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Generation Dread: Now in Paperback 🧡
Get your copy with a new cover design and fresh foreword by Adam McKay!
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The mind-bending reality of climate disruption and what it means for our brains
Climate journalist Clay Aldern explains a frightening consequence of extreme weather events that we’re not talking about nearly enough
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Dear Climate Therapist: I’m dreading another ‘horror summer’
Clinician Leslie Davenport offers support for those feeling anxious about extreme weather events
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“I want to be more radical, but I can’t”
Indonesian lawyer and activist Tiza Mafira on the frustrating expectation that she’ll silence her feelings in the name of professionalism
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Dear Climate Therapist: I may need to pivot because the burnout is real
Clinician Caroline Hickman guides a climate professional on how to approach their predicament
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Read an ER doctor’s essay on climate distress that no one else would publish
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A brave new way to teach kids about climate emotions
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Please stop saying my generation will save the world
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A call to action for the grownups of the world
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The Climate Therapist will see you now
Good professional support for climate distress can be hard to access, and this new column is here to help fix that.
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A special Earth Day edition: the intergenerational baton pass of deep climate work
Joanna Macy and Jess Serrante launch a brave, fascinating, and vulnerable new podcast called We Are The Great Turning
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What would it take to farm a more joyful future?
Spencer Scott and Nick Schwanz want you to come to their solarpunk farm and see what a regenerative future could feel like
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What confronting our mortality can teach us about climate activism
Trevor Lehmann considers how having a life-threatening illness at a young age has shaped his resolve to push for a just transition
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Beyond A Headline: Understanding the Climate of Black Intentionality and Presence
A plea for support for a life cut far too short
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When the nonstop urgency of climate work collides with your body begging for rest
European climate activist Cass Hebron shares her experience with intense burnout
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Bringing young people of colour to the forefront of environmental work
Angelou Ezeilo started a movement to get more BIPOC youth into conservation careers–sometimes despite resistance from higher-ups
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