One Resilient Earth

Program & Host Organization

One Resilient Earth is a not-for-profit organization based in Berlin. It supports young change-makers and sustainability professionals by offering programs that build emotional resilience, foster climate awareness, and strengthen capacity for regenerative and transformative climate action.

Location & Scope

The initiative operates globally, with participants joining from many regions. Activities are delivered virtually, including bi-weekly workshops, weekly climate circles, and access to an online learning and care community platform.

Who It Serves

The program serves young adults who identify as or aspire to be change-makers, as well as sustainability professionals working in creative, cultural, or educational sectors. It has reached close to 2,000 participants through its various programs.

Climate & Mental Health Focus

One Resilient Earth addresses eco-anxiety, eco-grief, and climate-related trauma among youth and professionals. It responds to the emotional and mental health impacts experienced by people working on or living with climate change, particularly those on the frontlines of climate disruption.

Activities & Format

Core programming includes 12 to 14-week learning journeys comprising bi-weekly online workshops lasting one to two hours. Sessions feature invited experts and incorporate grounding practices, somatic exercises, storytelling, and group work. Participants may also attend weekly climate circles and engage with additional materials and peer connection on the online community platform. Participation follows an open cohort model, with most individuals attending four to six sessions.

Inclusion & Accessibility

Learning journeys are free for young people and accessible online. Additional grant funding has enabled stipends and training for climate circle hosts from marginalized communities, supporting culturally adapted, community-led offerings.

Outcomes & Evidence

Short-term outcomes include improved emotional wellbeing, increased motivation, and reduced distress. Medium-term outcomes involve greater integration of wellbeing, creativity, and regeneration into participants’ work. Long-term outcomes include the development of new community-led climate resilience initiatives. Evaluation includes pre- and post-program surveys and follow-up interviews. The approach is informed by climate psychology and related expert frameworks.

Guiding Principles

The initiative reflects principles of climate literacy, emotional processing, optimism, social connection, nature bonding, emotional resilience, climate justice, trauma-informed practice, community-led adaptation, and collective responsibility.

Resources & Sustainability

The organization’s annual budget is approximately 100,000 EUR. Programs are supported by multiple facilitators, volunteers, world-class guest experts, and an online platform. Funding comes from the European Union and several international foundations.

Team & Partners

Activities are supported by experts in mental health, futures thinking, regeneration, storytelling, decolonization, and Indigenous knowledge, as well as trained psychologists affiliated with the Climate Psychology Alliance.

Challenges & Context

Key challenges include limited funding and persistent stigma surrounding mental health, which may delay participant engagement until moments of crisis.