We have to talk about self-care and activism

When facing the challenge of saving the world, your life is your most valuable resource

Climate crisis is the biggest threat against humanity. But if you're reading this, you are probably aware of that so I will spare you of the speech about the urgency to take action. I'd like to move forward and to ask you, activist, an important question:

Have been looking after your most important asset to help the world: your life?

Advocating for change is so important, but it comes often with many emotional costs if not handled properly. Often activists involved in social causes have deep emotional investments and profound sense of responsibility to create change. Many of them are becoming overwhelmed by the size of the threat of the climate crisis and get what is being known among the field of climate change as activist burnout. At the moment we are needing activist the most, we are seeing a lot of them breaking, and this is alarming. We need to build a culture that allows us to take care of ourselves, so we can take care of the planet.

How to engage in causes while remaining resilient and not letting them consume us?

Before discussing how we can spread the culture of self-care in activism to avoid bur, firstly we need…