Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #ecoanxiety
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My new article is out! “The Process of #Ecoanxiety and #EcologicalGrief: A Narrative Review and A New Proposal”, open access at Sustainability, mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/2…. Aim: a model which is both simple and nuanced enough. Includes both chronological and thematic aspects. (1/8) 
At the heart of the model are three dimensions of Coping and changing: Action, Grieving (including other emotional engagement) and Distancing (including both self-care and avoidance). Based on literature reviews and analysis, I'm arguing that all three are needed. (2/8)
However, if a person or a group engages overly strongly in just one dimension, problems will emerge for both psychological functionality and for environmental behavior. Two dimensions is better, but still challenging. (3/8) mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/2…
1/29. 📜NEW BRIEF: Today we launch “PASSED THE POINT OF NO RETURN: A Non-Economic #LossAndDamage (#NELD) Explainer” covering what #NELD is, why and how it happens, where it happens, who is most affected, and importantly, how we can respond.
🔗Get it here: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/publication/pa…
🔗Get it here: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/publication/pa…
2/29. The brief begins with a foreword by @UNFCCC NELs Expert Group Member @IrfanUllahCDO, who highlights that Non-Economic #LossAndDamage has been largely overlooked in climate negotiations and that urgent action is needed to address #NELD happening now e.g. The #PakistanFloods.
3/29. Then @DLodry of @LossDamageYouth shares the powerful story of his lived experience of Non-Economic #LossAndDamage in #Cameroon called "The Tears Of A Village River And Its Population" which tells how climate-intensified #Drought can lead to a loss of #Culture and #Identity.
What forms does #ecoanxiety have? In this new article, I had the pleasure of working with anxiety philosopher Charlie Kurth. Eco-anxiety can feel terrible,but for many people,it leads to searching for more information and making behavior/value changes. 1/5 frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
Studies about #ecoanxiety usually research the stronger forms of anxiety. However, in interview studies, practical eco-anxiety can often be discerned. A major challenge for further research would be to integrate methods which allow scholars to see both forms of eco-anxiety. (2/5)
Several other scholars have explored the subject of adaptive eco-anxiety, with different terms (see studies by @iaojala). @BasVerplanken, @DrLizMarks & al. study various aspects of “habitual ecological worry”. And @sdclaytonphd writes of various kinds of #climateanxiety. (3/5)
I've written an article for @ExtinctionR that attempts to make sense of the struggles I experience when I try to talk to friends/family about the #climatecrisis. I hope it'll help others so I'm going to summarise it a bit here #mentalhealth rebellion.global/blog/2022/06/0…
Some responses I've had when I talk honestly about climate change. Any of these familiar?!
💩 U need to calm down
💩 You’re catastrophising
💩 Have u considered talking to a therapist about this?
💩 Scientists are human; they don’t know everything
I do not wish to calm down.
💩 U need to calm down
💩 You’re catastrophising
💩 Have u considered talking to a therapist about this?
💩 Scientists are human; they don’t know everything
I do not wish to calm down.
Therapist @LindaAspey says in order for humans to get through the day, we've developed all sorts of coping processes to stay feeling safe:
🙈 Distancing
🙈 Intellectualisation
🙈 Deflection
🙈 Disavowal
These apply when someone tries to bring up #climatechange.
🙈 Distancing
🙈 Intellectualisation
🙈 Deflection
🙈 Disavowal
These apply when someone tries to bring up #climatechange.
"Listening well entails perceiving others as individuals with valuable and credible knowledge of their experience, and engaging in communication that does not discount or distort what is meaningful to both parties. -- Rosa Ritunnano @RRitunnano greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2022/06/10/dai…
The Theft of the Commons | The New Yorker
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#TheCommons, #enclosures, #LandOwnership, #capitalism, #farming, #environment
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#TheCommons, #enclosures, #LandOwnership, #capitalism, #farming, #environment
A huge Atlantic ocean current is slowing down—if it collapses, La Niña could become the norm for Australia
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#ClimateChange, #LaNina, #AtlanticMeridionalOverturningCirculation, #CurrentSlowdown, #GlobalConsequences
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#ClimateChange, #LaNina, #AtlanticMeridionalOverturningCirculation, #CurrentSlowdown, #GlobalConsequences
