From the truth is stranger than fiction department comes this …this… I don’t know how to describe it. Words fail me.
h/t to Mhehed Zherting on Twitter
From her website:
Climate Anxiety Counseling at the Sankofa World Market: 8/17/16
AUGUST 18, 2016 / LEAVE A COMMENT
Weather: Hot, sunny and bright
Number of people: 9 stoppers, 1 walkby
Number of climate change deniers/trivializers: 3
Number of hecklers: 0!
Pages of notes: 9
People who commented on the Peanuts reference: 2
Pictures taken with permission: 1
Pictures taken without permission: 1
Money raised for Environmental Justice League of RI: $2.60, plus one stick of gum
About
CLIMATE ANXIETY COUNSELING
I’m scared for the effects of climate change on the world I love. Rather than try to think about, save, or mourn for the whole world, I decided to think about my city and state, and the living creatures — including other humans — who share it with me.
The first round of Climate Anxiety Counseling ran in Kennedy Plaza (outside Burnside Park), Tuesday-Friday 3-6 pm, Saturday 3-5 pm, May 13th-June 7th, 2014. Opposite the bus terminal, and just outside Burnside Park, I sat with a Lucy-from-Peanuts style booth (thank you, Charles Schulz):
When people stopped to talk with me, I asked them what they were most worried about — whether it was related to climate change or to something else — and if I could write down what they said. With permission, I’ve shared on this site some of what people said to me.
If you come to the booth, you can share your anxiety–climate or otherwise–with me, and respond to someone else’s anxiety in the form of an Alternate History, to help imagine a different set of futures (more about how and why here). You can also take away a little drawing of a living creature that shares the state with you. I’ve since set up the booth at AS220’s Foo Fest, the Washington County Fair, the Sankofa World Market, and the Providence International Art Festival.
I had to laugh at the “Pictures taken without permission” reference. She sets up in a public place, where photography of anything in public view is fair game, yet still thinks people need to ask permission to take photos of her stunt. Epic fail.
My anxiety about climate used to be essentially zero, but now extends to the fact that there are people like this who are so sure of themselves that they can say “let’s take care of each other” in their masthead, while at the same time use the pejorative “climate deniers” to label people. I guess the take care thing is selective based on belief.
It reminds me of a certain religion, where being publicly chastised for putting your religion on display is not only expected, it is part of the process of ascension in the ranks. On the plus side, I think we have a candidate for somebody even further “out there” than “Slandering Sou” aka Miriam O’Brien.
I need to get paid to counsel climate anxiety morons.
“Um, everything’s gonna be fine. No, the world is not going to burn up. No, it’s not heating because of man, it’s heating because it’s supposed to be heating. CO2 is plant food, it’s ok, drive around, it’s fine.”
From the article [bold mine]:
Just exactly what is Environmental Justice? Where is the courtroom; down the hall on the left? Please point me to the appropriate legal tomes of statutes and precedence so I can bone up on the topic.
Considering the need for Environmental Justice the $2.60 and a stick of gum should cover the annual needs of that organization.
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I note that she does not limit anxieties to climate or the environment. Ever since auto posted about Giant Invisible Train-Eating Badgers a few days ago, I have to confess that my anxiety levels are up a notch.
“Environmental Justice League” sounds like something out of a comic book from the 70’s.
If the anxiety prone Kate holds a football in place and tries to entice you to kick, it, don’t fall for it.
Let me Google that for you.
http://ejlri.org/environmental-justice/our-mission/ says in part:
Their donation page doesn’t have a spot for donating sticks of gum.
Thanks, Ric, but I had already visited the EJRI (Environmental Justice, Rhode Island) site before posting. Sounds to me like ‘community organizing’ and ‘Acorn’ under another name.
I had questions after my brief visit. What RI communities are affected by environmental burdens? What specifically are the burdens that make RI an unhealthy place to live, work, and play? Are Rhode Islanders living longer or has there been a dramatic decrease in RI life expectancy due the specific burdens? If there are environmental burdens, why haven’t the affected dealt with the situation themselves? Maybe they are happy with things just the way they are. Why does it take social do-gooders to step in? What happens if vegans take over the EJRI board and decide that the only way Rhode Islanders can be healthy is to become vegans (or substitute Borgs for vegans)?
