Reflective Practices for Climate Education

These resources explore feelings that can arise for students when learning about the climate crisis. Emotions play an important role in how we engage with, think about, and work on climate change. Making space for those emotions and providing tools to our students to navigate emotions is vital to climate education. This section provides information and activities that encourage educators and students to reflect on how the climate crisis impacts our personal and collective well-being and ways to navigate through the tough stuff.

 

Self Care

Resources focused on wellness and navigating personal mental health throughout climate work.

Mindfulness

Information and activities for mindfulness activities and how they fit into climate education.

Emotion-Focused

Creating space for emotions in teaching, in classrooms, and for learners. Integrating emotional awareness and tools to navigate the tough stuff.

Narrative

Stories, writing exercises, and story telling activities that encourage reflection and reframing of the climate crisis.

More Than Human World

Resources that encourages students to engage with and reflect on the natural world around them.