A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety :How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet
A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety :How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet
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Published:
27 March, 2020
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Description
A youth movement is reenergizing global environmental activism. The “climate generation”—late millennials and iGen, or Generation Z—is demanding that policy makers and government leaders take immediate action to address the dire outcomes predicted by climate science. Those inheriting our planet’s environmental problems expect to encounter challenges, but they may not have the skills to grapple with the feelings of powerlessness and despair that may arise when they confront this seemingly intractable situation.
Drawing on a decade of experience leading and teaching in college environmental studies programs, Sarah Jaquette Ray has created an “existential tool kit” for the climate generation. Combining insights from psychology, sociology, social movements, mindfulness, and the environmental humanities, Ray explains why and how we need to let go of eco-guilt, resist burnout, and cultivate resilience while advocating for climate justice. A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety is the essential guidebook for the climate generation—and perhaps the rest of us—as we confront the greatest environmental threat of our time.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780520343306 |
| ISBN10 | 0520343301 |
| Number Of Pages | 216 |
| Item Weight | 272 g |
| Product Dimensions | 140 x 210 x 18 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | University of California Press |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
"The book is carefully and clearly written, demonstrating the author’s commitment to climate work and to engaging with students, as well as the depth of her own knowledge as an environmentalist. Highly recommended." * CHOICE *
"Not surprisingly . . . this small book reads like the distillation of simple folk wisdom." * Geography Realm *
"This book makes an overdue and very welcome contribution to the world, where the mental health impacts and cascading losses that climate change generates are increasing rapidly. It synthesises a range of psychological theory, personal experience, Buddhist philosophy and activist self-care wisdom. This is organised into a series of strategies that can help people of any age to play the long game of fighting for climate justice." * Australian Journal of Environmental Education *
Author's Bio
Sarah Jaquette Ray teaches environmental studies at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California, and is the author of The Ecological Other: Environmental Exclusion in American Culture.