Describes how, over 18 months, Finland - a small nation where the term for 'eco-anxiety' was barely used before 2017 - underwent a national reckoning with environmental anxiety, with peer support groups forming, educators training to encounter these feelings, and a national project developing skills in the social and health sector to help alleviate eco-anxiety, alongside intensifying social conflict.
Eco-Anxiety in Finland: A Tale of a National Awakening
2019
Describes how, over 18 months, Finland - a small nation where the term for 'eco-anxiety' was barely used before 2017 - underwent a national reckoning with environmental anxiety, with peer support groups forming, educators training to encounter these feelings, and a national project developing skills in the social and health sector to help alleviate eco-anxiety, alongside intensifying social conflict.
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