STAYING HEALTHY & EMPOWERED
Only in a healthy environment can we live in health and safety. To limit the consequences of climate change, we must slow it down and at the same time adapt to unavoidable changes. This requires knowledge about the risks ahead so that we can take timely measures to protect our habitats, communities and health.
MAINTAIN OUR RESILIENCE AND ABILITY TO ACT
In addition to technological and political measures, we need inner development towards social and emotional strength. Skills such as self-awareness, compassion, connectedness with nature and collaborative action make us more resilient in uncertain times.
It is also important to:
KEEP UP HOPE
‘Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, no matter how it turns out.’ – Václav Havel, 1986
The climate crisis and fears about the future can be overwhelming. Those who take action – for example, in the climate movement – draw strength, courage and joy from working together.
MEASURES FOR GOOD HEALTH (SELECTION)
The extent to which climate change affects us also depends on how resilient we are – as individuals and as a society. The graphic provides an overview of possible measures to mitigate the effects of climate change on our health and prepare ourselves for them.
LIVE OUR VALUES?
‘In its current form, the global economy reflects a chronic neglect of our inner world and what is truly valuable to humans. We reward competition instead of cooperation, environmental destruction instead of balance with nature, short-term profits instead of long-term peace and prosperity for future generations.’ – Lutz Hempel
What do you think and what do you want?