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My 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.
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.
August 18, 2021
Liza Featherstone
We Need Better Climate Propaganda
Warnings about the catastrophes ahead need to name the enemy and give people something to do.
August 5, 2021
Liza Featherstone
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
Liza Featherstone
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
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.
July 14, 2020
Lydia Millet
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
Abigail Higgins
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
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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