Ressourcer
Welcome to the Unthinkable Resource Hub
for climate distress and other polycrisis problems
Is your heart heavy from living year-on-year in “unprecedented times”? Is the degradation of our planetary life support systems getting you down? Does the unnecessary dysfunction and injustice make you boil inside? Do you ever feel really alone with the heaviness of it all, noticing how it can be hard to talk about with others in a way that brings connection? We’ve been there, and have studied the nature and prevalence of eco-distress in society, which is growing. If supported, it comes bearing gifts: it can connect us with what we love most about being alive, help us make meaning, and step into a life of greater purpose to protect that which we can.
Learning how to work with the distress can make us stronger, more resilient, and more flexible human beings. Fortunately, a plethora of resources have emerged in recent years to help people do this skillfully. Below you’ll find a growing repository of the most celebrated climate- and eco-distress resources that emphasize coping, acting, and psycho-social-spiritual resilience strategies, alongside community support.
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CLIMATE
CONVERSATIONS
Though an existential loneliness often accompanies eco-distress, millions of people are feeling this. The problem is, there are no social norms for talking about it, so a validating setting must be sought out. Finding the right place to do that can be healing, transformative, and motivating.
CLIMATE-AWARE THERAPY
Mental health professionals who have studied how climate change impacts mental health, alongside ways to treat those affected, are growing in number. If your symptoms of distress are disrupting your ability to concentrate, sleep, are impacting your relationships or otherwise interfering with day-to-day life, it might be time to contact one.
PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS
& COLLECTIVE
PRACTICES
Experiences that are designed to be done in groups, enable psychosocial support, and are not necessarily facilitated by a mental health professional. They help people connect with others to process their difficult climate emotions, such as anxiety, grief, and dread, in ways that build courage, acceptance, and transformative resilience.
CLIMATE-MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING ORGANIZATIONS
A diverse ecosystem of organizations addressing the mental health and emotional impacts of the climate crisis—bridging science, activism, media, healthcare, and spiritual support.They provide tools to protect wellbeing, including mindfulness, grief circles, peer support, climate-aware therapy, and storytelling to sustain individuals and movements.
MINDFULNESS
& EMBODIMENT OFFERINGS
Contemplative practices for maintaining a brightness of mind and spirit, even amidst suffering with climate-related stresses. Discover ways of working with the connection between mind and body to become aware of deeply rooted conscious and unconscious patterns and survival strategies that can be reorganized towards liberation and peace.
BOOKS
Our library offers a carefully curated selection of books exploring climate emotions, resilience, transformation, and the intersection of mental health and the environmentaly predicament. Whether one is seeking insight, catharsis, or inspiration, these works provide guidance for navigating the polycrisis with courage and clarity.
DISASTER
RESOURCES
The Climate Psychology Alliance North America's Disaster Response Committee compiled these resources for people experiencing acute climate events (wildfires, hurricanes, etc.), as well as mental health providers and individuals supporting others affected (including children).