The first step in taking meaningful action is taking care of yourself—no matter how dire or hopeless the situation seems.
, more than half of young people ages 16 to 25 are worried about climate change. When asked in a survey last fall, about three-quarters of the sample of 10,000 respondents answered that the future was “frightening.” Shame and even anger are associated with climate anxiety for many people and the feeling that their elected officials have“Climate doom,” however, is a relatively new term, says Sarah Lowe, a social and behavioral sciences professor at the Yale School of Public Health.
She doesn’t think all feelings of urgency and doom are harmful—especially if it can lead to calls to action, activism, climate policy, and other necessary changes for climate mitigation. But too much doom without the effort to follow won’t outright solve the crisis. In fact, it might stop people, especially climate activists and people who want to become more engaged in climate action, from getting much-needed rest.
show the extremes of either apathy and urgency, screaming “do something” at the viewers. There’s a sense that no one is doing enough or taking the problem seriously enough to stop an even bigger issue from happening—be it the horrors of commercial fishing, worsening weather patterns, or even comets slamming into the Earth.The producers/creators of the film itself recognize the need for mental space and reasonable action.
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