Resources for coping with (and taking actions) relating to climate change 

Here are a few (external) resources that I hope might be helpful for people dealing with anxiety relating to climate change, and/or looking for ways to make things better for the planet/environment.

How to cope with climate anxiety/eco-anxiety? 

Canadian Mental Health Association Windsor-Essex County: Understanding and Coping with Climate Anxiety: https://windsoressex.cmha.ca/understanding-and-coping-with-climate-anxiety/  

Mental Health and Climate Change Alliance: https://mhcca.ca/

University of Colorado Boulder: 6 tips for coping with climate anxiety: https://www.colorado.edu/health/blog/climate-anxiety  

Anxiety Canada: Eco-Anxiety & How to Cope: https://www.anxietycanada.com/articles/coping-with-eco-anxiety/  

Mental Health Commission of Canada: Understanding and Coping with Eco-Anxiety: https://mentalhealthcommission.ca/resource/understanding-and-coping-with-eco-anxiety/  

What can individuals do to help with climate solutions? 

Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson – Climate Action Venn Diagram: How you – specifically you – can help with climate solutions:: https://www.ayanaelizabeth.com/climatevenn

Project Drawdown: Table of Solutions: https://drawdown.org/solutions/table-of-solutions

United Nations:  Actions for a healthy planet: https://www.un.org/en/actnow/ten-actions 

Clif Mark, CBC Life: Experts tell us things big and small we can do to help reduce climate change  https://www.cbc.ca/life/culture/experts-tell-us-things-big-and-small-we-can-do-to-help-reduce-climate-change-1.4896252  

David Suzuki Foundation: Top 10 things you can do about climate change: https://davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/top-10-ways-can-stop-climate-change/  

For educators:

Karen Costa says “all courses are climate courses“. Check out her resources!

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education: https://www.aashe.org/

Books:

Teaching in the Anthropocene: Education in the Face of the Environmental Crisis by Alysha J. Farrell, Candy Jones, Michelle Lam (Indigo-Chapters, Canadian Scholars)

The Existential Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators: How to Teach in a Burning World by Jennifer Atkinson and Sarah Jaquette Ray (Indigo-Chapters, Amazon.ca, Bookshop.org)

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