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I am eco actions.
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Yeah,
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I experienced negative feelings that in fact,
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my daily life due to my worries about the state of our planet
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and where it is headed,
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feeling helpless and incapable of seeing the downturn
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of birth has bothered me so much that
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I decided a big focus of my career should be in trying to help the environment.
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No,
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I'm not alone in feeling this way.
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73% of young adults stated that they are very concerned
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with the state of the environment,
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so much so
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that the range from older Gen Z two younger millennials ageing
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from around 23 to 35 has been dubbed by the media
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climate generation.
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Hopefully.
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So since the majority of us,
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if you're extremely worried about the environment and have a
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multitude of negative feelings related to the climate change affecting us
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so
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it is not shocking that almost half of our generation is having to wake
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up and deal with this worry in the back of our heads affecting us.
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Stay in
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and day out.
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But why are we feeling this way?
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Well,
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look around
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Flood after flood
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bushfire after bushfire
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drought after drought,
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the climate crisis is a reality,
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and we are all affected by it.
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Each degree increase we get does not only mean less and less glaciers in the pulse,
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it means a risk toward normal lives
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and in risk areas, life as a whole.
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That is why we're echo anxious.
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We can perceive all these changes, and we know they're not good.
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We feel all the bad feelings related to it.
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But when it comes time to do something, we feel helpless and powerless,
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which in turn
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just leads to guilt and shame
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over our inaction.
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Those right there have been highlighted by the
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academia as major factors for ego anxiety,
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and they're so out there. It is possible we didn't even need peer review articles.
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To know
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all of these has brought us to our initial PCs and model
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in which are ambitious Selves
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thought that the way to adjust the issue should be to tackle climate change.
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Yeah, I know.
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Perhaps a bit too ambitious
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from this starting point.
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We devised our assumptions,
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has sent out on a journey to discover what
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is really happening and what we could do regarding
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our eco anxiety.
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So now that we've given an outline of the PCs.
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Um, we work together as a team to break down
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some of the assumptions that we're making about our
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extreme statement
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so that we could gain a deeper understanding
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into the strengths and weaknesses of the framework.
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So, firstly,
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we assume that individuals of the climate generation are particularly
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anxious
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straight up,
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we've made a pretty big assumption that eco anxiety is a prevalent issue,
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so it's important that we validate this assumption
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as it's really the essence of our issue.
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Secondly, we assumed that feelings of helplessness and in actions,
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a major driving factors for eco anxiety.
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We've identified these key terms as potential causes for the issue,
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but at this preliminary point, it is still an assumption that needs validated.
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Next, we assume that individuals would like to take action, and such action,
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in turn, reduces eco anxiety.
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Once we have established the former assumption,
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we still need to discern whether people want to take action and
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then that this action would help to reduce their eco anxiety.
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Okay,
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we also assume that individuals believe action
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and engagement are preferable over just therapy.
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This concept is something that we will explore
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more in the alternatives to a solution.
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Currently, we have a shared that we have assured his preference,
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but we don't have the knowledge to understand whether that assumption is true
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and if so, what are the factors that are driving that preference?
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We also assume individuals taking action to
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help green initiatives would reduce our eco anxiety
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on similar lines to Assumption three with more of a specific
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focus on how this interaction or an action ng or helping green
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it's grand styles would
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reduce eco anxiety.
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Lastly,
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we have also assumed that individuals are
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familiar with carbon footprints and credit,
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and a solution in such a field would aid in reducing that eco anxiety.
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So we're making an assumption that,
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he claims is people have heard about the term carbon footprint, our carbon credits.
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And if the assumption of that previous acknowledge proves untrue,
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that might be the team in a different direction.
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So with elicit assumptions in mind as the driving force invalidation,
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we went through three key streams to validate them
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an academic literature review surveys and interviews.
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So, firstly,
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we reviewed a multitude of sources that contributed to the literature of you.
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We found that there is a growing body of
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work and research being done within this build,
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and that the majority of sources are quite recent
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across the board.
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It has concurred that eco anxiety is a prevalent issue and
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many sources particularly site the growing
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prevalence emergency and older millennials.
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It is clear that we can place confidence in the value of assumption one.
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We also found that whilst eagle anxiety is a very nuanced issue,
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many sources do drive a feeling.
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Do Dr Value
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that the feeling of helplessness and inaction
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a major polluting effects
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similar to our assumption, too?
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Another concept that was cited by Biden and gentle in their
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review of interventions for the treatment of eco anxiety was participatory action
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that asked every member of a collective
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to take their unshared flexibility.
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Setting the treatment for eco anxiety should be democratic
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and place the individuals face to face with their own social
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and environmental in Tibet.
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These concepts of action ng that are not just cited in
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the above source really helped to validate assumptions four and five.
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So with the surveys,
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we utilise Google forms to survey over 30 people
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and we've compiled the results in the shining site
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so as we've gone through the surveys, which were all a nominal anonymous.
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We feel very confident invalidating
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some of our initial assumptions around the prevalence of the issue,
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which is also
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in conjunction with the Academic Literature Review
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and can also instil confidence in the ability
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of taking action to help in reducing eco anxiety
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for individuals.
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That's absolutely right,
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Matilda and some things really stand out from these stats.
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High percentage of people are feeling increased
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levels of ICO anxiety in our survey,
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but also an astounding number of people are looking to
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do something and they're bothered by their own inaction.
