Sustainable living
Sustainable living is the avoidance of activities that deplete the natural resources of the earth. Learn more and reflect on the connections between sustainability, the environment, your well-being and relationships through LiveWell resources including our booklet, coaching appointments and events.
Sustainable Living booklet
The Sustainable Living booklet discusses the intersections between sustainability, the environment, and well-being. This is a valuable resource you can utilize to understand how your relationship with your environment can have an influence on your overall well-being.
Peer Wellness Coaching
For continued learning and conversation around sustainable living and the environment, consider making a free Peer Wellness Coaching appointment.
Events
LiveWell periodically hosts events to bring our community together around topics such as sustainable living and climate health. Keep an eye on our events calendar throughout the year.
Additional resources
- Michael Mann on conquering climate despair
- This conversation with Michael Mann, professor of atmospheric science at Pennsylvania State University, touches on overcoming climate anxiety, as well as how to fight back against both climate alarmism and climate inaction.
- Therapy for the end of the world
- Many existing therapies for anxiety focus on challenging irrational beliefs. But what can we do about climate anxiety, which is founded on entirely rational fears? Psychologists are beginning to understand how to approach eco-anxiety in their practices.
- It pays to reduce your carbon footprint
- Corporations are the biggest polluters, with just 20 firms responsible for a third of all carbon emissions. It’s clear that this situation needs to change—but doing so isn’t necessarily bad for the bottom line.
- Why do we value immediate rewards more than long-term rewards?
- COVID-19 showed us we’re capable of undertaking drastic change. So why do we still hesitate to act on climate change? In part it’s because, for most of us, climate change still feels like a distant threat, and we’re wired to prioritize short-term reward over long-term payoff.
- The tribe that’s moving earth (and water) to solve the climate crisis
- This episode of “How to Save a Planet” looks at how the Yurok tribe, who live in what is now California, are making their territory more resilient to climate change by combining traditional land management practices with Western economics.
- Is it too late to stop climate change?
- Bill Gates and actress Rashida Jones talk to journalist Elizabeth Kolbert about what needs to change in order to stop the climate crisis—at the governmental and societal levels as well as in our individual lives.