Recent Lectures and Workshops
Advancing Conservation through Empathy for Wildlife. Woodland Park Zoo. Feb 8, 2023.
Author Talk: Jennifer Atkinson on The Emotional Toll of a Warming World. San Francisco Public Library. July 26, 2022.
Beyond Climate Doom: Earth Day Keynote Address. Pacific Lutheran University, April 18, 2022.
Beyond Climate Despair: From Anxiety to Agency University of Minnesota, Twin Cities: National Association of Geoscience Teachers. July 14, 2022.
Keynote Speaker: Eco-Grief & Climate Anxiety. California State University, Chico: This Way to Sustainability Conference. Mar 25, 2021
Climate Change Initiative, University of Massachusetts Lowell. Eco-grief and climate anxiety: managing the crisis. Feb 22, 2021
Washington Climate Assembly. Meeting 1: “Introduction to climate change & climate mitigation” (begins at 2:39:30). Jan 16, 2021
Navigating Climate Anxiety. Whitman College, Nov 18, 2020
Solastalgia and you. ‘The pain was necessary to know the truth.’ KUOW Speakers Forum (NPR), June 25 2020
Facing Down Climate Despair: Anxiety, Grief, and Action in the Age of Crisis. California Lutheran University . Mar 2020
"Climate Depression & Environmental Angst: Navigating the Emotional Toll of Ecological Loss." Lecture series on "Crisis Earth: Ethics of the Anthropocene." Muhlenberg College, Center for Ethics. Pennsylvania . Feb 2019
Coping with Climate Anxiety. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Jan 12, 2023.
Beyond Climate Despair: navigating an age of crisis and engaging for change. American Museum of Natural History, NYC. Oct 4, 2022.
Environmental Summit: Climate Change and How It Impacts Us, co-presented with author Elizabeth Kolbert. Delta College President’s Speaker Series, Feb 23, 2022.
Climate Anxiety, Grief and Hope: Moving from Angst to Action. New Mexico State University Climate Change Education Seminar Series. Oct 20, 2021.
Sustainability and Revitalization. Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) Conference, New York City, May 3, 2022.
Beyond Despair: Generating Bold Action from Dark Emotions. tUrn: Climate Crisis Awareness & Action. Santa Clara University. Apr 22, 2021.
Dealing with Climate Despair. Aspen Institute, Future Leaders Climate Summit. Aug 12, 2020
Confronting Climate Grief and Anxiety. Edge of Amazing: A Virtual Health and Well-being Summit. Providence Institute for a Healthier Community. Oct 8, 2020
Climate Anxiety – Staying Engaged Without Getting Overwhelmed. City of Bellevue, virtual Earth Day event. Apr 2020
Climate Depression: Confronting Eco-Anxiety in the Age of Crisis. Pacific Science Center, “Science in the City” series. Seattle . Feb 27, 2020
"Depressed About Climate Change? Moving from Angst to Action in an Age of Ecological Disruption." McMenamin's Pub Night Talks, co-sponsored by University of Washington and McMenamin's History Department . May 28, 2019
Climate Grief: Moving from Despair to Action. University Unitarian Church, Seattle. Oct 2022.
Climate Lecture Series: Center for Climate Action and Sustainability. Evergreen State College. Oct 12, 2022
In This Climate podcast: “Existential loneliness, the climate crisis, and intrinsic hope.” Mar 2, 2022.
Las Cruces Community Radio. Jennifer Atkinson on Climate Anxiety. Interview w/ Peter Goodman. Oct 13, 2021
Climate Grief, Eco-Anxiety, and Mental Health in the Face of Overlapping Crises. Washington & Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference. Feb 2021
Navigating Climate Anxiety. University of Minnesota. May 4, 2021
Climate Despair: Harnessing Grief as an Agent of Transformation. Festival of Live Digital Art, Toronto, Canada. Jun 11, 2020
Existential Toolkit for Climate Educators: Roundtable Discussion. Rachel Carson Center, Munich, Germany. July 2 - 5, 2020
Triton Talk: Climate Grief and Eco-Anxiety: Staying Engaged Without Getting Overwhelmed. Edmonds Community College. May 19, 2020
"The Weight of Nature: A workshop on climate change and mental health" (with Clayton Aldern). Co-sponsored by the City of Seattle's Office of Arts & Culture and Grist magazine. Seattle . Nov 3, 2019
"Climate Hope for the holidays: turning angst into action." Climate Science on Tap, hosted by Cascadia Climate Action and UW Program on the Environment. Seattle . December 2018
"From Progressive Paradise to Dystopian Persistence: How Are We Discussing the Goalposts of Sustainability with Students and Peers?" Washington & Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference. University of Washington . February 2019
"Climate anxiety, environmental grief, and pretraumatic stress on campus and in the classroom." Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. Spokane, WA . Oct. 2019
"Confronting Despair in the Classroom: Lessons from an Undergraduate Seminar on Ecological Grief." Association for the Study of Literature and Environment. University of California, Davis . June 2019
“Ask A Scientist.” Cascadia Climate Action and University of Washington. Lagunitas Brewing Company, Seattle . Aug 26, 2019
"Climate Change and Health: More than Getting Hot." Panelist, Bastyr University, Seattle . April 11, 2018
“Navigating Environmental Grief: Resilience and Hope in an Age of Climate Consequences.” Washington & Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference. Portland State University . February 2018
"A Sense of Place: Our Rapidly Urbanizing Environment." Jennifer Atkinson, Caren Crandell and Warren Gold. Bothell Public Library . Nov 2017
