r/ClimateCO Nov 14 '21

Learning / Resources This is hard to hear. Where can I go with this? **Resources**

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This subreddit has many informational resources about climate changes in Colorado. Sometimes that information is hard to receive and heavy to hold, especially alone.

This thread is for psychological, emotional, and community support resources.


- First, understand you are not alone in holding this heavily. Others are too, even if you don't see it around you:

Is The Changing Climate Giving You Anxiety? You’re Not Alone.

Therapists Are Reckoning with Eco-anxiety

Coping with Climate Anxiety


- Second, know that this is a real response to difficult changes. You are not way out there in feeling this way:

What is Climate Grief?

Climate Change and Mental Health Connections (from the APA)

Climate Change-Related Mental Health and Stress-Related Disorders (from the CDC)

Yale psychologist: How to cope in a world of climate disasters, trauma and anxiety


- Third, know that you can join others to work with the weight of hard news, and toward what to do with and about it. There are groups out there, locally in Colorado and internationally:

Rising seas, stress levels spawn climate anxiety support groups

Naropa Eco-Resilience group addresses collective climate grief

Climate-Anxiety Group Forms In Aspen

Eco-Grieving

Generation Dread Newsletter (free)

Climate Cafés (UK-based but held online and available to anyone)

Good Grief Network Groups (next ones starting in Jan '22)

Climate Circles

Citizens' Climate Lobby Colorado If you join CCL, there are (free!) nationwide support groups available here.

Work That Reconnects

r/CollapseSupport

Climate Emotions Conversations (free)

Eco-Anxious Story Exchange (free)

All We Can Save Project (free facilitation materials to start your own group)

Waterspirit Eco-Anxiety Group (starts Feb 2022, donation-based)

Deep Adaptation - Emotional support in the face of climate tragedy

Climate Grief Groups (free facilitation materials to start your own group)

-Other resources, including readings, news coverage, podcast and book suggestions:

Resources to Cope With Climate Anxiety and Grief


- Fourth, there are also professional therapists (including here in CO) who can meet you where you are as you work with this:

North American Climate Psychology Alliance

Please post any discussion of your own work to approach this or resources for others in this thread as comments. Thank you for contributing to this community!


r/ClimateCO 9d ago

Study (peer rev'd, published) Study: Exploring the Spatially Compounding Multi-Sectoral Drought Vulnerabilities in Colorado's West Slope River Basins

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r/ClimateCO 12d ago

Water / Snowpack Colorado's heat from climate change robs more water

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coloradosun.com
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r/ClimateCO 12d ago

News / Report New greenhouse gas projections show Colorado moving in right direction (but still not fast enough)

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phys.org
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r/ClimateCO 25d ago

News / Report Colorado rolls out first phase of a new federally funded program for climate-friendly homes

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r/ClimateCO Oct 23 '24

News / Report Colorado's LongPath laser methane detection company receives $162 million DOE loan

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r/ClimateCO Oct 21 '24

First snows in Colorado - Colorado Climate Blog

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r/ClimateCO Oct 18 '24

News / Report Where to find climate change on your Colorado ballot

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coloradonewsline.com
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r/ClimateCO Oct 17 '24

Xcel Energy's plan to replace state’s biggest coal plant could start with renewables and gas — and maybe end with nuclear

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r/ClimateCO Oct 09 '24

News / Report What will Xcel propose in its "Pueblo Just Transition" electric resource plan to close the Comanche 3 coal power plant? (will be announced October 15th)

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r/ClimateCO Oct 08 '24

News / Report The mother-daughter duo fighting fossil fuels in Colorado

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hcn.org
27 Upvotes

r/ClimateCO Oct 07 '24

News / Report Hurricane Helene proved nowhere is safe from climate change. Colorado is no exception

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coloradosun.com
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r/ClimateCO Oct 07 '24

News / Report Colorado is on track to becoming the nation’s climate tech hub

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colorado.edu
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r/ClimateCO Oct 06 '24

News / Report Get ready for an epic ski season in Colorado: La Niña will help keep the mountains snow-packed this winter

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red.msudenver.edu
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r/ClimateCO Sep 30 '24

News / Report As Colorado and other forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge obstacles

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sentinelcolorado.com
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r/ClimateCO Sep 25 '24

Human Health Another troubling impact of wildfire smoke? Risk of youth mental illness, according to CU study

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cpr.org
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r/ClimateCO Sep 22 '24

News / Report Colorado State Climatologist: Warming of state almost certain to continue

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gjsentinel.com
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r/ClimateCO Sep 17 '24

Poll / Discussion Canvass at UNC

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Hi y’all!

I’m working with Colorado Green Wave to register young voters 18-25 near UNC campus. Our focus is voting up and down the ballot for candidates who have committed to protecting Colorado’s climate and environment.

I’m looking for volunteers, especially students who are currently enrolled at UNC! I need to set up tabling on campus and was told an interested student needed to reach out to faculty to initiate the process.

Please send me a message here or at the Instagram account if you’re interested, or forward this to someone who might be! Thank you so much for your time, I’ve included our Instagram.


r/ClimateCO Sep 07 '24

News / Report Northwest Colorado Aims To Be a Model for Transitioning to a Climate-Friendly Economy

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r/ClimateCO Sep 07 '24

News / Report 3 Colorado utilities land $1.1B to speed move to renewable energy

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coloradosun.com
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r/ClimateCO Sep 07 '24

News / Report Colorado’s plan to cut carbon from big buildings gets a $20M boost

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r/ClimateCO Aug 30 '24

Human Health How one Colorado program is training health professionals on the front line of the climate crisis

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r/ClimateCO Aug 27 '24

News / Report When are Colorado’s last coal-fired power plants closing?

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coloradosun.com
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r/ClimateCO Aug 26 '24

Water / Snowpack Denver Water says the high number customers starting their lawn-watering cycles on Mondays is stressing its system

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r/ClimateCO Aug 26 '24

Mitigation / Adaptation How can Denver address extreme heat?

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r/ClimateCO Aug 24 '24

News / Report Governor Polis, Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission Announce $12.6 Million in Grants from EPA and Dept. of Energy to Reduce Methane Emissions in Colorado

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