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Eco-Anxiety Toolkit: Clergy & Congregations

Multi-media resources for congregations and households to notice, name, and address climate-related mental health concerns in children, youth, adults, and elders.

Clergy Training

Care for Creation Today - Clergy Training

Get started on the Blessed Tomorrow Ambassador Training:

Take the core curriculum or see if there is customized training for your professional association or workplace!

Free, self-paced, and online!

Congregational Engagement

WaterspiritWaterspirit: is a spiritual ecology nonprofit that informs, inspires and empowers people of all beliefs to deepen their consciousness of the sacredness of water and the interdependence of all Earth’s systems.

Portrait of Shawna Weaver

Shawna Weaver, PhD

An educator and author (Climate Grief: From Coping to Resilience and Action) on a quest to learn how to live a sustainable lifestyle, but also find joy and create community along the way.

After years of struggling with my own climate grief — without a word for it, let alone strategies for coping — I’ve made it my mission to explore climate grief and its meaning. My goal is to find what humans can do to alleviate not just our symptoms, but reduce the cause: how we can each heal ourselves, and help the planet.

Books

     Life After Doom     You Are Unstoppable!: How to Understand Your Feelings about Climate Change and Take Positive Action Together

Other Resource Lists

Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology

Videos, Podcasts, Books, Journal Articles, News Articles, Reports, Links and Additional Resources, SOS

gum leaf with water droplets on itResources to Cope With Climate Anxiety and Grief

As more climate change impacts are felt and people become increasingly aware of the challenging future we face it is understandable that many people are experiencing anxiety, grief and a myriad of other feelings. [These] resources are provided to increase understanding of the emotional and psychological impacts of climate change and to promote the range of coping strategies available.

In Our Library

Clergy Engagement

a group of nuns hold protest signs in support of climate actionSpirituality, global warming, and grief: How clergy can help tackle climate anxiety

A growing number of spiritual leaders believe they have a vital role to play shepherding people toward action.

A group of nuns, monks, and clergy take part in a 'kick the carbon habit' protest, where they called for political leaders to strengthen a climate change bill.