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[last updated: May 7, 2021]
How to cope with eco-anxiety
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2021/eco-anxiety/
Communications Manager Sarah Ford-Hutchinson explores the concept of eco-anxiety, and what you can do to soothe – and be soothed by – nature.
[last updated: May 16, 2019]
The rise of eco-anxiety
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2019/rise-of-eco-anxiety/
Between the latest extreme weather event, a damning report on future temperature projections or news of another species going extinct, climate change in the headlines has become standard. Greater awareness of climate change is unarguably a positive (a lack of this is partially what got us into this mess, after all) but what toll does […]
[last updated: May 16, 2019]
How spirituality helped my eco-anxiety
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2019/how-spirituality-helped-my-eco-anxiety/
In our next blog in a series on mental health and climate change for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, we hear from Esther Duncan who has just finished her undergraduate degree in Sustainable Development with Social Anthropology. Esther recently took part in the course in “Eco-Spirituality” at the University’s Chaplaincy and discusses how a community of like-minded people can […]
[last updated: April 30, 2020]
Eco-anxiety: the teacher’s perspective
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2019/eco-anxiety-the-teachers-perspective/
In our first blog for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, we hear from Neeki Armani who is currently a Science Teacher in London and soon-to-be MSc Outdoor Environmental and Sustainability Education student at the University of Edinburgh. She discusses the realities of being responsible for educating children about climate change and the toll that takes on both her and their […]
[last updated: May 31, 2022]
How to tackle anxiety with the help of nature
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2022/how-to-tackle-anxiety-with-the-help-of-nature/
For Mental Health Awareness Week (9 to 15 May 2022), Kim Vender, Biodiversity and Climate Resilience Projects Officer, explains how engaging with nature can help.
[last updated: October 10, 2022]
A Hillwalker’s guide to sustainability
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2022/a-hillwalkers-guide-to-sustainability/
Alexiane Charron, third year Environmental Geoscience student, shares top tips drawn from experience as Sustainability Officer at the Edinburgh University Hillwalking Club.
[last updated: November 29, 2021]
Global Mental Health in the Climate Crisis: Urban Green and Blue Spaces for Community and Student Health
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2021/global-mental-health-in-the-climate-crisis/
During Summer 2021, Shannon Branigin (MSc Global Mental Health and Society) completed a placement-based dissertation with the Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability (SRS). Her research focused on global mental health, the climate crisis, and sustainable development, looking into Edinburgh’s urban green and blue spaces as opportunities for mental health systems.
[last updated: August 12, 2021]
Positive Imaginings: cultivating environmental citizens
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2021/positive-imaginings-cultivating-environmental-citizens/
In May 2021, Rowanbank Environmental Arts & Education commissioned Daniela Izquierdo, MSc Ecological Economics alumna, to conduct ethnographic research with children aged 9 to 11 from areas of multiple deprivation in Scotland.
[last updated: August 1, 2019]
Me and the sea: it’s a personal thing
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2019/nmw-sarahfh/
For National Marine Week, our Communications Manager Sarah Ford-Hutchinson – a surfer, snorkeler and freediver – explains what the sea means to her and why reducing harm to the ocean can be a private act.
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