Notes: This will be my last newsletter. It’s been a pleasure, and let me know if you want to stay in touch.
Also, I read the Kindle version of the book, so I don’t have page numbers, just electronic locations.
With the many negative effects of climate change becoming increasingly apparent, more and more people are experiencing eco-anxiety and climate grief. But we don’t hear about this very often. This is partly because our culture doesn’t talk much about grief at all. It’s also because climate grief is disenfranchised grief.
That’s why I found it refreshing to read Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis by Britt Wray. Wray not only talks openly about climate emotions but explains why it’s so important for all of us to be doing that.
I highly recommend reading the whole book, but to get you started, here are three of my takeaways from it.