A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety

How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet

Sarah Jaquette Ray

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University of California Press
21 April 2020

Conservation of the environment; Global warming

"Gen Z's first ""existential toolkit"" for combating eco-guilt and burnout while advocating for climate justice.

A youth movement is reenergizing global environmental activism. The “climate generation”—late millennials and iGen, or Generation Z—is demanding that policy makers and government leaders take immediate action to address the dire outcomes predicted by climate science. Those inheriting our planet’s environmental problems expect to encounter challenges, but they may not have the skills to grapple with the feelings of powerlessness and despair that may arise when they confront this seemingly intractable situation.

Drawing on a decade of experience leading and teaching in college environmental studies programs, Sarah Jaquette Ray has created an “existential tool kit” for the climate generation. Combining insights from psychology, sociology, social movements, mindfulness, and the environmental humanities, Ray explains why and how we need to let go of eco-guilt, resist burnout, and cultivate resilience while advocating for climate justice. A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety is the essential guidebook for the climate generation—and perhaps the rest of us—as we confront the greatest environmental threat of our time.

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By: Sarah Jaquette Ray
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9780520343306
ISBN 10: 0520343301
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 21 April 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Embracing Life in the Anthropocene 1. Get Schooled on the Role of Emotions in Climate Justice Work 2. Cultivate Climate Wisdom 3. Claim Your Calling and Scale Your Action 4. Hack the Story 5. Be Less Right and More in Relation 6. Move Beyond Hope, Ditch Guilt, and Laugh More 7. Resist Burnout 8. Conclusion: Feed What You Want to Grow Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

Sarah Jaquette Ray teaches environmental studies at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California, and is the author of The Ecological Other: Environmental Exclusion in American Culture.

Reviews for A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet

"""The book is carefully and clearly written, demonstrating the author’s commitment to climate work and to engaging with students, as well as the depth of her own knowledge as an environmentalist. Highly recommended."" * CHOICE * ""Not surprisingly . . . this small book reads like the distillation of simple folk wisdom."" * Geography Realm * ""This book makes an overdue and very welcome contribution to the world, where the mental health impacts and cascading losses that climate change generates are increasing rapidly. It synthesises a range of psychological theory, personal experience, Buddhist philosophy and activist self-care wisdom. This is organised into a series of strategies that can help people of any age to play the long game of fighting for climate justice."" * Australian Journal of Environmental Education *"