How To Survive the News. CNN’s Bill Weir on Moving From Anger and Despair to Optimism and Resiliency.
21 February - 1 hour 13 minsA node of sanity in these challenging times.
Bill Weir is America’s leading climate reporter. His new book is a celebration of our planet and human brilliance. It is a hopeful plea for communities to rally around nature, new ideas and each other, to create the kind of resilience that lasts generations.
In this episode we talk about:
How a hotter earth is increasingly changing our lives Why some experts say the climate issue is half physics, half psychology How to work with feelings like rage and despair Why so many of us look away from the climate crisis Why acceptance is not surrender And the utility of class psychological frameworks, including Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and...
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