Are you one of those feeling overwhelmed and stressed due to climate change? Or do you want to support your students better cope with it?
Find below some interesting articles and readings that we have come across. And if you find an interesting article / publication, please send us the link to enrich our list at info@medies.net (with thanks)
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Vox (08/02/2024) What to do when you’re completely overwhelmed by climate anxiety
The article proposes these concrete steps to handle climate stress: A. Accept reality — and the feelings that come with it; B. Get to the root of your emotions, C. Create a plan for action D. Control the information you consume, E. Accept the unknown, including the potential for positive moments. Maybe not all these steps are relevant in your context, but there should be some aspects that resonate with you and help you navigate your climate anxiety.
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Bloomberg (16/02/2024) Climate Change Is Fueling a New Type of Anxiety, Therapists Say.
Mental health experts are reporting a rising number of patients experiencing high levels of stress over global warming and its impacts. How are they treating it?
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Journal of Environmental Psychology (Vol. 84, Dec. 2022, 101887)
Climate anxiety, wellbeing and pro-environmental action: correlates of negative emotional responses to climate change in 32 countriesThis study explored the correlates of climate anxiety in a diverse range of national contexts. Climate anxiety is found to be positively related to rate of exposure to information about climate change impacts, the amount of attention people pay to climate change information, and perceived descriptive norms about emotional responding to climate change. Climate anxiety was also positively linked to pro-environmental behaviours and negatively linked to mental wellbeing.
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The Economist (10/11/2021) How individual actions can combat climate change.
Personal efforts make a difference when they gather momentum across society, says the climate economist, Gernot Wagner. The article concludes: “As with most things, the first step is often the most important. Everyone will be affected by the push to decarbonise the economy. For those who are able, you might as well seize the opportunity and choose where and how to live based on the greener world of tomorrow rather than the waning fossil age of today.”
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CBC News (2020) ANALYSIS | Fighting climate denial and the ‘dragons of inaction’
Ιnsightful article on climate psychology, explaining how our brain works when we are in denial, or become numb when it comes to climate change and climate action.
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ideas.ted.com (2017) How to talk to someone who doesn’t believe in climate change
Not every conversation with a climate denier has to lead to raised voices and hurt feelings. .Here is how to do it constructively
