Tackling Climate Anxiety in the classroom – A digital resource

We’ve teamed up with Scotdec to create a new resource in response to fears and challenges voiced by teachers. This new resource helps teachers think about the impact the climate crisis has on the health and wellbeing of pupils and explores how we can use Catholic Social Teaching – and Laudato Si’ in particular – to navigate and respond to climate anxiety.

This resource is split into 2 parts:

Part 1 : Scotdec, Highland One World, and their partner organisations, explore the issue of climate anxiety and the impact the climate crisis has on learners from upper primary through to secondary.

Part 2: Written by SCIAF, explores using a Head, Heart, Hands & Spirit model alongside Catholic Social Teaching to navigate and respond to climate anxiety in Catholic schools.

• Head – Recognising climate anxiety. Understanding that the world is not how God intended it to be.
• Heart – Reading the signs of the times. Using CST and Scripture to reveal how God is our both our refuge and our strength when building emotional resilience, and challenging hopeless climate narratives in the classroom.
• Hands – Anxiety to Action. Supporting active participation on climate action, knowing that it is powerful faith witness.
• Spirit – Development of the whole person. Knowing that our faith underpins and enriches the Head, Heart and Hands.

The resource also has a comprehensive resource section for Laudato Si’ Schools and a teachers Padlet for more resources on climate anxiety.