How to Talk about Climate Change SOLUTIONS and SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT i...

There's much talk about climate change and all the challenges that need to be faced to remedy this situation we all find ourselves in, but what about SOLUTIONS?

Our mind is an innate problem-solver. Without training, it'll focus on problems by default, because its intention is to be helpful. However, focusing on problems might not be as helpful as we think. It isn't a question of denying, repressing, suppressing or ignoring problems, but rather, of being able to recognise them, accept them, and still not lose hope or fall into despair.

It is from facing challenges and being calm enough to allow solutions to come to us through insight that resilience is strengthened within us.

This is why mindfulness practices can help us widen our perspective and see more clearly in order to include not only the problem itself, but also the possible solutions.

So what are some of the solutions and sustainable development goals being talked about on the global table? What are world leaders discussing in terms of facing the challenges and proposing goals for the future we want? Learn some useful vocabulary to talk about these fascinating and important topics, and reflect on how YOU might want to contribute to creating a more peaceful, joyful and fair world as well:


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