Climate Change (old guide)
Provides resources on climate change and global warming from the perspective of the disciplines of science, social science and humanities.
Climate Grief
Psychologists have identified climate grief, also known as ecological grief or eco-anxiety, as the experience of anxiety, hopelessness or despair in the face of current and anticipated harms to species and natural ecosystem.
About climate grief
- What is Climate Grief?Comprehensive introduction from Climate & Mind, compiled by psychotherapist Andrew Bryant
- "Addressing climate grief makes you a badass, not a snowflake"Article by Jennifer Atkinson in High Country News, May 2018
- Apocalypse Got You Down? Maybe This Will Help"Searching for a cure for my climate crisis grief." by Cara Buckley, New York Times, Nov. 2019
- Climate Emotions: How climate change affects mental healthSeries of articles by BBC Future
- Climate Grief: Is It Real?From Psychology Today, Dec. 15, 2019
- Eco-Anxious StoriesCanadian group: " We envision a diverse community of people sharing stories of their own experiences and finding shelter from the storm. We believe that if we can shrug off silence together, we can support one another in taking meaningful action."
- Facing It: A Podcast about Love, Loss, and the Natural World6 part podcast by Dr. Jennifer Atkinson exploring the emotional burden of climate change, and why despair leaves so many people unable to respond to our existential threat. Dr. Atkinson leads seminars on eco-grief and climate anxiety at the University of Washington, where she is professor of environmental humanities.
- Got Climate Anxiety? These People Are Doing Something About It"Distress over global warming is increasing, but formal and informal support networks are springing up, too." New York Times, Feb. 2021
- How climate change affects mental health"Experiencing disaster - or even reading about it in the news - can be stressful and scary. These steps can help." From Yale Climate Connections, Feb. 2020
- How to Stop Freaking Out and Tackle Climate Change"A five-step plan to deal with the stress and become part of the solution." New York Times, Jan. 2020
- Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications and GuidanceA report by the American Psychological Association, published March 2017
- People of Color Experience Climate Grief More Deeply Than White People"We are not only disproportionately affected by the climate crisis, but we carry a pain that comes from a long history of racial terror. " By Nylah Burton, May 2020
- Why activism isn’t *really* the cure for eco-anxiety and eco-grief"It can certainly help tame difficult emotions but we need to go deeper than activism to build up resilience for the long haul." Gen Dread blog by Britt Wray
Books
Mourning Nature : hope at the heart of ecological loss and grief by Call Number: Sylvania Main Collection 363.7 M68 2017
How to Talk to Your Kids about Climate Change: turning angst into action by Call Number: EbookPublication Date: 2020-05-12
- Earth emotions : new words for a new worldEbook, by Glenn Albrecht
Videos
- Bill Nye's Global Meltdown: the five stages of grief (44 minutes)Bill Nye, the famous science guy, is feeling down. He’s visiting his therapist – Dr. Arnold Schwarzenegger – wondering why he just doesn’t feel like himself. He feels as if a horrible weight is on his shoulders, and life seems so empty, so meaningless. The therapist listens sympathetically, and diagnoses the cause: Bill is suffering from grief. Climate change grief. Watch the intro below or the full 44 minute video from the link above.
- Scientists describe grief, hope about climate change4:34 minute video, from Yale Climate Connections
- Why Emotionally Intelligent Climate Work Matters12 minute video by Dr. Britt Way, science communicator and author of Gen Dread: a newsletter about staying sane in the climate crisis.
PCCs Climate Grief Virtual Art Display
PCC's Climate Grief Interpreted Art Exhibit, arranged by ASPCC student leaders as part of the Climate Grief Committee. Spring term 2021. The virtual art display includes images, video, written word art and audio. Climate Grief: Interpret Art Exhibit
Support resources for climate grief
- Good Grief Network"Our unique program helps build personal resilience & empowerment while strengthening community ties to combat despair, inaction, and eco-anxiety on the collective level."
- PCC counseling resourcesPCC offers free, short-term counseling to currently enrolled students (excluding Community Education). Service eligibility begins two weeks prior to a given term. In counseling, we discuss personal concerns students may be facing and work with students to develop new ways of addressing concerns. Many concerns are addressed within eight sessions or less.
- Eco-Anxiety WorkshopsResource list for PCC Eco-Anxiety workshops, spring 2021.