Navigating Climate Anxiety

Issue 341 • November/December 2023

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In this special themed issue, we tackle eco-anxiety and explore ways in which we can navigate these difficult feelings. We examine too the new idea of ‘solastalgia’ which takes the concept of eco-anxiety a step further to examine the lived experience of dealing with the impacts of climate change.

In the Ecologist pages Rashi Goel reports on a restoration project that is bringing an arid desert wasteland, near the Indian city of Jodhpur, back to a place that is now teeming with life. Whilst in Connected Life, Lynn Houghton joins other Citizen Scientists to work with researchers on the trail of the elusive Cloud Wolf in remote Manitoba, central Canada. In The Slow Read, author and activist Koohan Paik-Mander puts forward a case against megatechnology and warns that the time to stop AI in its tracks is now. She goes on to call for a new paradigm of holism that recognises that everything exists in relation to everything else. Within Wisdom and Wellbeing natural chef Adria Wu shares her seasonal, superfood mince pie recipe and our Art & Culture pages feature an interview with Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller about creating communities through the magic of art.

Highlights

  • Civil Disobedience in a Time of Climate Emergency: Kristian Buus
  • A Desert Garden: Rashi Goel
  • Emergent Strategies: Charlie Hertzog Young
  • Welldoing for the Planet: Marcello Palazzi
  • Making Peace with Nature: Satish Kumar
  • The Case for Sylvan Cities: Colin Tudge

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Welcome

Waiting in the field

Navigating the thorny topic of climate anxiety and exploring solutions

Regulars

Community - News from the Resurgence Community

Resurgence Ripples - a celebration of positive action

Letters to the Editors - Honest Hope

Celebrating a book that is unflinching in facing and naming what we must do to flourish in a changing world

Archive - Letters to the Editor

A selection of letters to our editor

Ecologist

Ecologist Editors' Picks

Top stories from The Ecologist environmental news website

Civil Disobedience in a time of Emergency

In his artists' statement Kristian Buus shares the motivation behind his work

No More Playing Nice…

The likely next steps in civil protest

A Desert Garden

Reporting on the challenges of bringing an arid desert wasteland near Jodhpur back to life

Connected Life

Citizen Science: Studying Wolves

Learning about the elusive cloud wolves in Manitoba, Canada

Tuning in to Nature &

Introducing The Hedgesong Collective which celebrates a passion for both trees and folk songs

In the Borderlands

Meeting young fashion designers in Helsinki challenging traditional boundaries between art, design and fashion

Feature Articles

The Case Against Digital Technology

The time to stop AI in its tracks in now

Navigating Climate Anxiety

The Peace of Wild Things

Kim Anderson's intricate artwork is inspired by Wendell Berry's poem

Let's Talk about these Feelings

Breaking the silence on how we can process painful feelings about climate change

What is Solastalgia?

Exploring the origins and impact of place-based lived experience of environmental change

Emergent Strategy

How to combat the loneliness of climate anxiety

A Crisis of Connection

At the heart of climate anxiety lies a crisis of connection and it is imperative we talk about it

A Yoga of Action

Ancient yogic texts can teach us 'right action' which in turn can help with climate anxiety

Wisdom and Wellbeing

Welldoing for the Planet

Sharing a typical day with a focus on business for good

Making Peace with Nature

We need to shift our notion of ownership over Nature to relationship with Nature

The Plant's the Star

Making plants the star of every dish and sharing seasonal recipes

Art and Culture

The Long Legacy

An interview with Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller

Images of Motherhood

Exploring how representations of mothers and their children in art since ancient times have reflected social change

Seeing the Bigger Picture

How creativity can help us make a deeper connection with Nature

Reviews

The Case for Sylvan Cities

Review of Tree Stories: How Trees Plant Our World and Connect Our Lives

Change is More than Possible

Review of Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility

Active Hope

Review of It's Not That Radical: Climate Action to Transform Our World

Step by Step, Thought by Thought

Review of The Gathering Place: A Winter Pilgrimage Through Changing Times

Ancient Earth Philosophies

Review of The Dao of Civilization: A Letter to China

Remodelling Our Food System

Review of Ravenous: How to Get Ourselves and our Planet into Shape

A Lifetime of Observations

Review of Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World

An Ecology of Love

Review of Radical Love: From Separation to Connection with the Earth, Each Other, and Ourselves

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