Healthy Me, Healthy Planet: Evaluation of a pilot planetary health library program.

Issue Addressed: The Healthy Me, Healthy Planet program was an evidence-informed pilot program conducted by a local libraries to promote the health co-benefits of action on climate change.

Background: An impact evaluation of the Healthy Me, Healthy Planet program was conducted using a mixed methods research design including pre-, during, and post-program surveys and online focus groups.

Methods: The evaluation included 136 participants aged 18+ years who were able to understand and communicate in English or simplified Chinese language.

Minding our futures: Understanding climate-related mental wellbeing using systems science.

Introduction: Climate change impacts mental wellbeing through complex pathways and young people are among the most vulnerable to climate-related anxiety. Minding our Futures used methods from systems science to explore this issue and identify actions to promote mental wellbeing for young Australians (18-24 years).

Methods: This qualitative study used Group Model Building via three online facilitated workshops recruiting health, youth and climate practitioners and researchers engaged with young people around climate change and/or mental wellbeing (N = 14).