Solastalgia: An Anthology of Emotion in a Disappearing World

By: Janisse Ray and Scott Russell Sanders and Susan Clayton and Kathryn Miles and Paul Bogard and Alison Hawthorne Deming and Kathleen Dean Moore and Sean Hill and Elena Passarello and Angela Pelster and Genevieve Guenther and Nickole Brown and Meera Subramanian and Ben Goldfarb and Kathryn Nuernberger and Sarah Jaquette Ray and Joan Naviyuk Kane and Priscilla Solis Ybarra and J. Drew Lanham and Suzanne Roberts and Taylor Brorby and Laura Erin England and Lauren K. Alleyne and Roopali Phadke and Cynthia Belmont and Holly Haworth and Ken Hada and Douglas Haynes and Leah Naomi Green and Jennifer Westerman and Erica Cavanagh and Priya Shukla and Marco Wilkinson and Jennifer Atkinson

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Synopsis: "One of the penalties of an ecological education," wrote Aldo Leopold, "is that one lives alone in a world of wounds." As climate change and other environmental degradations become more evident, experts predict that an increasing number of people will suffer emotional and psychological distress as a result. Many are feeling these effects already. In the pages of Solastalgia, they will find a source of companionship, inspiration, and advice.The concept of solastalgia comes from the Australian philosopher Glenn Albrecht, who describes it as "the homesickness we feel while still at home." It’s the pain and longing we feel as we realize the world immediately around us is changing, with our love for that world serving as a catalyst for action on its behalf.This powerful anthology brings together thirty-four writers—educators, journalists, poets, and scientists—to share their emotions in the face of environmental crisis. They share their solastalgia, their beloved places, their vulnerability, their stories, their vision of what we can create.