Ep 5 - Coping with Eco Anxiety

Woke & Confused

It’s easy to feel powerless and anxious when you read the latest climate science. So what can we do about this? Jess and Livvy discuss coping mechanisms, and join the Time is Now mass lobby in London.

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Links mentioned in this episode:

• The academic paper Jess was reading - Deep Adaptation: A map for navigating climate tragedy by Jem Bendall https://www.lifeworth.com/deepadaptation.pdf

• Vice Magazine - ‘The Climate Change Paper so depressing it’s sending people to therapy’ - https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vbwpdb/the-climate-change-paper-so-depressing-its-sending-people-to-therapy

• Radio 4 Costing the Earth podcast - Eco Anxiety https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00050qr

• BBC Three - ‘Eco Anxiety - how to spot it and what to do about it’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/b2e7ee32-ad28-4ec4-89aa-a8b8c98f95a5

• The Time Is Now Mass Lobby - https://www.theclimatecoalition.org/thetimeisnow

• The Time is Now thousands march in London for urgent climate action https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/26/time-is-now-thousands-march-in-london-for-urgent-climate-action

• They Work for You - Find and contact your MP - https://www.theyworkforyou.com/

• Earth Strike 20-27th September - https://www.earth-strike.com/

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