Solastalgia : an anthology of emotion in a disappearing world / edited by Paul Bogard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bogard, Paul, 1966- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental psychology.

Loss (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 161 pages): illustrations

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, [2023]

Summary:

""One of the penalties of an ecological education," wrote Aldo Leopold, "is that one lives alone in a world of wounds." As climate change and other environmental degradations become more evident, experts predict that an increasing number of people will suffer emotional and psychological distress as a result. Many are feeling these effects already. In the pages of Solastalgia, they will find a source of companionship, inspiration, and advice.The concept of solastalgia comes from the Australian philosopher Glenn Albrecht, who describes it as "the homesickness we feel while still at home." It’s the pain and longing we feel as we realize the world immediately around us is changing, with our love for that world serving as a catalyst for action on its behalf.This powerful anthology brings together thirty-four writers—educators, journalists, poets, and scientists—to share their emotions in the face of environmental crisis. They share their solastalgia, their beloved places, their vulnerability, their stories, their vision of what we can create."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Grieve and Give Thanks

What If She Had Lived? / Laura Erin England

On Elegy / Kathryn Nuernberger

Two Hearts, Two Minds / Kathryn Miles

Grief and Fire / Suzanne Roberts

Other Rookeries / Joan Naviyuk Kane

A Shared Lament / Meera Subramanian

Part II. Remember and Imagine

Elegy at the Edge of Infinity / Lauren K. Alleyne

Blue / Roopali Phadke

Whistler of the North / Cynthia Belmont

The Strangest Sea / Angela Pelster

On Memory and Survival / Nickole Brown

What You Studyin' On / Sean Hill

A Return to Feeling / Holly Haworth

Part III. Love, Get Angry, and Love Some More

Rage, Rage against the Dying / Kathleen Dean Moore

Why I Write for Birds / J. Drew Lanham

The Practice of Anger in a Warming World / Genevieve Guenther

The Dying Elm / Ken Hada

A New Word to Describe New Feelings / Susan Clayton

Affirming Abundance / Priscilla Solis Ybarra

Soliphilia in Beaverland / Ben Goldfarb

Part IV. Bring New Life into a Disappearing World

Wild Lessons from Poisoned Water / Douglas Haynes

Mourning Songs Are Love Songs / Leah Naomi Green

The Imprint Theory of Childhood / Jennifer Westerman

What the Living Do / Erica Cavanagh

Choosing a Different Future / Priya Shukla

How Do You Feel Today? / Marco Wilkinson

One Path to Solastalgia / Paul Bogard

Part V. Take Action and Take Care

Step-by-Step Instructions / Janisse Ray

How to Love a Burning World / Jennifer Atkinson

This Will Be / Elena Passarello

On Time / Taylor Brorby

Why Turn Inward Just as the Planet Needs Us Most? / Sarah Jaquette Ray

Smoke, Cracked Corn,and a Helicopter Rescue / Alison Hawthorne Deming

Fireflies / Scott Russell Sanders.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8139-4885-1

OCLC:

1347048391