Jennifer Abbott’s new documentary The Magnitude of All Things merges stories from the frontlines of climate change with recollections of the loss of her sister, drawing intimate parallels between personal and planetary grief.
Eco-anxiety, climate grief, or solastalgia - all of these terms have arisen in the past decade describing the psychic pain we experience when thinking about the magnitude of the climate crisis and its implications for our present and future world.
The National Film Board is making this powerful film completely free to watch. Story Money Impact is supporting organizations to host post-screening discussions with this Virtual Screening Kit. You can organize a personal viewing, a staff screening, or a public facing event.
On this page, you will find:
A link to the film, and contact info to host your own screening
Coordination one-pager to make opting in as easy as possible
Facilitator’s guide to help you navigate your own climate grief circle
One-pager to assist thinking on meaningful action in the climate movement
Middle school and high school lesson plans
Images, posters, biographies, and other promotional assets from the National Film Board
If you are organizing a screening for an organization, please fill out this form to contact the National Film Board.
If you choose to organize a screening or discussion for your organization, you may wish to promote the event in your newsletter, social media, or website. Included in the Electronic Press Kit are:
A list of film festival selections and awards
Synopses of varying lengths (one-liner, short, and long)
Interview with filmmaker Jennifer Abbott from which you can pull quotes
Two film posters
Film trailer
Poignant clips of the film
High quality stills from the film
Headshots and bios of the film team, experts, and documentary participants
Coordinating an event can seem like a huge task, but our team has distilled all the major choices into this handy one-sheet, along with our pointers and suggestions. Will your event be in-person or virtual? Private or public? Will there be a discussion? Let us walk you through it!
The Good Grief Network has created a unique step program that helps participants metabolize feelings like grief, anxiety, despair, and anger in the face of large systemic issues. This program has been proven to help folks re-discover their personal agency and reinvest their energies into meaningful action. They have distilled their foundational knowledge into this accessible document for you to use to guide your own climate grief circle - this could be a great resource to do any of the following.
A self-guided time of reflection
A reference document for a group of friends to share their feelings
A guide for the moderator of an organization-wide meeting for Earth Day
They have also included a one-page Redefining Meaningful Action document to help guide you to the next step of your journey.
These lesson plans are developed by Story Money Impact’s contacts at the BC Teachers’ Federation with the intention of teaching students of any grade about the climate crisis, activism, and how young people can engage in activism. With 7 class activities and a glossary of terms, this lesson plan can easily be slotted into any English, Civics, History, or Science class.
On Earth Day 2022, Story Money Impact helped organize 680 screenings of The Magnitude of All Things across Canada. In homes, churches, high schools and universities, thousands of people devoted time to sitting with the complexity of emotional responses to the climate crisis. 444 people registered for our climate grief circle on April 21st, hosted by the Good Grief Network. We are very proud to have supported the following organizations, among many, in their screenings.
Ecology Action Centre
Protect Our Winters (POW)
Jericho Sailing Centre
B Lab Canada
John Knox Christian - Secondary Campus
York House School
Hampton High School
Summerland Secondary
York University
Legal Aid Ontario
Cumberland Community School
Duchess Park Secondary
CMPA Toronto
Waterloo University
Simon Fraser University
Marianopolis Student Union
Duchess Park Secondary
Walker Development Centre
Wilderness Committee
SAIT Legal Assistant Society Environment Committee
Alexander Academy
Blackwater Creek Elementary School
Sioux Lookout Environment Committee
McNaughton Centre
Carbon Free Group
Websisters North Idaho
Pattison High School
Leslie Laan
Dharma Drum Mountain Vancouver for Young People
Save Our Forest Team - Comox Valley
CMPA-BC
Antigonish Climate Action Network
