ITRC issues Call to Action for all mental health, public health, education, social justice, climate, and other leaders to rapidly build psychological and psycho-social-spiritual--or transformational--resilience to prevent widespread climate traumas
WE ASK ALL ACEs CONNECTION MEMBERS TO ENDORSE THE ITRC CALL TO ACTION!
- Attached is the complete Call to Action to Build Human Resilience for Climate Traumas or find it at the ITRC website: http://www.theresourceinnovationgroup.org/
- Individuals wanting to sign the Call to Action to Build Human Resilience for Climate Traumas click here or paste url into browser
- Organizations wanting to sign the Call to Action to Build Human Resilience for Climate Traumas click here or paste url into browser
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In response to the vast personal and collective traumas caused by Hurricane Dorian, and as a follow up to the U.S. Call to Action in Climate, Health, and Equity priority 9 to build resilient communities, the International Transformational Resilience Coalition (ITRC)* today called on all mental health, public health, ACEs, education, social justice, climate, emergency response, faith and other leaders to rapidly build universal capacity for psychological and psycho-social-spiritual--or what we call Transformational--Resilience to prevent widespread climate traumas.
The ITRC said that swiftly slashing greenhouse gas emissions, transitioning to a clean renewable energy economy, protecting and restoring forests and other ecosystems that sequester carbon, adapting physical infrastructure, and strengthening disaster mental health programs must be top priorities.
With the disasters and toxic stresses generating by the climate crisis accelerating, however, it is equally important and urgent now to help all individuals, groups, and communities learn Transformational Resilience information and skills to build their capacity to constructively cope with climate adversities and use them as powerful catalysts to increase personal, social, and ecological wellbeing.
"The horrific destruction caused by Hurricane Dorian is yet another example of how climate disasters are producing widespread childhood, adult, cultural, and intergenerational traumas," said Bob Doppelt, ITRC Coordinator. "Even if emissions are rapidly reduced, the number of individuals and groups traumatized by climate disasters and toxic stresses will accelerate for decades to come.
"Prevention is the only viable solution given the scope and intensity of the mental health and psycho-social-spiritual impacts that lie ahead. We must quickly make preventative Transformational Resilience education and skills-training available to all adults and youth.
"We ask individuals and organizations to endorse our Call to Action, get informed, and become involved in building universal capacity for Transformational Resilience," concluded Doppelt.
We Ask Everyone to Please Read and Endorse the Full ITRC Call to Action and Become Actively Engaged in Building Widespread Capacity for Transformational Resilience
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