UC-Wide Climate Resilience Course (Spring 2026)

[PSYCFWD]

Dear undergrad department of psychology,

I’m reaching out from UCSF with an exciting new class for UC Santa Cruz students.

We have developed a special academic experiential course on personal and social resilience to the ecological crisis that has been transformative for many students! However, as a new course we need your help raising awareness of it, and we are open to 100 students. Enrollment for the Spring 2026 UC-wide Climate Resilience Course is opening soon.

This will be the third year of the UC Climate Resilience Course and it’s now available at all 10 UC campuses in 2026.

The initiative has been featured by NPR and UC News, highlighting the momentum behind this innovative and impactful program.

About the course:
Students today are navigating the realities of climate change and global uncertainty. This class helps them build stress resilience, a sense of purpose, and strong community connections while engaging in meaningful climate action. Students learn through short talks from global climate leaders, interactive small-group sessions led by mindfulness teachers, and hands-on climate resilience projects. Our evaluation is published here.

Course title: Psychosocial and Planetary Resilience in the Age of the Climate Crisis

 

Instructor:  Magy Seif El-Nasr, PhD
Mindfulness Instructors: Gail Wright, MD, Anne-Marie Brest, MS, BCC

Day/Time: Thursdays 12:00pm-1:30pm

Catalog code: CMPM x GCH 20

Units: 5 

Could you please share the attached flyer with your students, academic advisors and department listserv? Early visibility will help students register for this important course. 

Thank you so much for your support. Please feel free to reach out if you’d like any additional information or materials to share.

Warmly,

UC Climate Resilience Course Directors 

Elissa Epel, PhD

Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Psychiatry

University of California, San Francisco

Director of the Aging, Metabolism, and Emotions Center 

Philippe R. Goldin, PhD

Professor, University of California Davis
Director, Clinically Applied Affective Neuroscience Laboratory

Jyoti Mishra, PhD MBA

Associate Professor, University of California San Diego

Director, Neural Engineering & Translation Labs

Jillian Grialou, MPH (she, her, hers)

Clinical Research Coordinator 

Aging, Metabolism, and Emotion (AME) Center

TIDES Study- Bush Lab 

University of California, San Francisco