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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ECO RESILIENCE INITIATIVE
Transforming Climate Distress to Action
Milestones 🎉
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2026: Brand new climate action fellowship for UC students!
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2026: Two new research preprints show efficacy of our course in a controlled trial and greater benefits for youth with early-life adversity.
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2026: Our UCSF course opens to the general community given popular demand!
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2025: First publication showing our course improves youth climate distress and mental health!
The UC Eco Resilience Initiative is led by Drs. Elissa Epel at UC San Francisco, Jyoti Mishra at UC San Diego and Philippe Goldin at UC Davis. Together, these leaders have expertise in the psychology and physiology of the human stress response (Epel), the impacts of climate trauma on the human brain, cognition and mental health (Mishra), and the neuroscience of contemplative practices and sustainability education (Goldin). This initiative is part of the UC wide Center for Climate, Health, and Equity, and we actively collaborate with national and community mental health leaders such as the Climate Psychiatry Alliance.
Mission: To develop and promote climate resilience education and resources within the UC community and disseminate these to the wider public nationally and internationally.
News: Our initiative has been featured in the Nature magazine, the BBC, NPR, Sierra Club Podcast and UC News!
