This video dives into a relatively new and growing mental health crisis of Eco-Anxiety. Eco-Anxiety arising from worsening climate change conditions and how bleak might the future be for the younger generations. We will explore direct, indirect, and long-term impacts of climate change on human health, popular terms associated with eco-anxiety, who will be more vulnerable to eco-anxiety. It will also discuss looking into Canada, how indegenous people will be affected disproportionately more and how eco-anxiety is fuelling climate change activists such as Jukipa Kotierk.
Here are a few useful online resources to learn more about Eco-Anxiety:
- www.ecoanxious.ca
- time.com/61121...
- www.scientific...
This video was made by McMaster students Chethana Ellewela, Nidal Jammal, Ravni Bomrah, and Yashasvi Yadav in collaboration with the McMaster Demystifying Medicine Program.
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