Jana Bednářová

1 month ago | greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Jen Kirby |Johanna Siebert |Victoria Luh |Jana Bednářová

The idea that eco-anxiety is an individual mental state with a given set of symptoms is an overly narrow and reductive way of thinking about the contemporary phenomenon. Instead, we need to rethink eco-anxiety as a “public feeling” – a shared and multifaceted experience inherently belonging to life in times of climate change. Recognising environmental emotions as public feelings can reconnect people and propel the green movement forward.