Climate Courage

“What if global warming isn’t only a crisis. What if it’s our best chance to build a better world?” Naomi Klein Reports of wildfires, hurricanes, and extinctions are frightening, yet we rarely hear people talking about the mental health impact of these changes. This hour long show explores how coping with the mental health impacts of climate change can actually make us more effective at combating it. We hear stories about the challenge of facing the facts, and emotions including grief, hopelessness, and fear. Finally, we consider how taking action can actually lead us to greater strength, connection, and impact. Safe Space Radio combines compelling storytelling with practical expert guidance to give you the tools you need to find your own courage. Tips & Strategies for Coping and Getting Engaged (PDF) Listen to Stories From the Episode Safe Space Radio · Climate Courage Resources From Our Guests Healing After Irma Anne Bequette Environmental Melancholia Dr. Renee Lertzman SustainUS Aneesa Khan Why I Disrupted the White House Fossil Fuel Panel at the United Nations Climate Talks Maia Winkler—Teen Vogue Climate Anxiety Counseling Kate Schapira Climate for Health Dr. Lise van Susteren Protect South Portland Rachel Burger Further Reading & Listening Books An Inconvenient Truth Al Gore The Great Derangement Amitav Gosh Drawdown: the Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Climate Change Ed. Paul Hawken This Changes Everything Naomi Klein Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re In Without Going Crazy Joanna Macy Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change George Marshall The Madhouse Effect Michael Mann & Tom Toles The End of Nature Bill McKibben Learning to Die in the Anthropocene Roy Scranton Climate Shock: Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet Gernot Wagner & Martin L. Weitzman The Uninhabitable Earth David Wallace-Wells General Resources for Learning About Climate Change Climate Change: How Do We Know? NASA Earth Science Communications Global Oneness Project 13 Misconceptions About Global Warming (Video) Derek Muller Our Climate, Our Future One Thing You Can Do—Know Your Climate Facts Susan Shain & Esther Horvath—New York Time Climate Change Myths Skeptical Science Climate Change & Mental Health Climate Change’s Toll on Mental Health American Psychological Association First Step to Stop Eco-Grieving Over Climate Change? Admit There’s a Problem. Judy Fahys—NPR Climate Change and Mental Health: Risks, Impacts, and Priority Actions Katie Hayes et al.—International Journal of Mental Health Systems What Psychotherapy Can Do for the Climate and Biodiversity Crisis Caroline Hickman—The Conversation How Hope and Doubt Effect Climate Change Mobilization Jennifer R. Marlon, et al.—Frontiers in Communication We Need Courage, Not Hope, to Face Climate Change Kate Marvel—OnBeing Scientists Share Their Grief, Anger, and Hope Over Climate Change (Video) Peter Sinclair—Yale Climate Connections Climate Lab Playlist (videos) Vox Why Climate Change Does Not Scare Us (Yet) Elke U. Weber—Climatic Change Climate Change in the American Mind Yale Center for Climate Change Communications Coronavirus Doubters Follow Climate Denial Playbook Yale Climate Connections Talking About Climate Change How to Talk Effectively About Climate Change Max Boykoff—Scientific American Reassessing Emotion in Climate Change Communication Daniel Chapman, Brian Lickel, and Ezra Markowitz—Nature Climate Change The Most Important Thing You Can Do to Fight Climate Change: Talk About It Katherine Hayhoe—TED Talk 6 Tips for Talking to Kids About Climate Change Anya Kamenetz—NPR Is There a Climate ‘Spiral of Silence’ in America? Edward Maibach et al.—Yale Program on Climate Change Communication How to Talk About Climate Change so People Will Listen Charles C. Mann—The Atlantic The Secret to Talking About Climate Change (Video) Our Climate, Our Future The Role of Emotion in Global Warming Policy Support and Opposition Nicholas Smith and Andy Leiserowitz—Risk Analysis Children’s Books About Climate Change Yale Climate Connections Climate Justice Lessons from 40 Years of Documenting Environmental Racism Dr. Robert Bullard—The Revelator 7 Young Indigenous Activists Standing Up for Their Communities Jackie Menjivar—DoSomething.org Carbon Majors Cannot Put Their Interests Before Humanity’s Survival Kumi Naidoo—Amnesty International Why Climate Change is Anti-Justice (Video) PBS Digital Studio The Health Impacts of Climate-Related Migration P Schwerdtle et al.—BMC Medicine I Survived Climate Disaster, But I Don’t Want to Be a Climate Statistic Marinel Ubaldo—Teen Vogue Helpful Organizations Climate Action Climate for Health Earth Guardians Energy Justice Network Fossil Free Institute for a Sustainable Future Movement Generation NAACP Environmental & Climate Justice Program Our Climate Voices Project Drawdown Sunrise Movement SustainUS UN Sustainable Development Goals Yale Program on Climate Change Communication Zero Hour 350.org We’d love to hear from you! 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This episode was published on May 13, 2021.

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