Belina
@belinaraffy.bsky.social
Helps people who work on environmental and social issues to practice inspired co-creation, complexity pattern shifting, and use compassionate climate comedy. In the summer, helps scientists co-create leading edge responses to climate crisis. Loves dogs.
I am excited to be part of a podcast episode coming up with the magical @jutrwolff.bsky.social. Launches tomorrow. #climatecomedy #improv #appliedimprov #compassion
September 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I am excited to be part of a podcast episode coming up with the magical @jutrwolff.bsky.social. Launches tomorrow. #climatecomedy #improv #appliedimprov #compassion
Just had a delightful conversation with Jude Treder-Wolff for her podcast Improv in Real Life. Can't wait for it to come out!
August 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Just had a delightful conversation with Jude Treder-Wolff for her podcast Improv in Real Life. Can't wait for it to come out!
Second post today, because I am on a roll. If u are feeling overwhelmed, are glued to ur phone & the socials, and are feeling depleted & hopeless...get this book. It is beautifully written. I am right in the middle of reading it. Thinking of making it suggested reading for my climate comedy course.
August 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Second post today, because I am on a roll. If u are feeling overwhelmed, are glued to ur phone & the socials, and are feeling depleted & hopeless...get this book. It is beautifully written. I am right in the middle of reading it. Thinking of making it suggested reading for my climate comedy course.
A sneak peak of the design for my interactive workshop just after the discussion & q&a with the fab Thomas Coombes. To book, go here www.dokumentale.de/de/programm/...
June 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
A sneak peak of the design for my interactive workshop just after the discussion & q&a with the fab Thomas Coombes. To book, go here www.dokumentale.de/de/programm/...
Got my second (seasonal) office going this morning. Going through the lovely, powerful stuff I have been learning in the Human Systems Dynamics Professional certification course. Extraordinary body of work and so aligned with what I have been doing. Happy morning everyone xx
June 3, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Got my second (seasonal) office going this morning. Going through the lovely, powerful stuff I have been learning in the Human Systems Dynamics Professional certification course. Extraordinary body of work and so aligned with what I have been doing. Happy morning everyone xx
Our sold out Sustainable Stand Up course show at UCL (University College London). Been running this compassionate climate comedy course for 10 years. Delightful to work with these undergrad and grad students. Pic of me by Fang, one of the students.
May 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Our sold out Sustainable Stand Up course show at UCL (University College London). Been running this compassionate climate comedy course for 10 years. Delightful to work with these undergrad and grad students. Pic of me by Fang, one of the students.
Just came back from exploring Cambridge with my fella. It was here that he cracked the science of how to shift slash-and-burn farmers in the humid tropics to regenerative, organic agroforestry. The Inga Foundation work is so extraordinary & healing for the planet.
May 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Just came back from exploring Cambridge with my fella. It was here that he cracked the science of how to shift slash-and-burn farmers in the humid tropics to regenerative, organic agroforestry. The Inga Foundation work is so extraordinary & healing for the planet.
I am sitting w a question inspired by Glenda Eoyang in our Human Systems Dynamics course here in Singapore. What happens in the sustainability space if we stop trying to force things into the stable space, but instead get good at making wise actions and adapting in the unstable & emergent space?
March 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I am sitting w a question inspired by Glenda Eoyang in our Human Systems Dynamics course here in Singapore. What happens in the sustainability space if we stop trying to force things into the stable space, but instead get good at making wise actions and adapting in the unstable & emergent space?
Felt drawn to make this aide-memoire for chapter one’s Training in the preliminaries’ :) Who else has worked with these slogans?
February 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Felt drawn to make this aide-memoire for chapter one’s Training in the preliminaries’ :) Who else has worked with these slogans?
Cold enough to have skaters on the lake today. The upside of all this uncertainty is my meditation practice and nature communing have gone up. What are you doing to keep yourself grounded and centred? Expansive even?
February 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Cold enough to have skaters on the lake today. The upside of all this uncertainty is my meditation practice and nature communing have gone up. What are you doing to keep yourself grounded and centred? Expansive even?
When you find out that the compassionate climate comedy course you created and have been running for 10 years is eerily resonant with two seminal (10th and 12th century) Buddhist texts. Who here is ready to ‘resolve to begin’? :)
February 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
When you find out that the compassionate climate comedy course you created and have been running for 10 years is eerily resonant with two seminal (10th and 12th century) Buddhist texts. Who here is ready to ‘resolve to begin’? :)
Today's self-care involved padding around the corner to my favourite local cafe, and having a matcha latte, a piece of divine espresso cake, and reading the book on compassion that arrived today in the post. Looking for gems to put in my course starting 15 April. :)
February 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Today's self-care involved padding around the corner to my favourite local cafe, and having a matcha latte, a piece of divine espresso cake, and reading the book on compassion that arrived today in the post. Looking for gems to put in my course starting 15 April. :)
If you're feeling constricted, filled with despair, and stressed - gentle reminder: that we are made of this.
