Jennifer Atkinson speaks to international audiences on聽climate change and mental health
IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson spoke to audiences in the U.S., Germany, and Canada as part of a 2020 speaking series on . Her talks were featured at the in Toronto, the 茂禄驴Aspen Institute's , the in Munich, the City of Bellevue's , and Edmonds Community College's . Atkinson's presentations highlighted the psychological toll of climate change and explored why scholarly engagement with the affective consequences of ecological loss will be key to addressing this existential threat.
Atkinson's speaking series is part of a larger project on climate anxiety she launched in 2020, including an international sponsored by the Rachel Carson Center, and a hosted by Atkinson, which explores ways to harness climate despair to activate meaningful solutions to our crisis.