Guin Library: Guin Reads Book Club

A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet

Drawing on a decade of experience leading and teaching in college environmental studies programs, Sarah Jaquette Ray has created an “existential tool kit” for the climate generation. Combining insights from psychology, sociology, social movements, mindfulness, and the environmental humanities, Ray explains why and how we need to let go of eco-guilt, resist burnout, and cultivate resilience while advocating for climate justice. A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety is the essential guidebook for the climate generation—and perhaps the rest of us—as we confront the greatest environmental threat of our time. " - https://sarahjaquetteray.com/book/ 

"Gen Z's first "existential toolkit" for combating eco-guilt and burnout while advocating for climate justice.

A youth movement is reenergizing global environmental activism. The “climate generation”—late millennials and iGen, or Generation Z—is demanding that policy makers and government leaders take immediate action to address the dire outcomes predicted by climate science. Those inheriting our planet’s environmental problems expect to encounter challenges, but they may not have the skills to grapple with the feelings of powerlessness and despair that may arise when they confront this seemingly intractable situation.
 
Drawing on a decade of experience leading and teaching in college environmental studies programs, Sarah Jaquette Ray has created an “existential tool kit” for the climate generation. Combining insights from psychology, sociology, social movements, mindfulness, and the environmental humanities, Ray explains why and how we need to let go of eco-guilt, resist burnout, and cultivate resilience while advocating for climate justice. A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety is the essential guidebook for the climate generation—and perhaps the rest of us—as we confront the greatest environmental threat of our time." - https://www.ucpress.edu/books/a-field-guide-to-climate-anxiety (publisher)

-Sarah Jaquette Ray is a professor and chair of environmental studies at Cal Poly Humboldt. She teaches and researches the environmental humanities, environmental justice, climate anxiety, emotions and education, and climate justice. She did her PhD at the University of Oregon in Environmental Sciences, Studies, and Policy, an MA in American Studies at UT-Austin, and a BA in Religious Studies and Women's Studies at Swarthmore College.

 The existential toolkit for climate justice educators : how to teach in a burning world
by Jennifer Atkinson andSarah Jaquette Ray

"An easy-to-use field guide for teaching on climate injustice and building resilience in your students—and yourself—in an age of crisis.
As feelings of eco-grief and climate anxiety grow, educators are grappling with how to help students learn about the violent systems causing climate change while simultaneously navigating the emotions this knowledge elicits. This book provides resources for developing emotional and existential tenacity in college classrooms so that students can stay engaged.

Featuring insights from scholars, educators, activists, artists, game designers, and others who are integrating emotional wisdom into climate justice education, this user-friendly guide offers a robust menu of interdisciplinary, plug-and-play teaching strategies, lesson plans, and activities to support student transformation and build resilience. The book also includes reflections from students who have taken classes that incorporate their emotions in the curricula. Galvanizing and practical, The Existential Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators will equip both educators and their students with tools for advancing climate justice."  https://www.ucpress.edu/books/the-existential-toolkit-for-climate-justice-educators (publisher)

-Sarah Jaquette Ray is a professor and chair of environmental studies at Cal Poly Humboldt. She teaches and researches the environmental humanities, environmental justice, climate anxiety, emotions and education, and climate justice. She did her PhD at the University of Oregon in Environmental Sciences, Studies, and Policy, an MA in American Studies at UT-Austin, and a BA in Religious Studies and Women's Studies at Swarthmore College.

-Dr. Jennifer Atkinson is a professor in the field of environmental humanities at the University of Washington, Bothell. Her seminars on Eco-Grief & Climate Anxiety have been featured in the New York Times, National Geographic, Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, NBC News, and many other outlets.