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Module 2: Resilience

Module 2's overall obective

Module 2 explores what resilience means in the context of climate change, not just surviving stress, but adapting, growing, and even thriving through it. It moves from understanding our emotional responses to building practical tools and turning climate anxiety into meaningful action.

Before You Start...

Estimated time between 60–90 minutes

Available formats include View online (flipbook) or download as PDF

Includes an Interactive self-check quiz you can access directly below the module

Best suited for young people, youth workers, educators, and anyone supporting young people with climate-related stress

You can complete this module on its own or as part of the full Planet Pulse "Youth Rising Above Climate Anxiety" course.

What you'll learn

1

What climate resilience means and why it goes beyond simply coping

2

How to recognise the external and internal stressors that disrupt us

3

The difference between individual and collective resilience, and why community matters

4

Practical tools to stay within your "window of tolerance" — breathwork, movement, creativity, nature, and flow

5

How to turn climate anxiety into constructive, hopeful action

Access the Module

View online below via the interactive flipbook

Download PDF using the button below to browse offline

Quiz

Module 2 EN

1.According to the module, resilience is best described as:
2. Why does trying to suppress difficult thoughts and feelings tend to backfire?
3. The module describes several dimensions of resilience. Which set is correct?
4. Collective resilience is built mainly through:
5. What is the "window of tolerance"?
6. According to the module, how can climate anxiety be transformed?
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