May 13, 2021

Climate Courage

52 minutes

“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

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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! If you have a story about climate courage—or a comment for one of our guests—please leave us a voicemail at 617-600-8419.

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