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Two other great points to note that
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the familiarity and the mindfulness regarding carbon emissions
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and also people's interest in helping out green
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initiatives and contribute to distribute change movement.
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The interviews that we conducted essentially a loan
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form situation that about a deeper understanding,
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a more two way access
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inter. Firstly, the impact of the individual
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and also expert
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yeah,
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mostly impacted individual routes refers to
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the people that have been diagnosed with
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eco anxiety or self identified that they feel anxious about the environment.
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For these introduce, we found that these individuals that would be
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on the higher end of the
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outside
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are often already partaking in action
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and feel by performing, it already helps to alleviate some of their anxiety.
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This is an alignment with our interview with
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the expert
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monster of professional psychology
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who points out the belief and effect
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of actually protect,
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particularly for people with mild case
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would sit in the majority.
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Additionally,
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PhD candidate in chemical engineering and master and environmental management
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things of value that this action can have
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the driving and creating
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his strength.
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Positive environmental.
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There are our research. We have come across and former
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approaches and solutions No to alleviate eco anxiety.
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The first alternative solution we considered was therapy
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specific,
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specifically, psychological therapy.
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Psychological therapy is a one on one treatment approach
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that involves a practise ER and eco anxious individual
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discussing the negative influence they are having.
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The aim of this is to change that they could
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and enhance their
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whilst. This has been known to reduce the effects of eco anxiety.
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This approach doesn't initiate
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any real behavioural change within a person
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so much that they believe that they are doing something of balance
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contributing towards solving the climate crisis.
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Overall, it promotes positive thinking,
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however, falls short of people
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of allowing the person to get there
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on the issue.
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Another alternative solution we found during our research
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was focused on the current lack of clinical debt surrounding the issue.
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Despite the apparatus
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and increasing demand for clinical and diagnosed and treated
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for
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and the projection of the climate change,
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we only continue to learn larger and larger collect. People win
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very little existing literature names to address relevant
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eco anxiety.
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Eco anxiety as a concept has come into relevance quite recent,
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and research has proven that there is
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an absence with regard to medical training and clinical assess.
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Therefore, a potential solution
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funeral. But it's this medical professionals to make better diagnosis
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and informed choices in there. A connection
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Eco anxiety treatment plan.
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Yeah, before this alternative
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solution could be considered effective,
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the medical field and relevant clinics
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should assemble a clear picture of appropriate
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and approaches to enable professional
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treat
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Echo X anxious people recording
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which in itself takes years of
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trials and
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also in our internal scans,
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show that the team does not currently possess the expertise
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the medical field
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to design an appropriate solution Bank
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like we saw with the previous section. It doesn't want to the individual attacks.
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The third and final potential solution we came across during
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our research is based on theories of participatory action,
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but one engages in actions. They have a reasonable chance
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or medication and detection.
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This has been found to be incredibly beneficial
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for relieving anxiety caused by climate change.
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Coincide is a widespread and far reaching issue
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majority of younger adults.
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This solution improves the individual's ability to channel their emotions
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productive personal action
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while it's rebuilding their socio ecological resilience,
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increasing their sense of control
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and allow them to have
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active impact
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back.
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Additionally,
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participatory action allows for a collective feeling of accomplishment.
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That is, when individuals are working together towards a similar goal.
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This next quote kind of encompassed as well
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a small change from like a big deal.
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You are the only one who can make our world a better place to inhabit.
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So don't be afraid to take a stand.
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Taking all of this into consideration
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proposed solution
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one that takes this theory into account,
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given its benefits in both alleviate tobacco excise
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and putting forth a call to action to Super Torrey Action
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is the alternative way,
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all right,
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and
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based on our research and throughout this first part of our journey discovering
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the nuances of this problem we have come across incredibly valuable learning.
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We know now the older Gen Z generally and younger millennials.
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The coin climate generation
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are in fact, more eco anxious.
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They feel helplessness and the inaction only compounds the problem.
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We've also now established.
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The participatory action is beneficial towards alleviating eco anxiety.
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And it has jumped out to us as the preference.
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And it tackles both psychological aspect of
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the issue while also hitting the environmental side
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alongside all that, a great insight
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into our targets. Mine
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people are seeking for solutions and ways to act.
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They've also shown at.
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They have also shown that
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the carbon emissions are a problem and that they
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are doing something about those is a very promising strategy
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and that they feel that they are able to feel
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as part of a collective movement doing it.
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Then the eco anxiety levels are alleviated. Very sweet.
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Thanks.
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Now, after all this valuable learning
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were further on our journey and we thought so much
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about how the same issue is affecting other people.
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And now we're being guided on a path forward Summer league.
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We can look at our updated PCs and model, which now has a clear issue in eco anxiety.
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Its causes are well defined and very palpable,
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while the solution flows logically from the knowledge
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that we acquired through all the research.
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Ultimately,
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we now have a solid impact measurement option as their biggest success
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will be defined by how much eco anxiety were able to alleviate
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from this model. Flows are idea for a solution.
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This solution is focused on participatory action, individual and collective,
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to relieve eco anxiety, of making an engaged impact
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all in a convenient digital way tailored to our generation.
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We're proposing a platform app that gives the
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individual the opportunity to offset his personal carbon
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footprint by buying carbon credits straight from a
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green initiatives were started that he resonates.