how to be an earth steward in the PNW + book talk with author of Climate Anxiety & Spiritual Resilience (dinner & action stations included)

What you should know (food! fun! friends!)

About the event:

November's monthly theme is SPIRITUALITY AND STEWARDSHIP and how it intersects with the climate crisis. The third Tuesday of the month is our ACT night.

We're super excited that Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, who's a published author and professor of Religious Studies and Indigenous Studies living in the Pacific Northwest and writing about climate anxiety and spiritual resilience, will join us to talk about her new book and what it means to be an inner activist and an earth steward.

Her book Climate Anxiety & Spiritual Resilience brings the psychology of climate grief into conversation with Indigenous and religious traditions. This book offers a framework for moving beyond paralysis toward resilient, justice-centered engagement. Each chapter draws on case studies from diverse Indigenous and religious traditions, challenging extractive worldviews, emphasizing relationality and interdependence, and grounding justice in care for land, community, and future generations. Together, they explore what it means to engage in inner activism: the work of moral courage, clarity, and presence that makes sustained ecological action possible.

We will have different action stations to practice different ways to interact with nature & how to steward it, as well as becoming inner activists!

No experience needed! We'll give you all the guidance you need.

Please do your best to arrive by 6:20! Here's our plan for the night:

6-6:20ish will be dedicated dinner + chat time

6:30ish to 7:30 book talk with Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, author of Climate Anxiety & Spiritual Resilience

7:45ish to 8:15 guided reflection/somatic coaching activity to help us figure out "How to Move with Purpose While Feeling Lost"

8:15ish to 9:00 we'll move to choose-your-own-adventure action stations so you can make a difference before you leave

More broadly:

Soapbox Seattle is the city's most joyful community space for climate action. We gather EVERY TUESDAY same time same place (climate church?? lol)

It's all ages

Plant-based dinner is always included so you don't have to think about what to eat. We have our own lovely chef so the food is cooked with love from local and regenerative farmers

No you do not have to be "a climate person" to come; you just need to be excited to meet people who share your values of caring about the earth/each other/wanting to breathe air etc. and no experience is required!

There will be activities and programming! This is not one of those networking events where you pretend to be on your phone because you don't know what to do.

All our events are sliding scale and if the listed options don't work for you, you can request a reparative ticket here if you need one. It costs us ~$35 per person to put on so please contribute what you can

This space is hosted by Soapbox Project, a nonprofit that creates joyful community structures to heal our climate anxiety and loneliness through expertly facilitated connection, learning, and action activities. Find your place in the climate movement with our online and in-person community!