Climate Camp Resources

Educational, motivational and inspiring ideas for integrating joy, resilience and meaningful climate action into your life.

Podcasts, Websites, & Other Media

The Huberman Lab Podcast: Episode #58 - Using Play to Rewire and Improve Your Brain

Stanford psychologist Andrew Huberman, PhD, discusses the transformative nature of play—how it changes our feelings, thoughts and actions and indeed, how it can rewire our brain to function better in all contexts.

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, PhD - How to Find Joy in Climate Action - TED talk

What are you good at? What is the work that needs doing? And what brings you joy? Where your answers intersect is where you should put your climate action effort.

CCL Resilience Hub
Online groups, events, trainings, videos, and other resources designed for deepening personal resilience in the face of climate change.

The Sweaty Penguin
Sometimes climate change is a laughing matter. Originally a podcast, this is now a website with other resources to take a lighter approach to climate.

Climate Adam
With a PhD in climate science from Oxford, Adam Levy tries to make sense of climate change with humor-filled YouTube videos.

Climate Change Quiz
A quiz by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication that helps people figure out how to plug into climate solutions (thank you Libby Roderick for the suggestion).

Resilient Climateering Slides with Polyvagal Chart (slide 13)
Google slide deck of workshop that Tamara presented on how to thrive in the face of climate change.

Books

The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again (2021) by Catherine Price

A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet  (2020) Sarah Jaquette Ray

  • A Playful Path  (2014)  (Available online at aplayfulpath.com) Bernard DeKoven

  • Hope Matters: Why Changing the Way We Think is Critical to Solving the Climate Crisis  (2020) Elin Kelsey

  • All the Feelings Under the Sun: How to Deal with Climate Change   (2021) Leslie Davenport

  • Michael Rosen's Book of Play! Why Play Really Matters, and 101 Ways to Get More of It in Your Life  (2019)  Michael Rosen

  • Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul   (2010) Stuart Brown & Christopher Vaughan

games

Greenhouse Game: Our Home is in Your Hands    https://www.greenhousegame.com/

Green House is a cooperative card game to help you turn your climate anxiety into hope and action. Every turn starts with an event, but you've got the power in your hands to do something about it. Plus, each action card is a real life climate solution that someone somewhere in the world is working on right now!

Can Your Reach Net Zero?   https://ig.ft.com/climate-game/

In this free, online game, created by the Financial Times, you take on the role of the Minister for the Future. You need to keep global warming to 1.5C by cutting energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050 while simultaneously dealing with other greenhouse gases and protecting people and nature. The game is modeled on published scientific research.

Daybreak
Daybreak is a cooperative boardgame about stopping climate change. It presents a hopeful vision of the near future, where you get to build the mind-blowing technologies and resilient societies we need to save the planet.

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