Smells Like Teen Climate Anxiety
The War on Cars
The War on Cars, LLC
4.9 • 937 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2021
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Young people want to live. It seems kind of basic, right? Anyone over the age of 35 or so probably grew up thinking that the desire to live was something to take for granted, at least on a societal scale. But many members of Gen Z worry that the places they live today will soon be uninhabitable. That they won't be able to realize their dreams or raise their children the way previous generations did. That their very survival is at stake. And they don't see meaningful action from the adults in charge. In this episode, we hear from some teens in Brooklyn who are demanding radical improvements in bike infrastructure to make emission-free transportation safe and accessible to all. We also talk with Dr. Elizabeth Marks, a clinical psychologist who has co-authored a new study about climate anxiety in ten thousand young people all over the world. Sixty percent said that they are either "very worried" or "extremely worried" about climate change. There's a crisis in intergenerational trust. How can we begin to repair the damage?
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Read the preprint of Dr. Elizabeth Marks's study of climate anxiety among young people.
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| 0:00.0 | The folks at Rad Power Bikes have a lot in common with what we do here at the War on Cars. |
| 0:07.0 | Just like us, they believe in a world where it's easier for more people to live life without ever having to own or drive a car. |
| 0:15.8 | CEO Mike Radenbach talks about it all the time. |
| 0:19.1 | He wants Rad Power to be the e-bike for people who are waking up to the fact that they don't need a car for every little trip. |
| 0:26.0 | As North America's leading electric bike brand, Rad Power Bikes has affordable e-bikes for every kind of rider. |
| 0:33.0 | Whether you're commuting to work, running errands, or just getting some exercise. |
| 0:37.0 | Rad-powered bikes are built for anything, and they're priced for everyone. |
| 0:41.0 | And take it from me or from anyone who's ever ridden one they are a ton of fun |
| 0:46.0 | Visit radpower bikes dot com to find the right e bike for you or for someone in your life |
| 0:51.5 | who wants to spend less time in a car. |
| 0:54.0 | There are plenty of bikes in stock and shipping is free. |
| 0:57.0 | Again, that's Radpowerbikes.com, transforming the way we move, and helping to win the war on cars. We want to live. to live. |
| 1:14.0 | We want to live. |
| 1:15.0 | We want to let. |
| 1:17.0 | We want to let. |
| 1:19.0 | We want to let. |
| 1:20.0 | We want to let. |
| 1:21.0 | We want to let. We want to let. |
| 1:24.0 | We want to let. |
| 1:27.0 | Hello, I'm |
| 1:28.0 | Hello, I'm Sarah Goodyear, and this is the War on Cars, the podcast Where We Want to Live. |
| 1:37.0 | Those voices you heard belong to young climate activists from a group called the Sunrise Movement. In early November, |
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