Climate café listening and music circle

What do you FEEL about the climate crisis? It can be hard translating our feelings around this huge issue into words - language can feel clunky and slow while feelings might shift and fade as we try to capture them. The words to describe what you’re feeling might not even exist!

So… what if you could experiment with sound and music as well as words ?

We warmly invite you to the second Climate Cafe Listening and Music Circle.

This format is based on the usual climate café approach, but introduces something new - the chance to use musical instruments and your voice to express, explore and deepen feelings related to the climate crisis.

Music has the capacity to embrace emotional complexity and contrast, enabling access to the truth of a feeling in a way that words cannot express. But don’t worry, this isn’t about performing - or even knowing how to play a musical instrument!

We’ll improvise in a group and we might find new ways of exploring and understanding the potentially difficult, fluctuating or conflicting feelings that may arise. The only thing that matters in this space is the experience of making sounds together.

This event will be led by music therapist Jim Davey-Hewins and climate cafe facilitator Rebecca Nestor. It’s free to attend and there will be cake and hot drinks.

Need to know:

• No musical experience is necessary

• Instruments will be provided

• Over 18s please

This event is open to all. It may be of particular interest to you if you’ve previously attended a climate café listening circle and are interested in trying a new approach. If you’ve never been to a climate cafe you are also welcome, and you might be interested to find out more about climate café listening circles on the Climate Psychology Alliance website

Please arrive in good time (13.45 if possible) to give us all time to settle in together and start at 14.00.