“Since changing the climate is the biggest thing humans have ever done, with the gravest implications for the future, it stands to reason that it produces all kinds of emotions—conscious and unconscious—in those who apprehend it. This fine book helps grapple with those feelings, in thoughtful and empowering ways.”

Bill McKibben

Author of Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization

“This book is rich with practical wisdom for all climate feelers, thinkers, and doers. Leslie Davenport believes in us. Transforming Climate Anxiety will leave you saying, ‘I do too.'”

Katharine K. Wilkinson, DPhil

Author of Climate Wayfinding: Healing Ourselves and the Planet We Call Home

Transforming Climate Anxiety

A Workbook for Courage, Clarity, and Collective Action

This therapeutic workbook is designed to help you navigate the emotional toll of our warming world while discovering your capacity to make meaningful change.

7 things this book will teach you

How this book will support your climate emotions journey

EMOTIONAL ALLYSHIP

This book will help you discover that your eco-distress is an ally, full of useful signals about how you are experiencing and processing the climate crisis.

cognitive awareness

As you explore your cognitive biases and learn to work with them, you will become skilled at seeing past the hidden biases that keep us stuck in climate inaction.

SUSTAINED ENGAGEMENT

By committing to practices that support your mind and body, you can stay engaged with climate news and actions without shutting down or lashing out.

RELIEF

The exercises within the workbook will offer you moments of real relief and reprieve for your overwhelmed nervous system.

CREATIVITY

As you experience more consistent relief and calm, new ideas will feel safe (and excited!) to shake loose, allowing your uniquely creative mind to explore innovative ways of building a safer, healthier, more just world.

community-BUILDING

This workbook will invite you to reflect on how to find your people and and shape a multi-generational community that builds purpose and power capable of tackling the crises of our times.

HOMECOMING

By carving out time to tend to yourself, your emotional landscape, and your community, you will notice that you feel more connected to your sense of place and belonging in the natural world.

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We are nature Meditation

A 15-minute guided meditation narrated by Leslie to help calm your senses and strengthen your connection with yourself and the natural world.

Nature Bingo Game

Gather your community for game night with this set of 25 unique bingo cards and list of questions about the more-than-human world. Bring them to your next potluck or picnic to connect your friends over a fun and educational game of Nature Bingo.

meet the author Q&A

Join Leslie for an exclusive and intimate webinar where she’ll dive into the book, her writing process, and answer all your questions.

Praise for Transforming Climate Anxiety

Christiana Figueres

Diplomat & Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 2010–2016

“At a moment when many feel overwhelmed or paralyzed, this book offers a welcome path that honors our grief while steadily guiding us back into agency, connection, and meaningful action.”

Isaias Hernandez

Environmentalist, Educator, @QueerBrownVegan

“Transforming Climate Anxiety: A book that is grounded in care, resilience, and a world where we can nourish our relationships with ourselves.“

Jade S. Sasser, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Society, Environment, and Health Equity, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States
Author of Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Deciding Whether to Have Children in an Uncertain Future

“This book is for everyone who cares deeply about climate change and needs practical skills to resist overwhelm and burnout. It shows you how to do the internal emotional work, connect it to the external community work, and help build a better world. I promise, you will come back to it over and over again.“

Laura Carter Robinson, PsyD

Eco- and clinical psychologist
American Psychological Association’s Climate Change Psychology Advisory Group

“At once practical and deeply resonant, this workbook is a timely and much-needed contribution that will be of benefit to anyone feeling the pain of climate anxiety and grief. As we navigate our climate emotions during these challenging times, we are fortunate to have Davenport’s knowledgeable and wise presence guiding us.“

Barbara Easterlin, PhD

President of Executive Committee, Climate Psychology Alliance of North America

“Leslie Davenport’s new workbook pulls no punches in confronting the fossil fuel industry and its ongoing role in driving the climate crisis… Yet rather than leaving readers in despair, she challenges us to reckon with this reality and consider what accountability, transformation, and collective action must look like in the face of an escalating global emergency.“

Anya Kamenetz

Author of The Golden Hour newsletter and Falling In Love With The World Again: Finding Your Way When Everything Feels Broken

“Leslie Davenport is a guiding light for me and many others who are struggling to process the climate crisis and to parent through it. This book is another wise and welcome offering that will be an invaluable resource for individuals and communities.”

Rebecca B. Weston, JD, LCSW

C0-Director of Climate Psychology Alliance of North America

“With grace, elegance, and expansive compassion, Leslie Davenport takes us on a very compelling journey. Through accessible and gentle exercises, she helps us move from very personal internal distress to meaning, expression, and external collective action on behalf of our community, future generations, and the wider planetary ecosystem we call home.“

Imogen R. Herrick, PhD

Assistant Professor of STEM Education, Department of Curriculum and Teaching, University of Kansas

“[T]his workbook brings together clear insights and practical exercises to help readers work through difficult emotions while staying connected to purpose, community, and action. This is an important book for anyone trying to remain engaged with the climate crisis, even when the realities feel overwhelming.“

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