The premise of the project is to promote and foster a Toolkit of resources that will allow different communities who are ‘at risk’ of climate distress, in addition to an array of climate-related emotions, to explore creative ways to think about, discuss, and process the emotional effects of climate crisis.

Built on the work of 10 artists and academics, this toolkit utilises various mediums, processes, and foundations to nurture and advance these discussions and reflections in feasible, accessible and meaningful ways. Ultimately, this Toolkit aims to increase individual resilience and community empowerment by helping people to reflect on and process climate emotions through creative educational resources.

We invite you to discuss, learn and create, as well as build confidence in using the Toolkit in everyday life. We encourage you to integrate creative practice into your routine to ease climate anxiety and as a way to explore climate issues with your families/peers/colleagues/classrooms.

We hope this Toolkit supports you in building sustainable emotional habits that make climate engagement both manageable and meaningful.

  • Map-making: Bridge Building Between People, Environment and Change

    Gair Dunlop is an artist, film maker and researcher at DJCAD in Dundee who uses digital video to work with people, archives and places, to find out how decisions from the past impact the world we live in.

  • Buoyancy in Uncertain Times

    Jenny Pope is an Edinburgh based artist, with a BA in Ceramics and an MA in Sculpture from Edinburgh College of Art. She creates sculptures and installations using found and recycled materials playfully responding to challenging contemporary issues, creating space for reflection which question our responses to uncertainty.

  • Decomposition Practice for Fungal Co-dwelling

    Haeweon Yi is a theatremaker, writer, and researcher from Korea, based in Manchester. She creates theatre focusing on playfulness, bodies, objects, puppetry, and communities, with sustainability at the core of her practice.

  • Witnessing Beyond Words

    Penny Chivas (she/her) is a Glasgow-based dance artist originally from Ngunnawal Country, Australia. Working as a performer, maker and collaborator, she has performed the works of Ian Spink, Rosina Bonsu, and Theatre Cryptic.

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