate crisis developments. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1669506253318739/.
Climate Cure: An online community discussion and support group to meet and learn more about the dynamics discussed in this book. https://www.facebook.com/groups/486290622320989/.
Ecopsychology: A place to share and discuss the holistic benefits of connecting with the natural world vis-à-vis climate crisis: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ecopsychologygroup/.
Ecosystem Restoration Camps: A discussion and strategizing group for restoring degraded lands to sequester CO2 and rehabilitate wilderness. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1206960359323785/.
Everyday Activism: A forum to network and share success stories for how to take sustainable action with “little effort for big results.” https://www.facebook.com/Everyday-Activism-465603913777148/.
Extinction Rebellion Ojai: Our local XR page for Ojai, California; stay abreast of our progress and unique forms of rebellion to address climate emergency. https://www.facebook.com/Extinction-Rebellion-Ojai-606473273190095/.
GMO Eradication Movement: Learn more and network with others about GMOs and how to eliminate them from your diet. https://www.facebook.com/GMO-Eradication-Movement-GEM-317544958304228/.
Nourish Practice: Learn more and hear announcements here about this mind-body-heart rejuvenation and transformation practice. https://www.facebook.com/The-Nourish-Practice-237532323110454/.
Sarah Baker Blogspot: A passionate, deeply stirring environmentalist and nature lover’s riveting posts: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009907061612.
5: Community Support Venues
Climate Change Café: A support platform to help you create a climate change discussion and support group in your own community. http://climatechangecafe.org/.
Death Café: A community support group to discuss and be with the reality of death; go to the site to find or host a café in your area. https://deathcafe.com/.
Ecovillages Directory: A directory of ecovillages where you can live in community, live rurally, tend to the land, and grow food. https://www.ic.org/directory/ecovillages/.
Good Grief Network: Offers support for despair, inaction, and eco-anxiety while strengthening community ties. https://www.goodgriefnetwork.org/.
Safe Circle Calls: Climate author and activist Dean Spillane-Walker hosts online video support calls for those craving companionship through climate collapse. https://livingresilience.net/safecircle/.
6: Nature Connection (in person)
Deep Nature Journeys: Wilderness solo rite-of-passage retreats combined with awareness and Qi Gong training; led by Bud Wilson. http://www.deepnaturejourneys.com/.
Earth Medicine Institute: Acupuncturist and herbalist David Bruce Leonard offers certifications in global tropical plant medicines and nature skills; based in Hawaii. https://earthmedicineinstitute.com/.
East-West Herbal Course: Taught by elder herbalists Dr. Michael and Lesley Tierra. I took this course in my early twenties. A comprehensive introduction to Chinese, Ayurvedic, and Native American herbal medicine, with optional hands-on training. https://planetherbs.com/.
Ecosystem Restoration Camps: A community-based movement to restore degraded lands to sequester CO2 and rehabilitate wilderness. https://ecosystemrestorationcamps.org/.
Mahalo ‘Aina Sanctuary: A retreat center on the windward side of the Big Island of Hawaii for transformation in body, mind, and spirit, sustainable living, and authentic community building. https://www.facebook.com/mahaloainasanctuary/.
7: Mind-Body Practices
Mindfulness Meditation: An awareness and presence-based practice popularized by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn: https://www.mindful.org/meditation/mindfulness-getting-started/. Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U70osw7R1A4.
Nourish Practice, Series I: The guided, somatic-based, rejuvenating, and deeply relaxing meditation-Qi Gong experience I developed: http://www.jackadamweber.com/downloadscds/.
Nourish Practice, Series II: Building on Series I, this is an in-depth guide to grief work and healing through core love wounds: http://www.jackadamweber.com/httpwww-jackadamweber-comrecordings/.
Vipassana Meditation and Retreats: A basic form of insight meditation that relaxes and focuses. Free 10-day retreats are offered: https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/index.
Walking Meditation: A form of mindfulness meditation especially for those who don’t like to, or cannot, sit but prefer to move: https://jackkornfield.com/walking-meditation-2/.