Eliminating Eco-Anxiety: How to Cope with Fears of Climate Change & Environmental Doom

Do you experience feelings of helplessness toward the ecological crisis? Feel anxious when reading climate change news? Do you feel guilt about your own carbon footprint? If so, you’re experiencing symptoms of eco-anxiety, a recently prevalent phenomenon and the focus of Episode 11. In this episode, I define eco-anxiety, its symptoms, what groups are most impacted, and most importantly, how it can be addressed.

Sustainability Defined podcast episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5pDY2vRQZMLkLZgXUx1Mqp?si=c2iqE4OsSmSyNB5q5qEBjQ

Check out these resources:

- Gen Dread: "a newsletter for staying sane in the climate crisis:" https://gendread.substack.com/

- Force of Nature: "empowering young people to create real change:" https://www.forceofnature.xyz/

- Climate Psychiatry Alliance: "psychiatrists raising awareness about the impacts of climate change on mental health:" https://www.climatepsychiatry.org/

- Good Grief Network: "a peer-to-peer support group for people overwhelmed by eco-anxiety:" https://www.goodgriefnetwork.org/

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