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My Climate Anxiety
July 19, 2022
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.
August 18, 2021
We Need Better Climate Propaganda
Warnings about the catastrophes ahead need to name the enemy and give people something to do.
August 5, 2021
We’re Freaking Out About Rats Cause We Can’t Handle Climate Change
The current panic about urban decay and disorder is classic displacement.
July 22, 2021
How to Live in a Burning World Without Losing Your Mind
The emotional burden of climate change can be overwhelming alongside the grief and frustration of our own lives.
January 1, 2021
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.
July 14, 2020
American Individualism Is My Climate Fear
The stories we tell dismiss the collective. And collective action is all that can save the planet’s many inhabitants.
May 11, 2020
Your Climate Anxiety Is Another Person’s Existential Crisis
It’s natural for even fortunate Americans to worry about the planet’s future. But for some people, disaster has already struck.
April 24, 2020
I Left Academia and Became a Climate YouTuber
Harnessing climate anxiety to help convince others
March 25, 2020
What Climate Grief Taught Me About the Coronavirus
How to find humanity amid an ever-present dread

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