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 Museum

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

Climate Journal Project

Climate Stories Project

Climate Justice Mural Project

Climate Sketching Project

Dear Tomorrow (letter writing and sharing)

 

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

Virtual Climate Cafes

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

A Wild Love for the World By Joana Macy

Emotional Resilience in the Era of Climate Change: A Clinician’s Guide By Leslie Davenport, LMFT

No One is Too Small To Make a Difference By Greta Thunberg

The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution By Mary DeMocker

Books for Kids

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

Fur and Feather Stand Together By David Griswold

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

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