Mood Tracker: Log Your Climate Emotions Over Time

How you feel about climate change can shift from day to day. The Mood Tracker lets you log your climate-related emotions over time, view patterns in a simple calendar, and build greater self-awareness about your emotional wellbeing — an important first step in managing eco-anxiety and climate distress.

About this page

What this page does: Log climate-related emotions on a calendar and review trends over time.

Who this helps: Anyone wanting to notice patterns in how climate news and events affect their mood.

Key data sources: User-entered data only; private and stored under row-level security when signed in.

Important limitations: Self-report; not a substitute for clinical mood tracking with a provider.

Suggested next step: Try a coping strategy

What you can do with the Mood Tracker

  • Log how you feel with a quick, low-effort entry whenever climate emotions come up.
  • See your patterns in a calendar view that makes trends easy to spot over weeks and months.
  • Build self-awareness by noticing what triggers difficult emotions and what helps you feel better.

Why tracking your emotions helps

Emotional self-monitoring is a well-established part of managing stress and anxiety. Simply noticing and naming what you feel — and seeing it change over time — can reduce its intensity and help you recognize when to lean on coping strategies or reach out for support.

The Mood Tracker is a self-reflection tool for educational and wellness purposes and is not a diagnostic instrument or a substitute for professional care.