Seeds of change: Reflections from the Stockholm climate march, 22nd–23rd August 2026

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Seeds of change: Reflections from the Stockholm climate march, 22nd–23rd August 2026

From protest to healing—finding hope through creativity

What a gathering it was in Stockholm on the 22nd and 23rd of August 2026. Around 50,000 voices rising, not just in number, but in conviction and quiet reflection. The squares pulsed with energy, the streets echoed with chants, and the parks brimmed with both roaring hope and steady resolve. People came for bold climate action, yes, but they also wove in wider concerns: social justice, the shape of our shared future, and the dignity of immigration and refugee policy. In peaceful protest and powerful solidarity, they made their demands clear, their presence unmistakable. This wasn't just a march. It was a declaration, carried on the wind through every corner of the city, loud, luminous, and impossible to ignore.

And as an art therapist, I couldn't look away from what that energy carried beneath it. I saw, too, the weight, the grief, the anxiety, the existential unease that climate change etches into minds and hearts. That awareness sharpened my own sense of responsibility. I felt, deeply, that we need more than policy alone. We need intervention, gentle, creative, and human, to help people hold the complexity of loss and fear, to transform distress into dialogue, and to nurture resilience not as a shield, but as a living, breathing practice of hope.

If any of this resonates with you, if you feel the weight of these times in your own heart and are searching for a space to explore it, I welcome you. You don't have to carry it alone. Through art and conversation, we can make sense together of what feels overwhelming, find language for what has no words, and gently shape a path forward. I would be honoured to walk alongside you. Feel free to reach out, and we can begin wherever you are.