Eco-emotions Resource pack
Welcome to our resource page dedicated to understanding and managing eco anxiety and eco emotions!
As the impacts of climate change become more evident, many people experience a range of emotions, from anxiety and grief to empowerment and hope. However, these feelings can be hard to understand and navigate on our own. We have therefore made this collection of materials that have been assembled throughout our project.
You can find a great variety of resources in this pack. There are both resources that are hand-picked by experts from our project to create capacity on eco-emotions, and materials created by the participants of our on-site training and workshop. You can find their eco-poems, their tips on how to deal with eco-anxiety, as well as their very own training sessions on eco-anxiety. You can use these trainings in your own work, and draw inspiration from their creative approaches to tackling these topics!
We hope that this resource pack will inspire you to be more equipped in facing your own eco-emotions and to foster resilience within your communities. Whether you are looking for practical tools, creative expression, or simply a way to better understand the feelings that arise in the face of environmental challenges, we believe these resources will offer valuable insights and support.
By embracing these emotions, together, we can channel them into meaningful action for a more sustainable and hopeful future.
Guides / Booklets
Guides and booklets that provide comprehensive insights into eco emotions and practical strategies for coping with climate-related distress.
- A Brief Guide to Eco Emotions: This guide offers an overview of common eco emotions and how they manifest in daily life.
- A Guide to Climate Emotions: Delve deeper into the psychological impacts of climate change and learn ways to manage these feelings.
- The Climate Change Empowerment Handbook: Empower yourself with strategies to turn climate anxiety into proactive engagement.
- Coping with Climate Distress: Practical tips and techniques to help you cope with the emotional toll of climate change.
Articles
Explore academic and in-depth articles on eco-anxiety.
- The Lancet Article on Young People: A detailed examination of how climate change affects the mental health of young people, based on recent research.
Exercises
Engage in exercises designed to help you process and express your eco-emotions creatively and mindfully.
- Climate Emotions Wheel: A tool to help you identify and articulate your feelings about climate change.
- Eco-Poetry: Express your eco-emotions through the art of poetry, finding solace and connection in words.
- Loving Kindness Meditation: A guided meditation practice to cultivate compassion for yourself and the planet.
Tools
Utilise practical tools to activate your climate action and integrate emotional processing into your advocacy.
- ACTIVATE: A framework to help you move from eco anxiety to eco action.
- Process Model: A step-by-step guide to understanding and managing your eco emotions.
- Climate Action Venn Diagram: Identify where your skills, passions, and the needs of the planet intersect to find your unique role in climate action.
Webinars
Follow an online conversations on dealing with eco-emotions.
- Understanding Eco-Emotions: An online conversation with the author of Climate Emotions Wheel and a leading expert on interdisciplinary eco-anxiety research Panu Pihkala and a psychologist Juni Sinkkonen.
- Diving Deeper Into Eco-Emotions: An open conversation exploring what concerns climate activists today, and how they’re coping with emotion (over)load.
Disclaimer
This resource pack was developed during a project called "Dealing with Eco-Anxiety". The project is supported by the European Youth Foundation.
Our mission
YEE aims to unite environmental youth non-profit organisations in Europe in order to enhance international cooperation, increase knowledge about the climate crisis, raise awareness of environmental problems and to strengthen participation of youth in environmental decision-making.
