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Eco-Anxiety

WHAT’S THE LATEST ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE OF CONCERN?  CONCERN ITSELF!  LEARN HOW WORRYING ABOUT THE CLIMATE CAUSES ECO-ANXIETY ON TODAY’S ENVIRONMINUTE.

AS INFORMATION ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING SPREADS, SO DOES ECO-ANXIETY – SO MUCH SO THAT SOME THERAPISTS NOW SPECIALIZE IN THE SUBJECT.

RILEY DUNLAP, PROFESSOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, BELIEVES IT'S A SYMPTOM OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM AND A SENSE OF DESPAIR.  HE SAYS POLLS SHOW PEOPLE GENERALLY THINK ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ARE A GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY, SO PUBLIC CONCERN RISES WHEN PEOPLE SENSE INADEQUATE GOVERNMENT ACTION.

ONE ANSWER TO ECO-ANXIETY MAY THEREFORE BE EDUCATION - A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF AN ISSUE AND ITS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS MAY CALM YOUR FEARS AND GIVE YOU WAYS TO GET INVOLVED.  AFTER ALL, PLICY'S NOT THE ONLY WAY TO ADDDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE - THERE ARE MANY WAYS YOU CAN HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

To learn more, read the article in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

To read more about this and other environmental health issues, go to: www.environmentalhealthnews.org, www.ourstolenfuture.org, or www.healthandenvironment.org