Made by many hands
How to Run a Climate Resilience Group is a community-built resource of the Mental Health and Climate Change Alliance.
This manual is designed to empower individuals and organizations in effectively organizing and facilitating Climate Resilience Groups. These resilience groups serve as platforms for open, community-based discussions on climate change that support mental health in the context of the climate crisis. These groups may also empower participants to explore, learn, and contribute to climate action in a collaborative setting.
The guide was written and reviewed collaboratively by community facilitators, clinicians, and researchers, and it grows with its community: registered facilitators appear on the facilitator map and share their experiences at the end of each module.
Contributors
- Kiffer G. Card, PhD (Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University)
- Kaylie Higgs, Mental Health and Climate Change Alliance
- Sayemin Naheen, Solastalgia
- Sadra Taghizadeh Toossi, Wellness Impact Lab and The Climate Collective
- Lisa Freire, Wellness Impact Lab and The Climate Collective
- Sahana Babu, UBC School of Population and Public Health ; for correspondence)
- Aayush Sharma, MSc (Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University)
- Maliha Ibrahim, PhD (Program Chair Counseling and Family Therapy, Yorkville University, Climate Psychology Alliance of North America (CPA-NA)
- Helen Boyd, RN. MA Counselling (Regional Coordinator Climate Psychology Alliance-North America)
- Erlene Woollard, Volunteer Suzuki Elders/Seniors for Climate/GTEC
- Mickayla Westendorp, MPH practicum student, Mental Health and Climate Change Alliance (Reviewer)
Hosted by the Mental Health and Climate Change Alliance.