On Climate Anxiety and Hope - The Psychology of Environmental Awareness in the 21st Century
Shiri Raz
Please join us for our next Monday departmental seminar on the 14th of November from 15:00 to 16:00 at the Porter Auditorium
We will start exactly at 15:15
On Climate Anxiety and Hope - The Psychology of Environmental Awareness in the 21st Century
Shiri Raz
Abstract
Eco-anxiety is anxiety about climate change issues and the planet's fate to the extent that it impairs daily functioning. Though yet to be defined by the DSM, the APA and ecoAmerica already depicted "eco-anxiety" in 2017 as "a chronic fear of environmental doom". Prevalent among younger populations, it is extensive: a survey conducted by the APA found that nearly half (48%) of young adults in the USA said they felt stress over climate change in their daily lives. Similar percentages of young people suffering from one degree or another of climate anxiety were found in surveys in Europe and other countries. This lecture will examine the aetiology of climate anxiety, its mental and cultural causes, symptoms and different ways to help and relieve those who suffer from it
Bio
Shiri Raz received a PhD in 2019 from the Interdisciplinary Studies Unit, Department of Hermeneutics and Cultural Studies, The Program for Psychoanalysis and Hermeneutics at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. Her research analyses the psychoanalytical and linguistic aspects of different views of animal usage and the consumption of animal products
She is an academic lecturer, an animal rights activist, a public speaker and a therapist for couples and individuals, specializing in working with people who suffer from climate anxiety, vegans, and different communities on the margins of society. She has a regular column on the Haaretz newspaper website called "Veganism on the couch"
Alon Shepon
The Department of Environmental Studies
The Porter School of the Environment and Earth Science
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