I’m going back for a longer visit to the EJRI site. Fascinating site to a net tax contributor and believer in individual liberty and responsibility like me.
Ric also mentioned:
Their donation page doesn’t have a spot for donating sticks of gum.
Hmmm… well now that you’ve pointed it out, maybe they’ll remedy that and add Kit Kats and Reese’s Cups while they are at it… and apples, they’ll take apples ;o)
The “environmental burdens” of Rhode Island are unemployment and booze. And that hasn’t changed in 40 years.
I think Anthony should charge for Climate Change Anxiety counselling. What would that be at the rate of say one cent per hit?
Penn and Teller featured a climate guilt counselor in their episode on AGW. Maybe the idea isn’t new.
Thanks to you, I’ve now got symptoms of “Climate Anxiety.”
I’m terrified because they apparently allow crackpots like that out in public and, even worse, they let them vote.
Listening to: Hawkwind- “Adjust Me”
I think she’s just having a few laughs with a bit of her own street theatre. But while I wouldn’t be prepared to hand over a hard-earned $2.60 (plus a stick of gum) to any organization calling itself an “Environmental Justice League”, I think the looks on their faces would be worth the cash. 🙂 “A mere $2.60!? We don’t get out of bed for any non-government check less than $1000!”
/snark
I wonder if anyone gave her any money for her advice.
And if they did, did she declare that income for tax?
When do they add it to the ACA coverage mandate? Or did Grubber already slip in in there somewhere because of his statements on how stupid Americans are?
Everybody else is making a $ from the grand scam, why not her?
A fool and his nickel are soon parted.
Oh for pity’s sake it’s obviously a joke, probably filmed from a building across the road.
Not necessarily if you know what can trigger some of these ..err..folk. The guy goes by the pisstake name of Hugh Mungus and when it asks for his name be warned there’s one serious trigger alert going on here-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgSoBEdRrsw
Climate anxiety for sale cheap . .
(Good way to get new ideas for climate scare stories to boot)
Wow, when I first saw this I thought she had to be expressing sarcasm. But I guess if she’s unaware that makes it irony.
It’s horrible, Ms. Shapira. At night I have these dreams. I am falling into what seems like a burning ring of… of… fire. And as I fall, I go down, down, down. And the flames just leap higher and higher. And it burns. I mean it really burns and burns! I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but I can’t remember the rest of the lyrics.
Actually, I think this kind of a cute idea and don’t object to it at all. .05 cents is about what it is worth, and if Ms. Shapira has a sense of humor and a rapport with the left, she is dispensing the kind of counseling that alarmists needs, namely, “Really things aren’t as bad as they seem to you right now. Go home and try some nice chicken soup.”
Great idea! Best way to reduce anxiety is to face reality. For example: When people say “I fear sea level rise”, counselor can help them walk back through graphs from 120 years, 24K years, 200K years, 450K years, 800K years, and 542 million years. That way they can understand how reasonable/unreasonable the fear is.
I have voter anxiety. Namely that she and anyone who stopped for counselling is allowed to vote.
Here’s a little additional information on Kate Schapira.
https://www.brown.edu/academics/english/faculty/kate-schapira
She’s teaches English at Brown University. In light of that, it seems that the anxiety counseling would be useful in her creative work and might also ease her own climate anxiety.
Ah. Then the real problem comes when she’s back in the classroom dispensing FREE advice, as professors are wont to do.
This is a scam made by Rothschild’s and Rockefellers for GLOBAL control to destroy nations by destroying industry and progress look it up (hunt-1992 world climate meeting tells all)
Pictures taken without permission: 1
What? She’s in a public space, permission is not needed. They don’t understand privacy and photography laws any better than the environment it would seem.
It’s all completely understandable that students need anxiety counselling in this day and age-
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/28825/
(hat tip to Jonova)
Reading the title, I expected the article to be about some enterprising soul (sounds better than “hustler”) setting up to console the neurotic about their climate anxiety.
I didn’t expect some neurotic to be soliciting comfort from passer-by’s and charging them for it, even if only a nominal amount. How narcissistic.
Has Paul Erlich stopped by? She could retire on him!