Renee Lertzman (2019) How to Turn Climate Anxiety into Action.
‘I signed up for a field study in California, and we were backpacking together as a small group for two months, which I know sounds very intense. And it was, but what I found is that we talked a lot. We talked about how we were feeling about the world, openly and honestly, and no one told me at any point to be more positive or more hopeful. Not once. And surprisingly, I found myself feeling better. I actually felt like I could face these issues that had seemed so insurmountable more head on.’
‘Attunement, right, the word "to tune." And attunement is when we're feeling in sync, when we feel understood and we feel accepted for exactly where we are. And we feel that, you know, we're in a relationship with the world in a way that makes sense, no one's trying to change us or shame us or judge us.’
‘when we are more in tune in our window of tolerance, we are so much more capable of solving problems, being creative, being adaptive, being flexible, being our brilliant selves’
‘we can bring attunement into every aspect of our work on this issue. And it starts with ourselves.’
We need to tune into ourselves first, we need to ask ourselves how am I feeling? Accept that these are hard issues, realise you’re not a bad person.
‘Where we can give each other permission to just be who we are, and again, this allows us to move into the higher level functioning.’
‘And the third way is leading with attunement. As leaders and influencers, showing up as human, as real, saying, "You know what? I am really scared. I don't know what all the answers are."’
- Thinking about the impacts of this within graphic design. It is our job to create campaigns and promote climate change action in a way that isn't detrimental to the mental health of the audience. Adopting more supporting methods would be beneficial.
- Providing praise instead of fear mongering would be more beneficial from a psychological point of view. Want to prevent people from burying their heads in the sand, or becoming angry at the cause since they've been pushed out of their window of tolerance.
Science writer Britt Wray (May 2019), How Climate Change Affects Your Mental Health
‘Mental health needs to be an integral part of any climate change survival strategy’
- Powerful ted talk highlighting the mental health issues from eco scientists to those recovering from the effects of climate disasters.
- Mentions the impact of having children, a fundamental influence to the amount of CO2 emissions. This isn’t directly related to my essay but still interesting to learn.
- The quote sums up a lot about the importance of not ignoring the psychological impacts of climate change.
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