What is eco-anxiety?
Friends of the Earth describes Eco-anxiety as "the negative feelings – including stress, fear, anger and grief – many of us have about climate breakdown, nature loss and the future of our planet." They explain that though the term only emerged relatively recently, it's use is widespread, with two-thirds of individuals in the UK worried about the climate crisis.
Resources and support on eco-anxiety
- Friends of the Earth also have suggestions about how to deal with eco-anxiety, including stories from several nature-loving actors about what they do.
- Greenpeace has collected suggestions from its staff members about how to deal with climate anxiety
- Borrowed Time is a project of Green Christian that exists to enable people to support each other as they acknowledge their grief and fear over environmental collapse.
What is climate resilience?
The Union of Concerned Scientists defines climate resilience as "successfully coping with and managing the impacts of climate change while preventing those impacts from growing worse." They explain that we're already in a climate crisis. Thus, the world is already warming and "people across the globe face daunting new challenges, on a scale never seen before. To withstand those challenges—and to thrive—we need climate resilience."
Resources and support on climate resilience
- The Church of England has produced a video on becoming a Climate Resilient Church
- Practical Action explains what they are doing to support climate resilience across the world
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