Climate Change & Mental Health
Climate Psychology Resources
Resources for Kids and Parents
A Kid’s Guide to Climate Change + Comic (NPR, 2023)
Cartoon about talking to kids about climate change (yes! Magazine 12/8/21)
How To Talk to Kids About Climate Change (Our Kids’ Climate Webinar)
A Climate Change Guide for Kids
How To Talk to Kids About Climate Change
Educational information about climate change
“Presence, Parenting and the Planet” Video By Dr. Dan Siegel
The Science of Climate Change Explained
Psychology & Global Climate Change: addressing a multifaceted phenomenon and set of challenges (A Report of the American Psychological Association Task Force on the Interface Between Psychology and Global Climate Change)
Making the Connection: Climate Changes Mental Health (American Public Health Association and ecoAmerica)
National Climate Assessment (2018)
Climate & Creative Expression
US National Poet Laureate, Ada Limon - poem featured in National Climate Assessment
Creative Art Therapy Guide (Climate Mental Health Network)
Creative Therapies for Climate Emotions - an activity guide
Climate Sketching Project
Dear Tomorrow (letter writing and sharing)
Check out my Earth Day conversation with California-based artist Bill Russell about the role of art-making in the face of the climate crisis and the therapeutic benefits of art-based inner work. Password: 18$fUkvk
Support Groups for Climate Distress
Online climate groups offered through Somatic Wilderness Therapy Institute
Gen Dred and The All We Can Save Project’s Resource List- an excellent resource
Good Grief Network - “10-Steps to Personal Resilience & Empowerment in a Chaotic Climate”- small groups
Intergenerational Climate Work
Books for Adults
All We Can Save - essay compilation
Not Too Late - essay compilation
A Wild Love for the World By Joana Macy
Active Hope by Chris Johnstone and Joana Macy
Intertwined by Rebecca Kormos
The Intersectional Environmentalist by Leah Thomas
This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein
Saving Us by Katherine Hayhoe
Emotional Resilience in the Era of Climate Change: A Clinician’s Guide By Leslie Davenport, LMFT
Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
No One is Too Small To Make a Difference By Greta Thunberg
The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution By Mary DeMocker
How to Talk to Your Kids about Climate Change By Harriet Shugarman
Parenting in a Changing Climate by Elizabeth Bechard
Books for Kids
The Great Kapok Tree By Lynne Cherry
Greta and the Giants By Zoe Tucker
The Lorax By Dr. Seuss
We Are Water Protectors By Carole Lindstrom
All The Feelings Under the Sun By Leslie Davenport
Livi and the Story of Climate Change By Keziah Breslin and Erika Nilsson Humphrey
The Lonely Polar Bear, by Khoa Le
The Tantrum that Saved the World, by Megan Herbert and Michael E. Mann
Rebel Girls Climate Warriors
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