The Mindfulness Initiative

  • Ben the Illustrator

I worked with The Mindfulness Initiative to create a set of illustrations for their policy report "Reconnection: Meeting the Climate Crisis Inside Out", looking at the important role of inner development in framing both our solutions and responses to the climate crisis. The Mindfulness Initiative bridges the gap between mindfulness and public policy, amongst their many tasks they assess mindfulness research, support the development of the mindfulness sector and support the cultivation of mindfulness and compassion among legislators to shift political culture and elicit wiser policymaking. You can download the report here and watch videos from the online launch of the report including words from Jamie Bristow, co-director of The Mindfulness Initiative, Caroline Lucas MP, Member of the British Parliament and former Green Party leader, Yoko Alender, Member of the Estonian Parliament and Chair of its Environment Committee and Tom Rivett-Carnac, political lobbyist for the UNFCCC and an author on climate change policy.