{"id":4724,"date":"2025-04-07T12:06:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T12:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acentocomunicacion.com\/hay-que-vivir-el-cambio-climatico-como-un-duelo-giulia-sonetti\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T06:57:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T06:57:00","slug":"hay-que-vivir-el-cambio-climatico-como-un-duelo-giulia-sonetti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acentocomunicacion.com\/en\/hay-que-vivir-el-cambio-climatico-como-un-duelo-giulia-sonetti\/","title":{"rendered":"Should We Experience Climate Change as Grief? | Giulia Sonetti"},"content":{"rendered":"

Should We Experience Climate Change as Grief?<\/strong>
Reconnecting with Life and Active Hope
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<\/i>“I used to think the top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and climate change. I thought that with thirty years of good science we could address those problems. But I was wrong. The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed, and apathy. And to deal with those, we need a spiritual and cultural transformation. And we scientists don’t know how to do that.”<\/i><\/h4>\n<\/div>

\u2014 James Gustave Speth, environmentalist and former dean of the Yale School of Forestry<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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How to Transform Climate Grief into Active Hope<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In these times of multiple crises\u2014climate, ecological, social, and even personal\u2014many people feel a dull, persistent ache, what we sometimes call \u201ceco-anxiety\u201d or \u201cclimate grief.\u201d This isn\u2019t an overreaction; it\u2019s the logical consequence of living in a world where temperatures are rising, ecosystems are deteriorating, and much of the news we consume daily reminds us that the future seems uncertain.<\/p>\n

Some sources, such as the global survey published in The Lancet<\/em> in 2021, have shown that 75% of young people (ages 16\u201325) consider the future frightening, and 45% say their daily lives are affected by climate-related concerns. Meanwhile, organizations like the American Psychiatric Association report that more than half of the U.S. population feels uneasy about the mental health effects of climate change. These figures confirm that the pain we feel for the Earth is not an \u201cindividual problem\u201d but a legitimate response to the gap between what we know (the crisis is real and urgent), what we feel (pain, frustration, even anger), and what we\u2019re expected to do (carry on with \u201cnormal life\u201d).<\/p>\n

So, how do we move from paralyzing fear to active, transformative hope?<\/p>\n

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Reconnecting Body, Community, and Earth<\/strong><\/h3>\n

An essential point is understanding that grieving for the Earth does not mean giving up: acknowledging what has been lost (species, landscapes, certainties, etc.) and truly \u201cfeeling it\u201d can help mobilize deep energy and commitment. As researcher and communicator Britt Wray shows in her book Generation Dread<\/em>, honoring the emotions brought about by the environmental crisis, far from sinking us, can pave the way for collective action.<\/p>\n

At the same time, addressing climate change from the \u201cinner\u201d realm doesn\u2019t mean becoming introverted or disengaged from society. Rather, it implies a shift in focus, one emphasized by many strands of psychology and transformative education: we need to reconnect with ourselves, with community, and with the Earth:<\/p>\n