Fear. Anxiety. Impending doom. College students at Pepperdine University said they feel these things when they think of the words natural disaster and climate change — leading to a condition scientists call climate anxiety. Climate anxiety is a heightened emotional distress or worry in response to changes in the climate, according to the National Library of Medicine. … [Read more...] about Impending Doom: Youth Face Anxiety as The Planet Warms
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It is possible: Climate activism helps youth cope with climate anxiety
Alyssa-Leigh Alcantara sits at a table in Maricopa, Arizona, fundraising for the Youth Climate Action Team’s climate education division, Dec. 17, 2022. Alcantara is the director of climate extracurricular education with YCAT. Photo courtesy of Alyssa-Leigh Alcantara Samir Chowdhury, founder and chairman of the Youth Climate Action Team, an international organization … [Read more...] about It is possible: Climate activism helps youth cope with climate anxiety
Mental health professionals invite conversations and questions about climate anxiety
In 2011, when a deadly 9.1 magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, Dr. Thomas Doherty was in Portland, Wash., watching the events unfold on TV. His 4-year-old daughter asked him “When are one of the floods going to come to Portland?” Doherty, a psychologist who focuses on the psychological impacts of global climate change, said the question his daughter asked in 2011 … [Read more...] about Mental health professionals invite conversations and questions about climate anxiety
Planted Trees: Religion Grows Solutions to Youth Climate Anxiety
For the youth of his congregation, a large proportion of climate anxiety stems from the fact that many of his students feel as though they are too young to exact any real change, said Joel Foster, Youth and Family Life minister at the University Church of Christ on Pepperdine’s campus. The group ranges in age from 10 to 18 and while Foster said they are not questioning the … [Read more...] about Planted Trees: Religion Grows Solutions to Youth Climate Anxiety
International Programs Associate Dean Search Committee Hosts Public Forum
International Programs Associate Dean Search Committee held an open forum for faculty, staff and students to decide whether the position of Associate Dean would be appointed to Dr. Fiona Stewart, interim associate dean of International Programs and associate professor of Italian. The forum was hosted in the Black Plaza Classroom 189 on March 26. The public forum was used to … [Read more...] about International Programs Associate Dean Search Committee Hosts Public Forum