Engaging with climate change on any level takes an emotional toll on students and instructors alike. See below a list of curriculum resources that address the affective aspects of teaching climate change.
Academic article by Audrey Bryan, published in Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review, 2020. Provides "a conceptual toolkit to inform the psycho-affective aspects of CCE, with a particular emphasis on the pedagogical complexities of engaging learners located in emissions-intensive societies with their role as ‘implicated subjects’ in the climate crisis."
"The All We Can Save Project is on a mission to embed climate truth, courage, and just solutions in education — and to make it exceedingly easy to use the anthology within classrooms and beyond "
Academic article by Panu Pihkala published in journal Sustainability in 2020. Reviews the literature related to eco-anxiety, and proposes strategies for educators to address their own difficult emotions and to develop emotional skills for their teaching.
From the Climate Therapy Alliance, Pacific Northwest Chapter. Includes a toolkit of exercises and activities to promote resilience and address eco-anxiety.
