Below, you will find a list of video lecture and links to film related to Climate & Mind. Also check out our Audio page for podcasts and interviews, As always, please let us know of any additional resources.

Climate & Mind-related
Videos and Lectures

  1. Donna Orange - presentation on Climate Psychology at the Alonso Center for Psychodynamic Studies (YouTube)

  2. Rosemary Randall - “"Climate, Psychology, Conversation” - Cambridge Climate Lecture Series, 2019 (YouTube)

  3. Rosemary Randall - "Coping with the climate crisis” - short video series on YouTube

    1. Disavowal or everyday denial

    2. Climate distress & anxiety

    3. Loss & Grief

    4. Supporting others

    5. Hope & Despair

    6. Climate Journeys

  4. Renee Lertzman

    1. “The Myth of Climate Change Apathy” - Seattle Town Hall, 2015 (YouTube)

    2. “Engaging with Climate Change Conference” - Institute of Psychoanalysis, 2011 (YouTube)

  5. Leslie Davenport - “Psychotherapy for a Changing Planet” - (YouTube)

    1. Part 1

    2. Part 2

  6. "Intimate Dilemmas in the Climate Crisis: Grief, Kids and Feelings About the Future" - ThoughtWorks NYC panel (2019) - (YouTube)

  7. “Sand Castle (ecological breakdown through the eyes of a 13 year old)“

  8. Brit Wray, “How Climate Change Affects Your Mental Health.” TEDTalks, May, 2019.

Climate & Mind-related
Films

Hans Jørgen Rasmussen maintains a website, The Climate Cinema, compiling Climate-related films on a range of topics. He has categorized 65 films as related to Climate Psychology:

The Climate Cinema - Climate Psychology Film List

Meanwhile, here is a short list of films from a range of genres, that touch on Climate & Mind:

  1. Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance (dir. Godfrey Reggio, 1982)

  2. Attutauniujuk Nunami/Lament for the Land (by Ashlee Cunsolo Willox) - nonfiction - documentary about “the Labrador Inuit and their deep connection to and love of the land,” and the impact of climate change on their communities.

  3. Beasts of the Southern Wild (dir. Benh Zeitlin, 2012) - fiction

  4. First Reformed (dir. Paul Schrader, 2017) - fiction

  5. Mother! (dir. Darren Aronofsky, 2017) - fiction

  6. 2040 (dir. Damon Gameau, 2019) - nonfiction

  7. Lowland Kids (dir. Sandra Winther, 2019) - nonfiction - documentary about climate change and migration in the U.S.