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2026-09-26 08:11 UTC

A teenager struggling with climate anxiety searches for hope in an unexpected place – writing letters to imprisoned activists. Max, 14, is on a quest to understand the human stories behind direct action and why so many climate protesters are in prison. Why indeed https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2026/sep/22/prison-letters-the-teenager-writing-letters-to-jailed-climate-activists-documentary?CMP=saturdayedition_email #climatechange #protest

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  • I understand this is unsettling. I want to say, I don't believe in apocalyptic scenarios. The urgency is real, but we can avert the climate crisis. Much has been done over the past decade, but, obviously, more is needed This despair that nothing can be done, is getting worse by the apocalyptic overload of our times. But I also think that we have not yet learned to talk about the implications of climate change. We need a new language for it. This preoccupies me for some time now.

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  • @gvs@rebelbase.site 2026-09-26 12:11

    @Climatehistories@mastodon.social We should be very ashamed to talk kids into existential fear.

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  • @nkar@mastodon.social 2026-09-26 14:32

    @Climatehistories@mastodon.social Heartbreaking. Thanks for sharing.

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  • @Climatehistories@mastodon.social To those feeling exhausted: I had the honour of speaking on behalf of @RDL@freiburg.social with the philosopher Dr Marina Christodoulou about the phenomenon of ‘ontological exhaustion’, because when outrage at all these unjust circumstances repeatedly comes to nothing, it can result in a deeper form of exhaustion. We conducted the conversation in English.. https://rdl.de/node/81043

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  • @squishberry@mastodon.world 2026-09-27 00:56

    @Climatehistories@mastodon.social They should write a letter to their parents, asking them to explain why they thought it was a good idea to procreate.

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  • @Climatehistories@mastodon.social I wonder why the state would imprison people who are trying to change it

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