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6 ways to build resilience and hope into young people's learning about climate change [phys.org]

 

By Simon Appolloni, Image: Pixabay, Phys Org, April 19, 2022

As they become more exposed to the grim realities of climate change, today's teens and people in their 20s—an entire generation—are experiencing increased anxiety, grief, fear or guilt about the planet's future as well as their own.

For teachers of environmental studies, softening the about what lies ahead —in terms of sea-level rise and the increased intensity, duration and frequency of storms, droughts and floods—is not an option. While parents will need to choose how and when to deliver information in contextually or age-appropriate ways, pretending isn't here shouldn't be an option either.

We can all agree that letting youth deal on their own with these feelings, which many call eco-anxiety, is out of the question.

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