Are we heading for EXTINCTION? We need to talk about eco-anxiety

Force of Nature

About the Episode

In the penultimate episode of season 2, We Need to Talk about Eco-Anxiety, Clover will be learning about nature and extinction and how it aggravates eco-anxiety worldwide.

First, Clover meets environmental filmmaker and Wildlife photographer of the year, Aishwarya Sidhar, to better understand capitalist systems that are driving extinction. We then hear how young people's eco-anxiety has been worsened by ecological extinction; our resident psychotherapist, Caroline Hickman, on how our abuse of nature is a direct result of our disconnection from it; and finally, Executive Director of Greenpeace, Jennifer Morgan, on what we can do to save the planet.

Top Quotes

"Our greed and overconsumption of resources is driving the destruction of nature. We have these large corporations that are only after profit. And they are willing to trade our economy for our ecology." - Aishwarya Sidhar

"We framed defeating nature as progress. We have had such a messed up relationship with nature and it's been going on for years. The only way to resolve the climate crises is to value nature again." - Caroline Hickman

About the Guests

Aishwarya Sridhar is an Indian wildlife photographer, presenter, and environmental documentary filmmaker residing in Navi Mumbai. She is the youngest girl to have won the Sanctuary Asia-Young Naturalist Award and the International Camera Fair Award. In 2020, Aishwarya became the first Indian woman to win the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award.

Jennifer Morgan is the executive director of Greenpeace International. Greenpeace is a global network of independent campaigning organizations that use peaceful protest and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future. Check out Jennifer’s instagram here

Caroline Hickman is a psychotherapist and Climate Psychology Therapist in Education at the University of Bath. Her research specialises in children and young people's relationships with nature, and their feelings about the climate and ecological crisis.

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