SolastalgiaA form of emotional or existential distress caused by negatively perceived environmental change.
Last Monday, thanks to one of my climate activist friends, I learned a new word (presented and defined above). Today, if you are reading this blog posting, you may be learning that new word, too.
Before last Monday, I didn't know the word, "solastalgia," but I do know the feeling! It's part of my current experience. Is it part of yours?
Do you think that there might be something we could do to make solastalgia go away?
I think there is a way to do that. I know there has to be! Anything is possible.
But to change the world, we do need to take action. We do need to change our lives. Global warming, now put in motion by our past actions, is not going to disappear on its own. It's not going to disappear unless we take some new action. Pretty dramatic action is called for, actually.
Worth doing that, though, don't you think?
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/warming-gaining-pace
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