Western Cape Futures Symposium Update
The future of the Western Cape York region was the focus of the recent symposium in Weipa which attracted around 200 people attended across 2.5 days. To date, much of the focus on Northern Australia h...
Jayshree Mamtora, JCU Manager of Scholarly Communications and Researcher explaining the developments around Open Ac… https://t.co/aA8gdLTKRd
02:15 PM May 11thFirst Keynote for Day Two of the CASE HDR Conference Dr Ann Lawless presents “Bridge Building for Social Scientists… https://t.co/G82tMOfC6K
10:20 AM Nov 25thSara Mohamed, PhD Candidate in Session Three - Perspectives from across the environment, presents “Rifts & Reconnec… https://t.co/vRXATQf6EX
04:39 PM Nov 24thPhD Candidate Nita Alexander in Session Three - Perspectives from across the environment, presents “(In)Action: Har… https://t.co/ec2rBGbBT6
04:06 PM Nov 24thMPhil Candidate Ellie Bock opening Session Three - Perspectives from across the environment by presenting “Biocultu… https://t.co/ehwtclWmTm
03:49 PM Nov 24thPhD Candidate Elizabeth Smyth finalizing Session Two - Beyond Language, Identity and Narratives by presenting “Writ… https://t.co/SvTg2K4hER
02:59 PM Nov 24thPhD Candidate Dom Orih finalizing Session One ‘Navigating Wellbeing’ theme by presenting “The feasibility of the Fa… https://t.co/D3VXkvujkn
01:09 PM Nov 24thPhD Candidate Rebekah Lisciandro kicks off Session One ‘Navigating Wellbeing’ by presenting “The Unbalanced Researc… https://t.co/kGANHi7kR9
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08:55 AM Nov 17thIn December 4-8, The Cairns Institute Fellow, Dr Larraine Larri and JCU Doctoral Candidate, Nita Alexander participated in the Sydney Environment Institute, “Nature Feelz Symposium” at the University of Sydney.
The transdisciplinary symposium aimed to reflect on how heightened ecological distress informs our responses to the climate crisis. It drew contributions from scholars, activists, artists, therapists, citizens and community members, showcasing the diverse and creative approaches to experiencing, suppressing, making sense of, managing, preventing, intensifying, and resisting ecological distress. Also considered were the ecological emotions of beings other than humans. Sessions were designed to garner insights from people collaborating across disciplines and practices attempting to expand our conceptual scope towards addressing these issues.
Larraine’s presentation, “ The craft of wisdom: Climate activist learning in the hands of Australia’s Knitting Nannas” explored how crafting became the core social movement learning process of the Australian Knitting Nannas and a strategy for generating climate activist hope.
Nita, “(In)Action: Harm and hope in young people’s climate activism” drew on her latest doctoral work-inprogress paper. She presented an exploration of young people’s emotional connection to the ecological crisis that climate change presents. Young people continue to be largely excluded from politics. Dominant adult-centric narratives express concern for young people’s welfare in the face of climate despair. These narratives suggest that it is causing them harm to engage with the climate change crisis.
Of particular interest was the work being done by psychologist researchers Samantha Stanley, Teaghan Hogg, and Léan O’Brien on eco-anxiety, mental health, and pro-environmental behaviours. Their presentation defined the main features of climate anxiety and presented data on how eco-anxiety affects people.
Key findings included:
• Experiencing eco-anger predicted better mental health outcomes, as well as greater engagement in pro-climate activism and personal behaviours;
• Eco-anxiety and eco-depression were less adaptive, relating to lower wellbeing; and,
• Those feeling eco-depressed were more likely to report participating in collective climate action, while those feeling eco-anxious were less likely to join the cause.
• Eco-anxiety is increased by engaging in social media and science communication. It is decreased most by nature connection, engaging in climate justice activism, and mindfulness or meditation practices.
For more information, contact larraine.larri@my.jcu.edu.au
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