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Climate Anxiety
December 11, 2023
Melody Schreiber
My Garden Was My Refuge. Then Climate Change Came for It.
Plants offered a respite from grief and anxiety. They also offered a new way to live in the world—with all its challenges.
October 6, 2023
Molly Taft
A Glimpse of Our Grief-Addled Future
A college reunion becomes a climate bereavement group.
August 28, 2023
Hannah Seo
Stop Calling It “Climate Anxiety.” It’s Climate Dread.
The phrase “climate dread” better legitimizes the real and tangible threat coming toward us.
July 19, 2022
Emma Marris
Worried About the Climate? Join the Club—Literally.
Forget your carbon footprint; the best thing to do about climate change is join a group focused on collective action.
January 1, 2021
Jamie Zvirzdin
The Complicated Truth of Climate Change in the Marshall Islands
Not all islands are sinking. We can fight global warming while acknowledging the wonder of the natural world.
April 24, 2020
Adam Levy
I Left Academia and Became a Climate YouTuber
Harnessing climate anxiety to help convince others
March 25, 2020
Mary Annaïse Heglar
What Climate Grief Taught Me About the Coronavirus
How to find humanity amid an ever-present dread
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