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Eco-Anxiety Toolkit: Intersectional Justice as Antidote

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

Books

CLIMATE GRIEF: From Coping to Resilience and Action     9780578989723: Coco's Fire: Changing Climate Anxiety into Climate Action     Life After Doom     You Are Unstoppable!: How to Understand Your Feelings about Climate Change and Take Positive Action Together

  • Book CoverDesigned to be read to young children or used as a springboard for classroom lessons about air.
  • Perfect for schools, libraries, and parents.
  • Detailed back matter includes the science behind clean air.
  • Download free lesson plans (in PDF format) to teach air-related concepts.

In Our Library

For Adults:

In Deep Waters: Spiritual Care for Young People in a Climate Crisis     The Planet You Inherit: Letters to My Grandchildren When Uncertainty's a Sure Thing     

For Children:

Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Change

For Youth:

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Video

The Great Unraveling? - YouTubeIn this episode of the “Great Unraveling?” series, Leslie Davenport joins Laurie Laybourn-Langton to explore the emotional and psychological impacts of disruption and crisis for individuals and across societies, and what people and communities can do in the face of crisis to build resilience. 

Articles/Blogs

Blessed TomorrowWhy Reading Books on Climate Change are Important for Children

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It’s important to read books on climate change to children. Why? Climate change is already happening and impacting children. Children can see it in their everyday lives... Children’s books explain complicated issues using developmentally appropriate text and illustrations ...[and make] the subject easier to think about and maybe a little less overwhelming. It is important that children’s books provide climate solutions with ideas for taking action in addition to climate facts and impacts. Being part of collective action makes climate change less frightening and supports children’s mental health.

The article links to:

A paper collage showing a dream-like scene of people raising their arms to a sky filled with clouds. Below, there is pasture with cowboys on horses.NonProfit Quarterly article - California Environmental Justice Organizers Are Writing the Future of Climate Plans

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December 22, 2023

'We knew that real climate solutions had to come from Black people, Indigenous people, people of color on the ground who had firsthand experience with climate impacts and could propose solutions that would meet this existential challenge.'

latinx & hispanic heritage month2 Eco Heroes To Know For Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month 

By   //  Eco-Friendly Mama blog

October 15, 2021

Some quick background on this important cultural event: It runs from September 15 through October 15th every year in the United States, and was established in 1968 by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

EarthBeat | National Catholic ReporterAt Catholic Youth Climate Summit, cardinal recognizes importance of student leadership

by Stephanie Clary  //  March 01, 2024

'You are not alone': In community, young people find antidotes to climate anxiety

By Heidi Schlumpf  //  March 06, 2024

National Library of Medicine (NLM) | LinkedInClimate change anxiety and mental health: Environmental activism as buffer

February 28, 2022

Responses to open-ended questions asking about participants' worries and actions related to climate change indicated the severity of their worries and, for some, a perception of the insignificance of their actions relative to the enormity of climate change. These results further the field's understanding of CCA, both in general and specifically among emerging adults, and suggest the importance of creating opportunities for collective action to build sense of agency in addressing climate change.

 

Organizations/Engagement

Screenshot 2022-08-15 152803Get involved with Force of Nature!

Teens are invited to join this online community of young people (aged 16-35) that's hosted on Slack. The community meets monthly; shares opportunities; and helps one another navigate climate emotions.

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.