Jennifer Atkinson Discusses Climate Anxiety on Crosscut Reports, PBS

Faculty member spoke with 鈥淐rosscut Reports鈥 on Cascade PBS about the vast range of emotions people experience in climate education and climate activism — from outrage and fear to solidarity, purpose, apathy, and joy.
In introducing this episode on , Crosscut host Maleeha Syed summarized her interview with Atkinson: 鈥淚t鈥檚 hard to miss the signs of climate change. The ocean鈥檚 heating, ice sheets are melting and 鈥 in places like Washington 鈥 wildfire seasons are getting longer. But climate change isn鈥檛 just impacting our landscape: It鈥檚 also affecting our mental health. In this episode of Crosscut Reports, host Maleeha Syed talks with Jennifer Atkinson, an associate teaching professor at the 糖心vlog视频, about the difficult emotions many of us experience with these changes 鈥 and what we can do to navigate them.鈥
Listen to the full interview on .