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Highlights include: an exploration of why left-handers are so special; how math and geometry is helping corrupt American democracy; re-examining Richard Wright's legacy and enduring relevance; and science writer Britt Wray on her book, Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis.
Britt Wray is a leading researcher on the mental health impact of climate change. In an e360 interview, she talks about the rise of climate anxiety in young people, how social media exacerbates this trend, and why distress about the climate crisis can spur positive change.
COVID created a second, mental-health pandemic. The one sparked by climate change will be worse. And already young people are the ones hit hardest
Most schoolchildren get only an hour or two of climate education per year. It’s up to their parents to teach them optimism and action in the face of a daunting crisis.
Anxiety over climate change is widespread, but young people in particular are reshaping their futures based on their feelings around the climate crisis.