The Faces of Eco-Anxiety

No one person can shoulder the entire environmental cause. Together, we can change the course of things.
Have you ever had insomnia thinking about droughts or massive forest fires? Or felt a sense of anxiety or despair about the scale of climate change? The ecological crisis is also affecting our mental and physical health, in what is known as eco-anxiety.
Highly prevalent among young people, eco-anxiety has many faces. This essay helps identify its symptoms and various manifestations, so you can mitigate its impacts and regain better mental health. It also offers concrete tools to help reduce the effects of eco-anxiety. And to avoid becoming paralyzed by helplessness, Inês Lopes offers a plea for collective commitment. Because no one person can shoulder the entire environmental cause.