Las últimas semanas y meses han sido un ejercicio agonizante de incertidumbre colectiva. Y para muchos de nosotros, esa incertidumbre ha sido reemplazada por lo que Rebecca Solnit llama la “certeza de la desesperación”. Es una desesperación profundamente válida y razonable: sabemos qué esperar de una presidencia de Trump.
Articles by Elizabeth Bechard
Mental Health & Climate Change: Who Will We Choose to Be in These Times?
The last few weeks and months have been an agonizing exercise in collective uncertainty. And for many of us, that uncertainty has now been replaced by what Rebecca Solnit calls the “certainty of despair.” It is deeply valid, reasonable despair: we know what to expect from a Trump presidency.
Mental Health & Climate Change: How Moms Cope With Election Anxiety
Feeling anxious about politics? You’re not alone. For many of us, politics can be a source of chronic stress—stress that’s significantly amplified during highly charged election years like this one. This is how Moms are coping with election anxiety.
Cómo puede ser parte de una importante investigación sobre el clima y la salud mental—en tu teléfono
Existe una necesidad de más investigaciones en salud sobre cómo ayudar a las personas a afrontar la angustia climática en este momento crítico. Afortunadamente, esta investigación se está llevando a cabo y usted puede ser parte de ella.
How You Can Participate in Important Climate and Mental Health Research—On Your Phone
There is a critical need for more research on how to help people navigate climate distress in the here and now. Thankfully, this research is happening, and you can be a part of it.
Moms Call on Congress to Protect Children From Extreme Weather at School
Extreme weather is making it harder for parents to keep children safe and healthy—even at school. The good news is we are not powerless to protect our beloved children where they learn and play.
Mental Health & Climate Change: How Grandparents Experience Climate Emotions
Very little has been written about the emotional experience of climate change for grandparents. Yet grandparents are deeply emotionally invested in children who will grow into adulthood in an uncertain future, and they face unique climate challenges as older adults too.
Mental Health & Climate Change: Four Books for Your Summer Reading List
Moms’ Elizabeth Bechard recommends four excellent books that touch on different aspects of climate change and mental health for your late summer reading list.
The Climate Questionnaire: Pediatrician Debra Hendrickson, author of The Air They Breathe
Debra Hendrickson’s new book, The Air They Breathe, is a moving account of caring for children who are already experiencing the health impacts of climate disruption. But it is above all a call to action.
Congresswoman Introduces Extreme Weather and Children’s Health Resolution at Moms’ Play-In for Climate Action
Over the past year, Moms has worked with Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-4) to develop a resolution calling attention to children’s unique vulnerabilities to extreme weather. Today, the congresswoman introduced this important resolution at our Play-In for Climate Action in Washington, DC.
Mental Health & Climate Change: A Year After the Great Vermont Flood
Floods are the most frequent type of natural disaster in the United States, and they can have a profound impact on mental health.
Mental Health & Climate Change: LGBTQ+ Youth, Suicide, and Our Warming World
Multiple dimensions of our identities and the social, political, and physical environments we live in impact our mental health and well-being. Climate change is emerging as yet another critical threat to young people’s mental health, and it is already clear that it will impact the LGBTQ+ community in unique ways.