Reconnection: Meeting the Climate Crisis Inside Out "This report is brilliant... and fantastically important" - Caroline Lucas MP, former Green Party leader and MEP Version 1.2 - released 4 May 2022 DOWNLOAD THE REPORT Home printer-friendly black & white version PRINT VERSION: Blackwells UK, Amazon UK, Barns & Noble US, Amazon US Climate change is a physical reality, demanding political and practical solutions. But its inner dimension, overlooked entirely by mainstream approaches, is a human crisis of relationship. Reconnection: Meeting the Climate Crisis Inside Out outlines the relevance of mindfulness and compassion practices in addressing the endemic disconnection from self, others and nature at the root of the climate crisis. We explore the cognitive and emotional foundations of conscious connection and discuss the potential for mindfulness and compassion practices to be developed into powerful enablers of reconnection, fostering both greater resilience and more appropriate responses to global sustainability crises. Written by Jamie Bristow, Rosie Bell and Professor Christine Wamsler (LUCSUS), the report follows a research collaboration between the Mindfulness Initiative and the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, including 25 in-depth interviews with national and transnational politicians and policymakers, and a large-scale consultation with leading experts working on linking ‘inner’ and 'outer' aspects of the climate crisis. We draw upon the emerging evidence base linking internal transformation to sustainability, and broader academic literature on the prosocial impact of mindfulness and compassion training. Initiative Mindfulness France have produced a translation of parts of the report into French, Se reconnecter à nos qualités humaines innées pour faire face à la crise climatique. We are grateful to them for making these ideas more accessible to the francophone world. The translation can be downloaded here: Télécharger les extraits traduits en français Watch the recording of our online policy launch, which took place on 28 April 2022 Speakers include: Caroline Lucas MP, Member of the British Parliament and former Green Party leader Yoko Alender, Member of the Estonian Parliament and Chair of its Environment Committee Tom Rivett-Carnac, political lobbyist for the UNFCCC and an author on climate change policy Video of the Consultation Draft launch event featuring Jon Kabat-Zinn (1 March 2022) ADDITIONAL Q&A SESSION RESOURCES - PODCASTS AND ARTICLES Podcast 'all that we are' with Amisha Ghadiali - Climate Crisis, Mindfulness and System Change Climate Pioneer podcast Mind & Life Podcast – Policy, Practice and the Planet MindfulNews podcast Garrison Institute presentation with Jamie Bristow and Jonathan Rose - Inner Resources for Collective Action with Climate Chaos Mindful Leader Article on how inner work can help with climate action Mindfulness and climate action – Science for the Anthropocene podcast Exiting the Anthropocene: Achieving personal and planetary health in the 21st century Catalysing Radical Systemic Change – podcast with Alistair Langer Oxford Mindfulness Foundation Podcast on Agency and Connection The Decade Podcast – Meeting the Climate Crisis Inside Out At the Intersection of Mind and Climate Change: Integrating Inner Dimensions of Climate Change into the Policymaking and Practice Manage Cookie Preferences