REWIND: Exploring Climate Psychology / Getting Outside in the Digital Age

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🗓️ 17 January 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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We all know about the environmental effects of climate change. But what about its impact on our mental health? Therapists report that their patients are exhibiting symptoms of what they call “climate anxiety” – loss of sleep, changes in appetite, feelings of grief, anger and hopelessness. One way to cope with the stress and depression brought on by global warming is to get out into the natural world. Two Climate One discussions from the past year explore the psychology of climate change and highlight the importance of reconnecting with nature to maintain physical and mental well-being. Visit climateone.org/watch-and-listen/podcasts for more information on today's episode. Guests: Part One: Renee Lertzman, Climate Engagement Strategist; Author, Environmental Melancholia: Psychoanalytic Dimensions of Engagement (Routledge, 2016) Leslie Davenport, Psychotherapist; Author, Emotional Resiliency in the Era of Climate Change: A Clinician’s Guide (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017) Bryant Welch, Clinical Psychologist; Author, State of Confusion: Political Manipulation and the Assault on the American Mind (2018) Part Two: Phil Ginsburg, General Manager, San Francisco Recreation and Parks Rebecca Johnson, Co-Director, Citizen Science at the California Academy of Sciences Nooshin Razani, Pediatrician and Founder/Director of the Center for Nature and Health at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Part One of this program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on November 29, 2018, and originally aired on December 16, 2018. Part Two was recorded at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on March 15, 2019, and originally aired on March 22, 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	Is climate change stressing you out?
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0:39.5	Republicans and Democrats, the exciting and the scary aspects of the climate challenge. I'm Greg Dalton.
0:49.8	On today's show, we revisit two discussions about maintaining our well-being in the face of a destabilized climate.
1:00.8	Whether we know it or not, whether we like it or not, whether we accept it or not,
1:04.8	everyone is now engaged in some form or has some form of climate anxiety.
1:11.0	One way to cope with depression, as many studies show,
1:14.3	is to spend time reconnecting with the natural world.
1:17.4	Just remember to leave your screens at home.
1:20.3	The impact on mental health, the impact on creativity,
1:22.9	relationship building, all these things happen easier in nature without a fun.
1:28.7	But these days, many people, especially children, are disconnected from nature.
1:33.2	Access to the great outdoors or even a park to run and play in often isn't available to
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