When the planet keeps you up at night.

Climate anxiety, sometimes called eco-anxiety, is the worry, dread or grief many people feel about climate change and the future of the planet. It can show up as trouble sleeping, endless scrolling of bad news, guilt about your own footprint, anger, or a heavy sense of helplessness. It is an understandable response to a real problem, not a flaw in you, and it is very common, especially among younger people. It tends to ease when the feeling stops being one big cloud and becomes something you can share with others and act on, even in small ways.

No. Climate anxiety is not a diagnosis or a disorder. Most experts describe it as a reasonable, even healthy, reaction to a genuine threat, rather than something wrong with you. That said, if the worry becomes overwhelming, stops you sleeping, or gets in the way of daily life, that is a sign to reach for more support, and doing so is a strength. This toolkit is a gentle self-help prompt, not medical advice.

Helplessness usually grows when the problem feels huge and you feel alone with it. Two things reliably help. The first is narrowing your focus to something you can actually do this week, however small, so your energy has somewhere to go. The second is doing it with other people, because shared action carries far more hope than solitary worry. This toolkit helps you pick one small step in an area you care about, and points you toward doing it alongside others.

For many people, yes. Psychologists often find that meaningful action, especially action taken together with others, eases the powerless feeling at the heart of climate anxiety better than trying to push the worry away. It is not about fixing the whole problem yourself, which no one can. It is about turning a heavy, private dread into something shared and purposeful. Small, doable steps done alongside other people tend to help most.

Yes, it is completely private. Everything you tap or choose stays in your own browser and is never sent to us, saved, or shared. We cannot see your answers or your steps, and closing the page clears it. You can print your own copy if you want one, but nothing leaves your device. The Tribe is built on honesty, so we would rather offer a genuinely private tool than ask you to hand over anything personal to use it.

This toolkit is a gentle self-help prompt, not medical advice. If the worry is overwhelming you, keeping you awake, or getting in the way of daily life, please talk to your doctor or a local support line, because that is a sign to reach for real support and doing so is a strength, not a failure. If you ever feel unable to keep yourself safe, contact your local emergency services or a crisis line right away. You deserve support, and you do not have to carry this alone.