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Climate change between activism and fear
Product: Book
Trim size in cm: 14x22cm
Pages: 152
ISBN: 9788859030072
Publication date: 01/04/2022
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“What is needed is a radical change in collective consciousness, a shift from an anthropocene society – focused on the technological power of the human being over nature – to a symbiocene society, which enjoys the fruits of nature together with nature itself, returning to coexistence with animals, plants and the Earth itself.
This process can only come about through a gradual modification of society in all its aspects and will inevitably have to be initiated by the younger generations, who are more aware of what is happening and more vulnerable to environmental ruin. Young people must take back their future, changing it in an eco-sustainable way.”
“Ecoanxiety aims to promote an important analysis on strategies to improve global assistance to mental health care facing the challenge posed by climate change”.
From the preface by Susan Clayton
It is possible to feel a sense of real dismay, being aware of the disastrous effects that even the simplest everyday actions are having on the future of the planet and generations to come. However, becoming aware of your own ‘eco-anxiety’ is the first step in radically changing the way we live, so as to find the awareness of being an integral part of the ecological system, for example through biophilia, the active search for harmony in individual and collective interaction with nature.
Ecoanxiety, after describing the main psychological consequences of climate change, reviews the strategies that could be used to reduce its effects on the life and health of people, including those directly exposed to drastic environmental changes and those who suffer from media exposure to them.
Preface (by Susan Clayton)
Preamble
Climate change and its relationship with physical and mental health
Psychological proximity and collective consciousness about climate change and its effects
The direct and indirect psychological effects of climate change
Exposure to climate change: the importance of a proactive response and a change in the collective cognitive approach to the problem
Coping strategies proposals, appropriate emotional regulation and therapy
Bibliography
The psychological effects due to climate change are numerous, complex, more or less serious and often due to different causes. They can occur acutely, as a direct consequence of adverse climatic events, with the natural environment as a source, distorted by climatic events or they can arise gradually, caused by the socio-cultural or economic environment and by the media. Not everyone reacts to the climate emergency in the same way: our personality, experiences and the social support that surrounds us make us more or less vulnerable. Becoming aware of one's "eco-anxiety" is the first step to protecting our mental well-being and preparing ourselves effectively and gradually for change.
The book
After describing the main psychological consequences of climate change, Eco-anxiety reviews strategies that could be used to reduce the effects on the life and health of people not only exposed to adverse events directly, but also those exposed to them only in the media.
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THE AUTHOR
Matteo Innocenti Surgeon, psychiatrist, cognitive-behavioural psychotherapist and EMDR therapist. He works at the Center for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Florence (CTCC) and collaborates with the University of Florence investigating the psychological impact of climate change on the general population. He is an Ambassador of the European Climate Pact for the European Commission and member of Euclipa Italy. He is the author of various scientific publications and books.
