**1. Background**

"Only rarely do students seek pastoral care specifically expressing a need for help because of stress arising from climate change. However, the whole preoccupation with the climate ... it is a part of the students' scenario for the future. It enters the pastoral care room through statements like: 'I'm now going to live vegan' or 'What do we do about the globe?' or 'I wonder if we have a future at all?'. The utterances are placed in the periphery. Yet, climate change remains an underlying concern in the foreground conversations. Remarks about food and second-hand clothes, open questions about the acceleration ... how difficult it is to stop on your own, like: 'Can I change it myself?'"
