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Facing Eco-Anxiety with Dekila Chungyalpa

Facing Eco-Anxiety with Dekila Chungyalpa

FromThe SustainUW Podcast


Facing Eco-Anxiety with Dekila Chungyalpa

FromThe SustainUW Podcast

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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Mar 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

What is eco-anxiety? How do our various lived experiences influence how eco-anxiety presents itself? Can we harness eco-anxiety to make a positive difference? Join host Rose Adler-Rephan as she discusses these issues with special guest Dekila Chungyalpa, Director of the Loka Initiative, Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations. Dekila has worked with faith leaders and culture keepers of indigenous traditions on environmental and climate issues since 2008. She also has a background in conservation and working on environmental and climate issues in the field.

To access some of the resources mentioned in this episode:
Psychology Today article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/healthy-minds/202204/5-things-can-alleviate-your-eco-anxiety
Meditation on interdependence with nature: https://soundcloud.com/user-984650879/interdependence-with-nature
Meditation on transforming fear and distress about climate anxiety: https://soundcloud.com/user-984650879/tonglen-for-eco-anxiety
Released:
Mar 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (43)

The SustainUW Podcast is created and hosted by student interns from the UW-Madison Office of Sustainability. Each episode explores a different question related to sustainability as it impacts the UW-Madison campus and the broader community. Guests include professors, student activists, campus staff, and other experts who help hosts uncover the complicated story of sustainability. This podcast examines common narratives of environmentalism and questions the status quo, seeking to understand what’s up with sustainability and where we should go from here.