Useful Resources - “From Eco-Anxiety to Eco Action & Empowerment”
The web links below can be used as a starting point to begin exploring this year’s topic.
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Young people’s climate anxiety revealed in landmark survey
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The rise of eco-anxiety: scientists wake up to the mental-health toll of climate change
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'Eco-anxiety': how to spot it and what to do about it
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Addressing Disinformation and Eco-Anxiety: Encouraging Youth to Take Positive Action on Climate Issues
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How can we help kids cope with 'eco-anxiety'?
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Podcast- How to turn eco-anxiety into positive action
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Eco-anxiety: how to cope at a time of climate crisis
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Force of Nature - Transforming mindsets for climate action
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Our Broken Planet Podcast; Turning Eco-Anxiety into Eco-Action
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Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis
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Sustainability Scientist Shares Helpful Tips to Cope With Eco-Anxiety
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What I learned about eco-anxiety after listening to the climate stories of 1,000 people from around the world
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If you are a Teacher you may find these resources useful to help you reduce eco-anxiety in your classroom
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Climate Psychology Alliance
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Climate Anxiety and Social Media
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Climate Anxiety Solution Based Approaches
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Tackling Climate Anxiety in the Classroom
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Turning Anxiety into Action
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SubjectToClimate's Teacher Guides
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Climate anxiety: 21 resources to energise you into action
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weADAPT puts together a toolbox to help address climate anxiety
Further suggestions are always welcome and can be emailed to us here.
Key dates
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7 September 2025
TSL 2026 Competition Launch – SUSTAINABILITY CULTURE – registration for Teacher Champions/Schools opens on the TSL Competition Platform, hosted by Submittable
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8 March 2026 (midnight UTC)
Final deadline for entries via the TSL Competition Platform (extended by a week due to the high volume of submissions)
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1 May 2026
Announcement of International Competition 2026 Finalist & Honourable Mention winners on the TSL website
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22 May 2026
Finalists & Honourable Mention certificates available on TSL Certificates Portal
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22 May 2026
“Top 10” Finalists in the Primary and Secondary age categories will be notified via their Teacher Champions (using their TSL Competition Platform registered email addresses)
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End May 2026
Invitations to participate in the International Student Debates will be emailed to Teacher Champions (using their TSL Competition Platform registered emails)
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1-2 July 2026
International Student Debates, followed by International Student Awards – Primary Schools age group (July 1) & Secondary Schools age group (July 2)