Meaning of climate grief | Babel Free

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Grief caused by fear of climate change.

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“Jennifer Atkinson, a professor of environmental humanities at the University of Washington in Bothell, will teach⟳ her second course on climate grief next semester. She offers the course to students in the environmental studies program⟳ to help⟳ prevent⟳ the burnout that can develop⟳ by confronting the problem daily.”

“Although it is not an official clinical diagnosis, the psychiatric and psychological communities have⟳ names for the phenomenon: “climate distress,” “climate grief,” “climate anxiety” or “eco-anxiety.””

“I’ve guided workshops and given dozens of public lectures, especially in Finland, my home country. And I’ve met a lot of people with climate grief and eco-anxiety.”

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