Globular Cluster NGC 6355
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, E. Noyola, R. Cohen
science.nasa.gov/image-detail...
Globular Cluster NGC 6355
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, E. Noyola, R. Cohen
science.nasa.gov/image-detail...
February 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
If you're feeling constricted, filled with despair, and stressed - gentle reminder: that we are made of this.
Globular Cluster NGC 6355
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, E. Noyola, R. Cohen
science.nasa.gov/image-detail...
Globular Cluster NGC 6355
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, E. Noyola, R. Cohen
science.nasa.gov/image-detail...
Have I mentioned how much I adore Anna and Vivien and their work to support documentary films? Fab event today at Rotes Rathaus in Berlin. Got to ask the filmmakers about their practice with genuine lightness. My q got an applause. Happy.
February 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Have I mentioned how much I adore Anna and Vivien and their work to support documentary films? Fab event today at Rotes Rathaus in Berlin. Got to ask the filmmakers about their practice with genuine lightness. My q got an applause. Happy.
Snowy Berlin, on my way to morning yoga this morning. And before my smooshy/pully session w/ the osteopath. It is amazing what increased organ and diaphragm mobility does for the referred back pain. I am wondering about that metaphor in organisations, referred pain from elsewhere. And how to help.
February 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Snowy Berlin, on my way to morning yoga this morning. And before my smooshy/pully session w/ the osteopath. It is amazing what increased organ and diaphragm mobility does for the referred back pain. I am wondering about that metaphor in organisations, referred pain from elsewhere. And how to help.
Today’s walk. The lake is part frozen. And when I saw it I thought, since the pandemic, so are we. At least I am. How are you gently thawing yourself these days? Especially when so much wants us to stay frozen? 🌸
February 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Today’s walk. The lake is part frozen. And when I saw it I thought, since the pandemic, so are we. At least I am. How are you gently thawing yourself these days? Especially when so much wants us to stay frozen? 🌸
So, if you have a salary or things are going well financially for you, one beautiful thing you can do to help people is to book yourself onto a course that is healing and transformational, especially those run by self employed people. Because most of us have had a huge drop in the last 6 months.
February 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
So, if you have a salary or things are going well financially for you, one beautiful thing you can do to help people is to book yourself onto a course that is healing and transformational, especially those run by self employed people. Because most of us have had a huge drop in the last 6 months.
Today's Haiku:
Smooches, waggle, paw.
A dog is so beautiful.
Future home - two dogs.
Smooches, waggle, paw.
A dog is so beautiful.
Future home - two dogs.
February 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Today's Haiku:
Smooches, waggle, paw.
A dog is so beautiful.
Future home - two dogs.
Smooches, waggle, paw.
A dog is so beautiful.
Future home - two dogs.
Like the dog Dug in the film Up,... squirrel! (Little red one, so enchanting).
February 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Like the dog Dug in the film Up,... squirrel! (Little red one, so enchanting).
Good morning everyone! Almost time for my shift at the Berlin SuperCoop, where I get to play 'grocery store' and specifically 'cash register' for 3-hours a month and giggle with my fellow humans while I ask them what kind of apple that is.
February 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Good morning everyone! Almost time for my shift at the Berlin SuperCoop, where I get to play 'grocery store' and specifically 'cash register' for 3-hours a month and giggle with my fellow humans while I ask them what kind of apple that is.
What's everyone cooking this weekend? I had this on couscous. It was nice :)
February 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
What's everyone cooking this weekend? I had this on couscous. It was nice :)
The Persian Love Cake from the Fast 800 Recipe Book is soooo good. And healthy. Treated myself this eve.
January 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The Persian Love Cake from the Fast 800 Recipe Book is soooo good. And healthy. Treated myself this eve.
Just watched this stunning film by @fredrikgertten.bsky.social and with @rutgerbregman.bsky.social and Sarah Chayes. It is fabulous and important. And inspiring!! Watch this now :) vimeo.com/ondemand/bre...
January 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Just watched this stunning film by @fredrikgertten.bsky.social and with @rutgerbregman.bsky.social and Sarah Chayes. It is fabulous and important. And inspiring!! Watch this now :) vimeo.com/ondemand/bre...
Snow in a park by a lake. Have a beautiful Sunday everyone.
January 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Snow in a park by a lake. Have a beautiful Sunday everyone.