Selected Video
Collective Climate Action: Inspired Organizing for Our Future
Sponsored by the Spring Creek Project at Oregon State University. 2024.
Book Talk: “A Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators.”
Chico State University, April 2024. View the talk
Empathy Summit at Woodland Park Zoo: Keynote by Dr. Jennifer Atkinson
ACE for Wildlife (Advancing Conservation through Empathy) January 2023.
Reclaiming Hope in a Warming World
Center for Climate Action and Sustainability. Evergreen State College. Oct 12, 2022
Keeping Our Cool in a Warming World, With Dr. Jennifer Atkinson
University of Washington School of Social Work. Nov 17, 2022.
Dr. Jennifer Atkinson on Emotional Resilience in a time of Ecological Crisis
University of Washington Program on the Environment. Oct 2022
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. Event Info
Environmental Summit: Climate Change and How It Impacts Us
Co-presented with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Kolbert. The Delta College President’s Speaker Series, Feb 23, 2022. View the recorded talk
Beyond Despair: Generating Bold Action from Dark Emotions
tUrn: Climate Crisis Awareness & Action. Santa Clara University. Apr 22, 2021.
Climate Grief, Eco-Anxiety, and Mental Health in the Face of Overlapping Crises
The Washington & Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference. Feb 2021
Eco-Grief & Climate Anxiety: In a time when there is so much bad news, how do we learn to cope?
Keynote talk: California State University, Chico: This Way to Sustainability Conference. Mar 25, 2021
Your Well-Being is My Well-Being: Are We Listening Yet?
Edge of Amazing, Health and Well-being Summit. Oct 8, 2020
Climate Despair: Harnessing Grief as an Agent of Transformation
Festival of Live Digital Art, Toronto, Canada. Jun 11, 2020
Dealing with Climate Despair
Aspen Institute, Future Leaders Climate Summit. Aug 12, 2020
Climate Depression: Confronting Eco-Anxiety in the Age of Crisis
Pacific Science Center, Seattle. Feb 28, 2020
Dispatches from the End of the World: Coping with Existential Dread through Podcasts
Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, June 23, 2021
Dealing with Climate Despair
Edge of Amazing, Health and Well-being Summit. Oct 8, 2020
The Weight of Nature: A workshop on climate change and mental health
Co-sponsored by Grist and the City of Seattle's Office of Arts and Culture. Seattle Public Library, Nov 3, 2019
Facing Down Climate Despair
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California Lutheran University. Thousand Oaks, Mar 9, 2020
Climate Depression & Environmental Angst: The Emotional Toll of Ecological Loss
Muhlenberg College, Center For Ethics. "Crisis Earth: Ethics of the Anthropocene” series. February 2019
Climate Hope: Turning Angst into Action
Sponsored by Cascadia Climate Action and the University of Washington, “Climate Science on Tap.” Seattle, December 2018
Dr. Jennifer Atkinson on Teaching in the Age of Eco-Grief
Big Planet, Big Feels podcast (Episode 2). Produced by Sarah Jaquette Ray and Madi Whaley. Aired December 19, 2018.