A major ecological--turned mental health--turned social--turned humanitarian crisis is underway that has yet to be fully acknowledged or addressed: the harmful impacts of climate change on personal mental health and psycho-social-spiritual well-being. Left unaddressed, this crisis will trigger fear-based reactions that cause increasing numbers of people to harm themselves, others, and/or the natural environment. Not only will this undermine the health, safety, and wellbeing of people worldwide--it also threatens to delay or completely halt efforts to reduce the climate crisis to manageable levels.
Research and experience, on the other hand, shows that good human resilience skills, tools, and policies help minimize these harmful reactions and spur shifts in thinking and behaviors that increase wellbeing.
This one-hour introductory webinar will:
- Explain how a warming planet affects both personal mental health and psycho-social-spiritual wellbeing.
- Describe the Resilient GrowthTM model which includes basic principles and methods of building personal and psycho-social-spiritual resilience.
- Illustrate how professionals in the mental health, social services, education, disaster response, climate change, faith, and other fields can prepare people for these impacts by using the Resilient GrowthTM model to build human resilience.
- Clarify how the expanded awareness of self and context that often results from enhanced resilience skills leads to greater concern for and engagement in efforts to advance sustainability and address the climate crisis.
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