Introduction: 7:30-8:30pm (PDT), Wednesday April 20, 2022

Email Jayne Schauer at jschauer@rc.org to receive the Zoom link.

Climate change has caused grievous damage to the Earth and all living beings. As we become more and more aware of this damage, and the inadequate human response to it, we are left with a range of feelings. Unreleased, pent-up feelings of grief, fear, and frustration tend to interrupt our initiative and dim our hope for the future. These unreleased painful feelings can drain our energy and interfere with thinking well about what is to be done and acting appropriately and effectively—in this case, to end the climate emergency.

Re-evaluation Counseling (also known as RC or Co-Counseling) is a well-established theory and practice that is used by people of all ages and backgrounds to exchange effective help with each other to free ourselves from the pent up emotions that result from oppression, or watching needless destruction of the planet, and many other hurts. By taking turns listening to each other and encouraging the release of emotional pain, people can heal old hurts and become better able to think, to speak out, and to organize and lead others in building a world in which human beings and other life forms are valued and the environment is restored and preserved.