Australia’s leading NGO on climate change & mental health

Emotions move us. We move the climate.

What do emotions have to do with climate change?

Climate change touches everything, including how we feel.

At Psychology for a Safe Climate, we work with the emotional dimensions of the climate and nature crisis. Because how we feel about the crisis shapes how we respond to it.

And how we respond will shape the future for all life on Earth.

PSC strengthens the emotional foundations of communities responding to the crisis, by putting the care in climate action.

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“We need to understand people, not only science, and this is where we come in."

- Carol Ride, PSC Founder and Psychologist.

Leading the conversation on climate psychology

From local Cafés to national stages, PSC is reaching people, shaping practice and amplifying voices.
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So far this year:

65

Climate Cafés held

30

Organisations we've worked with

12

Conference and event presentations

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Be part of a growing network at the heart of the climate movement. Together, we create the support and momentum needed for transformative climate and nature work.

Connect with people who share your commitment, explore climate emotions with expert guidance and spark insights that amplify your impact. With PSC leading the field in climate psychology, you will be at the emergent edge of the ideas and connections shaping what comes next. Shape the future with us.

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What it's like to work with PSC

Voices from individuals, practitioners and organisations who’ve experienced PSC’s impact first-hand.

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The PSC team are masterful facilitators who are able to support individuals through this process to achieve outcomes that deeply support community development and healing.
Laura,
Melbourne
Here we can simply be who we are in this world of fluid emergent change, listening, and maybe reflecting on where we presently are. Held warmly in this group, observations bubble to the surface and we breathe together, stronger in our common grounding.
Peter,
Sydney

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Acknowledgement of Country

Psychology for a Safe Climate acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the unceded lands upon which we live and work. We pay respect to Elders past and present, and all those to come who hold the lore and care for Country.

We acknowledge the ongoing impact of colonisation, the extraction of natural resources, discrimination and the burden placed on First Nations communities. There can be no climate justice, shared health and wellbeing without First Nations justice.

As we face the global climate and nature crisis, we recognise these lands also hold many crisis stories. Healing requires truth-telling, listening and walking alongside First Peoples on Country, in the spirit of reconciliation, with compassionate care.

Our staff and board members are based on:

Kulin Nation of the Wurundjeri Peoples,
Darkinyung of the Darkinjung Peoples,
Yunbenun of the Wulgurukaba Peoples,
Eora Nation of the Gadigal Peoples,
Noongar Nation of the Wadandi Peoples and
Meanjin of the Turrbal and Yuggera Peoples.