Transformational Resilience: How Building Human Resilience to Climate Disruption Can Safeguard Society and Increase Wellbeing [Paperback]

Using the authors extensive experience of advising public, private and non-profit sectors on personal, organization, and community behavioral and systems change knowledge and tools, this book applies a new lens to the question of how to respond to climate change. It offers a scientifically rigorous understanding of the negative mental health and psychosocial impacts of climate change and argues that overlooking these issues will have very damaging consequences. The practical assessment of various methods to build human resilience offered by Transformational Resilience then makes a powerful case for the need to quickly expand beyond emission reductions and hardening physical infrastructure to enhance the capacity of individuals and groups to cope with the inevitable changes affecting all levels of society.Applying a trauma-informed mental health and psychosocial perspective, Transformational Resilience offers a groundbreaking approach to responding to climate disruption. The book describes how climate disruption traumatizes societies and how effective responses can catalyze positive learning, growth, and change.Introduction: Climate disruption can be humanitys greatest teacher Part I: How climate disruption will transform human relations 1. The psychological effects of climate disruption on individuals 2.  The psycho-social-spiritual impacts of climate disruption on organizations, communities, and societies 3. The imperative of building widespread capacity for transformational resiliencePart II: Presencing: The first building block of transformational resilience 4. Ground  and center yourself by stabilizing your nervous system 5. Remember  your personal strengths, resources, and social support network 6. Observe your reactions to and thoughts about the situation non-judgmentally and with self-compassionPart III: Purposing: The second building block of transformational resilience 7. Watch For new insiglsœ