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This in-person event is free and open to all U-M faculty, students, and staff.

Join us for a transformative discussion about turning our climate anxiety into action. During this two-day event, participants will learn how to leverage their climate emotions to motivate, empower, and engage in lifelong individual and collective actions toward creating a sustainable and just future.

Along with a keynote address from Dr. Sarah Jaquette Ray, co-author of “The Existential Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators: How to Teach in a Burning World” (2024) and author of “A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet” (2020), there will be opportunities for small-group discussions and breakout sessions.

Breakout Session Topics

• Keeping your Cool on a Warming Planet”: Workshop for Recommendations for Managing Climate Anxiety

• “How to Teach in a Burning World”: Recommendations for Educators

• Climbing out of the Doom Spiral: Balancing Climate Anxiety & Hope

• Zombies & the Climate Crisis: Using storytelling to change the game

• The U-M Climate Collective: Toward a culture of climate resilience

Tentative Agenda

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