Becoming fluent in climate emotions is an essential step in both managing climate distress and taking effective action to address the climate crisis.
Aesthetics, climate displacement, and mental health What is aesthetics, beauty, the built environment, and community resilience? Beauty and aesthetics in the built environment can help make spaces feel like home, boosting individual and community wellbeing and resilience, especially in the…
Climate anxiety What is climate anxiety? If you find yourself asking, “What should I do in relation to the climate crisis?”, then you have already entered the domain of climate anxiety. In stronger forms, climate anxiety can manifest as various…
Climate education (k-12) Why do we need climate change K-12 education? Climate change education is necessary to address climate change, and is overwhelmingly supported across the world. While climate education is important across all levels of education, offering curricula during…
Climate Guilt What is climate guilt? Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time and most of us want to do something about it. Yet oftentimes our lifestyles are far from good for the environment –…
Climate stories & cli-fi What are climate stories? Today, climate stories are emerging in all genres and in all media, grappling with climate directly and indirectly. Climate stories are not only about oil, weather, the natural world, politics, science, colonialism,…
Climate trauma overview What is climate trauma? The word “trauma” stems from the Greek word for physical wound. However, we understand that trauma causes both physical and emotional injury. The American Psychological Association (APA) Dictionary of Psychology defines trauma as: “any…
Farmers and climate mental health Introduction to farmers and their mental health A farmer is a person who operates a farm and is involved in the agricultural process of growing crops or raising livestock (often known as ranching). The term…
Parents and climate mental health Parents and their mental health Parents are a primary source of emotional resilience for their children. As climate impacts increase, and the mental health impacts of the climate crisis in youth escalate, understanding the close…
Performance art Harnessing performance art for empowering youth voices and navigating climate emotions What is performance art? Performance art is a creative and expressive form of live art, which involves artists and other individuals using their bodies, actions, and narratives.…
Solastalgia What is solastalgia? When you feel homesick for a home you never left, that’s solastalgia. Solastalgia is when you feel as if the comfort, or solace, you get from feeling at home in a place has been taken from…