Climate Change and Melancholia

We will be doing something a little bit unique in this session. Before coming to this session, I do suggest that you have watched the 2011 film Melancholia. The session will still make sense if you don't, but I would argue that the session would be more of an experience if you did.

During the presentation, I will be using my interpretation of the film and taking lessons we can learn about its reflections on the human experience on the topic of the effects of climate change on mental health. Incorporating key psychological principles, I hope to foster an opportunity for people to have a rich, honest, yet hopeful engagement with this rather ominous topic.

Disclaimer: The film is rated R, and contains mature and confrontational themes including depression and suicide. Please look up the film and consider whether this film is for you. The discussion will be oriented around this film, and thus may highlight some of the themes.