Climate Anxiety
Resources and events about climate anxiety for the PCC community
Hope
“Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift.”
—Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Quick hits of hope
- Reasons to be CheerfulNewsletter and website founded by artist and musician David Byrne, with a focus on solutions.
- The Climate OptimistMonthly newsletter from the Harvard School of Public Health with good news about climate change.
- Good NewsFrom The Daily Climate
- Schoolchildren Give Sweet Pep Talks on New Hotline You Can Call Now: 'Pure Joy'The PepToc hotline offers recorded words of encouragement from kindergarteners to callers.
Voices of hope
Hope matters : why changing the way we think is critical to solving the environmental crisis by Call Number: Library print and ebookPublication Date: 2020Timely, evidence-based, and persuasive, Hope Matters is an argument for the place of hope in our lives and a celebration of the turn toward solutions in the face of the environmental crisis.
Saving Us : a climate scientist's case for hope and healing in a divided world by Call Number: Library print and ebookPublication Date: 2022Drawing on interdisciplinary research and personal stories, Hayhoe shows that small conversations can have astonishing results. Saving Us leaves us with the tools to open a dialogue with your loved ones about how we all can play a role in pushing forward for change.
Humanity's Moment : a climate scientist's case for hope by Publication Date: 2023This book is a climate scientist's personal guide to rekindling hope, and a call to action to restore our relationship with ourselves, each other and our planet.
