Environment and mental health | Episode 6

About this episode

The episode discusses the intersections between climate issues and mental health with expert guests.

MHE Policy Officer Jonas Bull and his guests talk about the complex intersections between climate and the environmental issues, mental health and overall well-being.  Carys Richards is a climate activist, finishing her Master's degree in Environment, Politics and Society at UCL and soon to be leading the Interlinked Campaign for Generation Climate Europe.  Hannah Harrison is the coordinator of the SDG Working Group at Generation Climate Europea and a second-year geography undergraduate at the University of Cambridge.  Cassandra Murphy is an Environmental Psychology Ph.D. researcher at Maynooth University working on the Horizon2020 project – GoGreenRoutes.

People in this episode

Guests: Carys Richards, Hannah Harrison, Cassandra Murphy

Topics covered

• environment
• mental health
• climate change
• well-being

Keywords

• climate activism
• environmental psychology
• sustainability

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Master's degree

More episodes of Empowering Minds

• Data, Digital Rights & Mental Health · December 11, 2025 · 17 min
• The art of clowning, empowerment, and mental health · December 9, 2025 · 23 min
• Are Psychedelics the New Frontier in Mental Health? | Episode 11 · November 5, 2024 · 37 min
• The Psychosocial Model of Mental Health | Episode 10 · December 21, 2023 · 29 min
• Mental Health Europe: Who, What, How | Episode 9 · May 23, 2023 · 16 min
• Migrants, Refugees & Mental Health | Episode 8 · December 16, 2022 · 17 min