EP#07: Overcoming Eco-Grief with Lindsay Coulter

Healthy Green Homes is a part of the EcoParent Podcast Network: https://www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

This episode is generously sponsored by Eucalan: https://www.eucalan.com

Intro:
Learning about and acting on toxins, environmental degradation, and other hard topics requires the capacity to do so without letting it drag you down. It can be easy to sink into fear and despair, feeling like it’s too big to handle. We are needed. And we can make a difference. So we need the capacity to tackle hard things.

I was lucky enough to start to build this capacity with support from Lindsay Coulter when I worked with her in the David Suzuki Foundation’s Queen of GreenTM Coaching Program. I invited her to chat with me to help you build capacity too.

Lindsay Coulter is a dedicated mother of two, naturalist, community catalyst, soul activist, mentor, writer and horse lover in Victoria, B.C. She seeks to inspire others to claim sane leadership and find better ways to be in this world together. She believes in creating good human society wherever we are, whenever we can with the people and resources available to us now.

Her expertise is as a green living expert for more than a decade, as former David Suzuki’s Queen of GreenTM, a leader, mentor, facilitator, community catalyst, compassion cultivator, soul activist and courageous conversation starter.

List of Topics Covered:
What it means to take sane action
Simple ways to build community and why this is essential
How we can reconnect to nature in an increasingly disconnected world
Eco-grief and building the capacity to cope
How to show up on social media
Having conversations with people who aren’t on board
Hope and fear in chaotic times

Links:
You can find Lindsay here:
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SaneAction
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saneaction
The forest and nature school, EPIC: https://epiclearningcentre.org/

Other links mentioned:
Margaret Wheatley "Beyond hope and fear": https://www.margaretwheatley.com/articles/BeyondHopeandFear.pdf

Nature & Children: https://childnature.ca/taking-care-of-the-heart-through-nature-play-and-connection-in-chaotic-times/

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Partnerships:
Audio magic on this episode was performed by Carlay Ream-Neal. This episode was edited by Emily Groleau.