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Generation dread : finding purpose in an age of climate crisis /

An impassioned generational perspective on why climate anxiety is completely natural and necessary, and how we can be stronger for it. Climate and environment-related fears and anxieties are on the rise everywhere, with few resources to address them. As with any type of stress, eco-anxiety can lead...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wray, Britt (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, [2022]
Subjects:
Environmental psychology.
Climatic changes > Psychological aspects.
Global environmental change > Psychological aspects.
Human beings > Effect of climate on.
Human ecology > Psychological aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • Part one: feel it all. The psychoterratic state
  • The power of denial
  • Degrees of eco-distress
  • Baby doomers
  • Part two: connect inward to transform oneself. Standing in the shade of the camphor tree
  • Good grief
  • Balancing hope and fear
  • Part three: connect outward to transform the world. The world has already ended
  • Communicate wisely about the crisis
  • The potency of public mourning
  • Stronger communities for a better future.