When I was nine, I started a project aptly named Superheroes Needed that was recognized by Bill McKibben’s national climate rally. The organization was founded upon the idea that each of us can enjoy realizing our potential as superheroes to fight for our right to a livable climate. Now, 18 years after founding Superheroes Needed, it’s more relevant than ever. It’s about doing away with the Western, white savior idea that one superhero will save us. It’s about understanding our power as individuals: to hold the powers that be accountable, to make individual changes that are accessible to us, and to build communities of like-minded people. It’s about looking at what and who you love, and knowing that your lived experience is enough to protect those things. You don’t need a degree to be an expert.The truth: we are all superheroes, and we need each other.
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We're all actually superheroes; let's figure out what that means for each of us. In this 2.5=hour interactive workshop, we're going to take our climate anxiety and channel it into tangible info about ourselves. Finding your superpowers is a long-term process unique to each individual, and this workshop can be considered Step 1 in the journey.
What will you get out of this workshop?
Our Superhero Qualities and Finding Your Element exercises will illuminate what makes YOU thrive, bringing you clarity and groundedness in this sea of climate news, analysis paralysis, and uncertainty.
Community Mapping will empower you with a plan. You'll feel capable and connected to the people who will help you along your path.
The connections you form with the group, as well as my guidance and support, will give you confidence and preparedness to put yourself into action to be helpful to the world and to yourself.
Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is for people who feel the pressure of the climate crisis but feel stuck or confused on how they can put their skills and passion to higher use. You might have some 'threads' (i.e. 1. you have a communications background and 2. you care about social justice) but are feeling paralyzed and maybe a little frustrated about how to pull at them. Maybe you're a ceramicist who wants to use your creativity and platform to support climate causes, but you don't know how to find or support one. Maybe you're a student about to graduate, but you don't know whether you want to pursue nonprofit, government, or corporate life. Maybe you're mid-career with expertise in your field and aren't sure how to pivot to climate or integrate climate into your existing work. You're in your life, but you don't want to get five years down the line and feel like you didn't have an impact.
How much does this workshop cost?
The price of this workshop is $125.00 for our 2.5-hour session, but please email me (madeleinemacg@gmail.com) if you are in need of financial assistance!
We're saturated with information about climate catastrophes and 'analysis paralysis' runs rampant! Let's sit together, get grounded, make a plan, and form community that supportively holds us accountable.
