How can we build mental resilience to climate change?

How can we protect our mental health from climate change related
trauma? Can family, friends and community help to boost recovery
and resilience in places hit by extreme weather?


Graihagh Jackson finds out about a local support network called
"After The Fire", set up following the wildfires which swept
through Northern California in 2017. And she hears how the Manobo
tribe in the Philippines are protecting their community from
flooding and typhoons.


Plus, we hear some top tips about mental health first aid, and
how to build psychological resilience, from Jyoti Mishra,
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University
of California and Dr. John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta, Associate
Professor at the de La Salle University in the Philippines.


You can find out more about the story from the Philippines by
following the link to an article by our friends at BBC Future
Planet.


Presenter: Graihagh Jackson Producer: Diane Richardson For BBC
Future Planet: Gab Mejia, Ivan Torres, Jeremy Riggall and
Isabelle Gerretsen Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown Sound
Mix: Tom Brignell Editor: Simon Watts


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