Public Engagement
I regularly provide presentations at conferences on mental health, climate change, and disasters, for international and local organisations and groups.
Recent Presentations
2020
November: 21st International Mental Health Conference. Invited Keynote: ‘The psychology of climate the climate emergency: Activating the green heart at the centre of our responsibility.
November: International Community psychology conference. Symposium: ‘My children are revolting!’ Supporting youth solidarity: Collective care for young activists to thrive in a climate altered world.
September: APS and Community College Webinar. You call this a crisis? How psychologists can help children and young people manage the anxiety of climate change.
August: Australian National University, Climate Change Institute Webinar: Climate change - Strategies for emotional wellbeing.
August: Moreland Council Teacher Environment Network. Presentation: Talking With children about the climate crisis.
July: Hume Council Northern Alliance for Greenhouse Action (NAGA). Workshop: Climate change empowerment.
June: CERES. Weekly Winter Webinars: Climate and natural systems - Comparing climate change and COVID19. What can we learn and how should we act?
March - April: Australian College of Applied Psychologists.4 part invited webinar series: Disaster recovery, and coping with COVID19.
April: Castlemaine Steiner School. Webinar: Parenting in the age of screens.
March: Castlemaine Community House. Workshop: Coming to terms with climate change.
March: City of Hume Environment team. Workshop: Dealing with the emotional impact of climate change.
February: DWELP, Ballarat. Invited address at workshop to write Regional Climate Adaptation Strategy.
January: City of Port Phillip. Invited “Climate Conversations”npanel presentation: Coping with climate change.
2019
November: CERES Community Environment Park. Presentation at Partner’s Brunch: Climate change empowerment.
October: City of Port Phillip. Invited panel presentation: Talking with children about climate change.
May: Lilydale EASL Learning for sustainability conference. Invited workshop: Talking with children about the climate crisis.
August: Yarra Ranges, Upwey. Invited keynote Climate Talks Event: Psychological strategies to stay engaged to act on climate change.
August: City of Yarra, Fitzroy. Invited keynote: How to stay engaged to act in a climate crisis.
2018
October: Managing climate change risk in agriculture conference, Beechworth, Australia. Invited keynote: Looking after your mental health in a hostile climate”.
September: Australian Psychological Society Congress. 3 presentations: Climate change and children: An issue of intergenerational justice; 8 best-practice psychological insights to tackle climate change; How to promote community cohesion in a multicultural society - Key Insights from psychology.
September: ACT Health, Canberra. Invited workshop: Psychological First Aid.
July: Advanced Dyadic Training 2 day workshop, co-presenter, MOH Health, Sydney, Australia.
July: ISSBD Conference, Gold Coast, Australia. Invited paper: Raising children in a climate changed world: How to nurture for nature.
April: Victoria University. Presentation: Raising children in a climate changed world.