Author: Jennifer Atkinson: The Emotional Toll of a Warming World at the San Francisco Public Library
Channel: San Francisco Public Library
Date: 26/07/2022

Author and ecoactivist Jennifer Atkinson discusses climate grief. The age of climate consequences has arrived, and despair is on the rise. Jennifer Atkinson explores the mental health toll of our warming world -- from anxiety and fear to grief and doom -- while offering strategies to channel dark emotions toward climate justice and solutions.

Jennifer Atkinson, Associate Professor at the University of Washington, researches the emotional toll of climate change. She is the author of Gardenland (2018) and creator of “Facing It,” a podcast exploring eco-grief and climate anxiety.