LibGuides: Climate Emergency: Climate and Mental Health

"It's deeply painful to face what's happening on our planet right now....it's easy to feel totally overwhelmed, maybe a bit helpless, powerless, angry....These messy and complicated feelings, they make total sense."

~ Clinical psychologist, Renee Lertzman, Project Inside Out

Managing climate anxiety

Steps to moving from anxiety to action, from a youth climate activist and blogger.

Podcasts, videos, and more

Here are a few more links to helpful resources and practical suggestions for managing climate anxiety and grief.

Climate Change and Happiness Podcast
An eco-theologian and climate psychologist talke about climate emotions and how to deal with them
Eco-Anxious Stories: Resource Library
Resources, tips, collaborations and more, from Eco-Anxious Stories
Health Costs of Climate Change
Includes the cost to Canadians' mental as well as physical health, from the Canadian Climate Institute
Keeping Cool Amid the Climate Crisis
Britt Wray researchers the psychological toll of the climate crisis. She is the author of Generation Dread.
Project Inside Out
Applying the principles of clinical psychology to engaging in climate change advocacy and leadership