Here are six books from Australian writers and illustrators that can help parents and carers look at issues related to climate change with children from preschool to late primary years.
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Articles on Climate anxiety
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We’ve had an early start to the bushfire season and there’s more to come. No wonder spring isn’t always a celebration.
Could community gardening emerge as an effective method for addressing climate anxiety?
Wes Anderson’s film ‘Asteroid City’ encompasses an environmental grief that manifests as failure to accept an uncontrollable reality.
Scientists need safe spaces to understand and process “climate emotions”. Group therapy helps people find the strength and resilience to continue their important work, without harming their health.
Recent headlines around the supposed impending collapse of the Atlantic currents remind us of the importance of avoiding sensationalism in facing global warming.
Climate anxiety is real and must be considered as a core component of any climate mitigation or adaptation and resilience strategy.
Discussing climate change with children is important, and the three Es can help facilitate these discussions.
Teaching climate change in schools raises basic and potentially divisive questions about the purpose of education and the nature of childhood.
Both at home and in schools, food can become a powerful tool to empower young people to take climate action, which can lead to reduced climate anxiety and increased feelings of hope for the future.
Is ‘climate anxiety’ a reasonable response to impending environmental catastrophe? Or a problem to see a mental health professional about?
In the shadow of the climate crisis, a wave of speculative stories ask what it means to live in a world where everything is not an extractable resource — and where humans are not in control.
It has psychological consequences for those affected now, but also for those who expect to be in future.
How well people exercise their agency will determine the severity of global warming – and its consequences.
Scientists experience diverse, complex, and often contrasting emotions about the fate of the planet.
Experts explain the latest evidence on eco-anxiety in The Conversation Weekly.
Our study of more than 800 memes shared on social media showed the isolation, anxiety and powerlessness many feel about climate change.
The bushfire royal commission is due to hand down its findings this week. Our research shows the fires left young people deeply worried about their future, and they need support.
Despite the nihilism and pessimism of internet memes, people ultimately understand the direness of the danger posed by a powerful virus, climate change and global instability.
Young people have reason to protest today and call for action on climate change. But they risk anxiety if they feel they are not heard and nothing is done.
Top contributors
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Conjoint NHMRC Early Career Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Senior Research Fellow, Africa Centre for Evidence and Stockholm Environment Institute, University of Johannesburg
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PhD Candidate, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Australian National University
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Psychologist and PhD Candidate, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
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Lecturer, Department of Social & Policy Sciences and PhD Candidate in Education, University of Bath
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Associate professor, TBS Education
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Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Researcher in Behavioural Science and Psychology, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute (UNU-MERIT), United Nations University
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Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior, University of Virginia
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Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology, University of New England
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Senior Research Fellow and Cluster Coordinator Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) and Adj Prof McMaster University, Canada, United Nations University
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PhD Candidate, Department of English, Concordia University
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Assistant Professor in Applied Psychology, University of Nottingham
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Associate Professor of Marketing & International Business, TBS Education
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Ph.D., Lakehead University
