Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, PhD
@scrawfordobrien.bsky.social
Professor of religious studies, Indigenous studies, and environmental studies, teaching and writing about climate anxiety, environmental justice, and mental health. https://suzannecrawfordobrien.substack.com/ Author, Religion and Culture in Native America
Struggling with burnout or eco-anxiety? Need something more than outrage to keep you going? Join an on-line discussion of my new book, Climate Anxiety and Spiritual Resilience, hosted by Holden Village. Wednesday, October 7 at 5:30 PST. www.holdenvillage.org/calendar/boo...
Book Talk with Suzanne Crawford O'Brien | Holden Village
Hosted by the Holden Village Bookstore, author Suzanne Crawford O'Brien welcomes all to this virtual learning session on her book, "Climate Anxiety and Spiritual Resilience."
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Delighted to join the remarkable @hopeteague.com and Annie Jansen on their Interchangeable White Ladies podcast this week, in conversation about my new book. Give it a listen! www.hopeteague.com/podcast/2026...
Ep. 241: Combating Climate Anxiety Through Spiritual Resilience w/ Suzanne Crawford O’Brien — An Educated Guess
EQ: What does it mean to adopt an intersectional approach to environmental issues and how can that framework be utilized to combat climate anxiety and build spiritual resilience? Joining the podcas...
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A new investigation reveals that Nicaragua’s gold boom is encroaching on protected areas and Indigenous territories. Driven by government backing and rapid concession growth, expanding mining operations now threaten local forests, clean water, and ancestral lands. By Maxwell Radwin for #Mongabay.
Nicaragua’s gold boom is now encroaching on protected areas and Indigenous land
In Nicaragua, the mining sector has steadily grown over the last two decades, with gold becoming a top export and a pillar of the national economy. For most of that time, the growth was gradual. But…
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When a country is being run by AI chat bots...this is what you get. www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
US government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner
Officials say it was an error to add the fictional nation from Black Panther to the list.
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Well this is nice. Publisher's Weekly highlighted my new book! Honored to be in some really cool company. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Down to Earth: Six New Books About Creation Care
These titles take a spiritual approach to pushing for environmental policy reform, reconnecting with nature, and acknowledging the extent of the climate crisis without sliding into despair.
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Hey all! You're invited! Join @lesliedavenport.bsky.social, @kevinjamesobrien.bsky.social and I for a free on-line workshop on climate anxiety and resilience. March 28th, 3pm PT. After your local #NoKings rally, come join the conversation! Register with QR code in the poster, or luma.com/7xe4ftjp
So quoting the Bible gets you banned by the FCC now. Check out @jamestalarico.bsky.social's interview on Stephen Colbert... only available on youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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“Tribes have an obligation to care for the rivers and waterways that have sustained their communities since before the existence of the United States." life."
An EPA proposal would make it harder for tribes to protect their water - High Country News
The agency’s plan would narrow water quality reviews and eliminate one of the few ways that tribes can their enforce treaty rights.
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Connections, relationships, and real understanding are the antidote to xenophobia. www.interfaithamerica.org/article/want...
Want to See Courageous Pluralism? Look to Minnesota
Even as civil liberties are threatened in Minneapolis, American values are also vibrantly alive. Americans are showing us – America will be.
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A great piece, on a film the religious studies nerd in me is so excited to see. (Now to convince my husband that a film about religious ecstasy and celibacy is going to make the best date night ever.)
Christian Century@christiancentury.bsky.social · 9mo ago“The phrase ‘Shaker musical’ sounds like a prompt you might get at a bad improv class. But . . . the dancing and singing are the beating heart of the film, and the deepest expression of Shaker spirituality.” – Kathryn Reklis www.christiancentury.org/screen-time/...
A great piece on local solutions to a global challenge. Climate resilience starts with distributed, local resilience. www.climatesolutions.org/article/2026...
How clean energy can (em)POWER the Northwest’s future | Climate Solutions
Electricity demand is on the rise. And it's clear that the best way to have a reliable, affordable electricity system is to speed up deployment of clean energy, transmission infratructure, and grid mo...
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
Roses are red 🌹 We need to scale solar 😎
te pua o te rēinga@cucumber.bsky.social · 9mo agopuffer fish gas bladder looks like a molar 👍🏻
To build a mosaic is to recreate the future, Terry Tempest Williams tells us, based on what we have learned from the past. To gather up the brittle shards left by the blunt force of trauma, and create something new. open.substack.com/pub/suzannec...
Beauty in What's Broken
Frederick Douglass, Barack Obama, and Lessons for Justice Amidst the Fragments
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Pause your doom scrolling and celebrate: Indigenous Peruvians have secured legal rights for their native honey bee: rights to healthy populations in their natural habitat, to habitat restoration, and the right to be defended when their rights are violated. This! insideclimatenews.org/news/2210202...
Defending Stingless Bees in the Peruvian Amazon - Inside Climate News
As deforestation and climate change threaten some of Peru’s least-known pollinators, scientists join forces with Indigenous Asháninka communities to protect the insects and their new legal rights.
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"It’s going to be hard to figure out how to fight wars over sunshine." @billmckibben.bsky.social gets it right again. Solar panels are the new peace symbols. open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Just possibly it's the oil?
A solar panel is the new peace sign
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On New Year’s Day, take a moment to be present with those relatives we lost, those relatives we found, and those relatives that we’re learning how to better care for. This is worth a deep mindful breath, of grief and gratitude. open.substack.com/pub/mongabay...
The conservation ledger: What we lost and what we gained in 2025
2025 was a year shaped by both loss and persistence, marked by species formally declared extinct, hundreds of organisms newly described, and uneven conservation outcomes across forests, reefs, and the...
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Appreciating this take by @billmckibben.bsky.social in The Guardian today. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
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Climate change is a global problem. But the solutions are local. When national leaders fail us, local leaders are stepping up. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders
From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are crafting their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures
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Care about climate? Support Native self-determination. Indigenous sovereignty includes the right to protect their relatives. atmos.earth/ecological-w...
Tonga Could Soon Become the First Country to Recognize Whale Rights | Atmos
Ahead of Tonga’s election, whale and ocean advocates are preparing a bill to grant legal personhood to the island kingdom’s first ancestors.
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MSVU unveils new mural to celebrate Mi’kmaq community Story by @mmughees.bsky.social who took really fantastic photos! www.halifaxexaminer.ca/indigenous-n...
MSVU unveils new mural to celebrate Mi’kmaq community - Halifax Examiner
The mural is a collaborative effort by four artists and will be permanently displayed in Mount Saint Vincent University's library.
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After a buoyantly rebellious weekend, it feels right to re-share this article about the power of protest. If you missed it the first time, here's another chance to check it out. open.substack.com/pub/suzannec...
When Protest is a Ceremony, It Changes the World
Let's Make Some Magic
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What's with all this "climate religion" talk? I break it down in my latest post. What MAGA gets right, and wrong, about the climate movement. open.substack.com/pub/suzannec...
"A Dagger in the Heart of the Climate Change Religion"
What MAGA leaders have right, and wrong, about the climate movement
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🇦🇫 Thousands of Afghan allies who stood beside U.S. forces are still waiting for the safety they were promised. 🤝 The Enduring Welcome Act (HR 4995) would protect and continue this vital resettlement work.