Baylor Kicks Off Resilient Hope Series with Climate Anxiety Mindfulness Session

Baylor University will present "Climate Anxiety & Mindfulness" as the kickoff lecture for the Resilient Hope in a Changing World series on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. in Kayser Auditorium (Hankamer 101), 401–499 Speight Ave, Waco, TX 76706. The sustainability calendar listing says attendees will be introduced to mindfulness-based tools for coping and resilience and will learn about campus resources and upcoming co-curricular opportunities that foster connection, restoration, and community.

The event listing on the Baylor Sustainability Office calendar places the session under Facilities Management and identifies the program as a collaboration with the Baylor Counseling Center. The page includes the explicit line, "Climate Anxiety and Mindfulness is the kickoff event for Resilient Hope in a Changing World, a collaboration between the Baylor Sustainability Office and the Baylor Counseling Center," and the listing was visible on the sustainability calendar in mid-February 2026.

The event description defines the central concern in concrete terms: "Climate anxiety, also known as eco-anxiety, refers to the distress people may feel about climate change and its impacts on the natural world and human life. This response is normal, emotional, and adaptive in the face of environmental crisis." That framing signals the session will treat eco-anxiety as a shared, non-pathologized reaction and positions mindfulness practices as tools for individual and communal resilience.

Format details on the calendar label the program a guest lecture; the captured listing does not name the guest lecturer or facilitators. The page shows interactive controls including "On the Baylor Map," "Download Event," and "Share," but the captured excerpt contains no registration link, RSVP instructions, cost information, or accessibility details. For program questions the calendar lists an office contact: sustainability@baylor.edu.

Practical logistics in the posting make the session a one-hour, in-person event running 9:00–10:00 a.m. in Kayser Auditorium (Hankamer 101). The campus calendar metadata from the sustainability site also describes the offering as a public program, and organizers invite attendees to learn about campus supports and co-curricular follow-ups that accompany the Resilient Hope series.

Organizers have left several details unlisted in the captured posting: presenter names and bios, explicit public registration or ticketing steps, and any stated accessibility accommodations. Attendees or community members seeking those specifics are directed in the listing to contact the Baylor Sustainability Office at sustainability@baylor.edu for more information about the Resilient Hope in a Changing World kickoff and related campus opportunities.