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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