About the workshop
Our climate emotions can be wide-ranging, from anxiety about changing weather patterns to anger about government inaction and grief over biodiversity loss. These feelings can be difficult to carry alone. Join us for an arts-based workshop guided by local art therapists and climate-aware therapists, who will create a supportive space for expressing and processing climate emotions through creative practice.
Led by Ariella Cook-Shonkoff, this in-person workshop offers a supportive, arts-based space to explore climate emotions through painting, ripping, drawing, and writing. Participants are invited to process feelings such as anxiety, anger, and grief in community, with no art experience required.
Monday, April 20, 2026
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
In-person event format
$25 registration
Facilitators
Ariella Cook-Shonkoff
Ariella Cook-Shonkoff, LMFT, ATR is an integrative therapist, climate-aware practitioner, and author of Raising Anti-Doomers: How to Bring up Resilient Kids through Tumultuous Times. https://www.ariellacookshonkoff.com. She is a partner of TEVEL, whose mission is to mend a fractured world through art, education, and Nature. https://www.morkeshet.com.
Kruti Patel
Kruti Patel, LMFT, ATR draws on over 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist and art therapist. She centers her work on the lived experiences of adult children of immigrants, helping clients navigate intergenerational dynamics, pregnancy and parenthood, and the internalized stories they carry. www.krutipatelmft.com.
Event summary
Composting Climate Emotions Through Art is an in-person workshop in San Francisco on Monday, April 20, 2026, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Through guided creative practice, participants will explore climate anxiety, grief, anger, and other emotional responses to ecological crisis in a supportive, community-centered environment.
Additional details
Light refreshments will be served. Proceeds from this event will be donated to the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project. If cost is a barrier, complimentary tickets may be available through the event organizers.