Panu Pihkala
Eco-Anxiety and Environmental Education
University of Helsinki
anxiety distress ecological crisis seems rapidly growing phenomenon article analyzes challenges possibilities posed ecoanxiety environmental education variations ecoanxiety analyzed argued educators aware multiple forms phenomenon ecoanxiety found closely connected many difficult emotions grief guilt anger despair however anxiety also adaptive dimension called practical anxiety anxiety connected expectation motivation hopes previous research ecoanxiety ecological emotions various disciplines discussed related studies various fields education brought together based extensive literature review theoretical analyses made using philosophical method argued environmental educators need organizational peer support relation difficult emotions order develop emotional skills work educators first practice selfreflection ecoanxiety many possibilities help audiences develop emotional resilience potential practical activities related ecoanxiety discussed drawing various fields education include validation ecoanxiety ecological emotions providing safe spaces discuss possible providing embodied creative activities fully deliberate