Britt Wray: How climate change affects your mental health
Britt Wray: Com el canvi climàtic afecta la nostra salut mental
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about climate change,
el canvi climàtic
about the psychological impacts
sobre l'impacte psicològic
les depriments investigacions
weave into our books and documentaries,
posem als llibres i documentals
fatalism or hopelessness.
fatalisme o desesperança.
del desastre climàtic
by climate disaster,
identity and control.
i de control.
is underway to moderate our climate chaos,
per regular el caos climàtic,
our actions and policies
que les accions i mesures
of how our changing environments
del nostre entorn
social and spiritual well-being.
mental, social i espiritual.
of climate scientists and activists
dels científics i activistes climàtics
after extreme weather events
fenòmens climàtics extrems
i suïcidis.
from northern communities
a comunitats del nord
as they witness the ice,
de veure com el gel,
psicològiques al canvi climàtic,
responses to climate change,
and resignation, are growing.
i resignació, creixen.
and unconscious mental processes
conscient o inconscientment,
of the problem for what they are,
del problema pel que son,
our own psychological resilience,
la nostra resiliència,
to take on what we've created.
per combatre el que hem creat.
estudiant un fenòmen
of the emotional hardships
de les penúries emocionals
in my generation are struggling to answer.
generació s'esforça per contestar
in the age of climate change?
a l'era del canvi climàtic?
where hurricanes, flooding, wildfires --
inundacions, incendis,
occurred within the last 22.
han estat en els últims 22.
of the global population
de la població global
only six years from now.
en només sis anys.
140 million climate refugees
de refugiats climàtics
Latin America and South Asia.
Amèrica Llatina i sud d'Àsia.
at over one billion.
per sobre d'un bilió.
l'escassetat de recursos
war and political instability.
guerra i inestabilitat política.
up to a million species to extinction,
gairebé un milió les espècies en extinció,
even after the Paris Agreement.
fins i tot després de l'Acord de París.
workshops and interviews
tenir fills pel tema del canvi climàtic
having kids because of climate change
anomenat BirthStrike,
called BirthStrike,
they're not going to have kids
que no tindran fills
of the ecological crisis
per encarar aquest risc existencial.
to address this existential threat.
faced their own apocalyptic dangers,
enfrontat altres perills apocalíptics,
the very real threat to our survival now.
l'actual perill a la nostra supervivència.
to adopt children.
adoptar fills.
to have more than one,
greenhouse gas emissions.
les emissions de gasos hivernacle.
state of affairs
sacrifice their right to
sacrifiquin el seu dret
that their lifestyle choices are to blame
és culpa de les seves decisions
shows that, on average,
mostra que, de mitjana,
in an industrialized nation
a una nació industrialitzada
of carbon dioxide per year.
de diòxid de carboni per any.
and this is just one --
i només un,
can save almost one ton per year.
pot estalviar quasi una tona per any.
to their parents' carbon legacy
al llegat de carboni dels seus pares
adds 9,441 to theirs.
n'afegeix 9441.
with huge carbon footprints
amb enorme emprenta de carboni
about how many kids they have.
quants fills tenen.
and one's feelings about the future
i el que sentim respecte al futur
in all sorts of cultural norms,
culturals,
education levels and more.
socioeconòmic, nivells d'educació i més.
about kids in the climate crisis
en la crisi climàtica
com d'un altre planeta.
to their survival to think about,
en què pensar
food on the table,
working three jobs,
amb tres feines,
or on the move in a migrant caravan.
o a una caravana de migrants.
is really great at intersectionality.
magnifica la interseccionalitat.
marginalized communities already face.
les comunitats marginades.
that a leading indicator
que un indicador decisiu
to hit home, psychologically,
a impactar, psicològicament,
in the rate of informed women
de la tasa de dones informades
psychologically?
with climate-linked pre-traumatic stress?
lligat al clima?
va encunyar el nom,
shrinks for climate woes.
psiquiàtres per a temes climàtics.
hi ha estudiants d'institut
when some high schoolers
to university any longer,
a future for themselves.
per a ells.
in the climate crisis
a la crisi climàtica
of how hard-pressed people are feeling.
de desesperació.
are screaming for change
demanen a crits un canvi
how we contribute to this problem
com contribuïm a aquest problema
that it messes with our minds.
les nostres ments.
to grief is activism.
és l'activisme.
the answer can be found in therapy.
que la resposta és la terapia.
you're on your deathbed,
a punt de morir
the most in your life,
a la teva vida,
what you should do more of now,
el que has de fer ara,
jo més íntim
become more punishing towards us.
cada vegada més dur.
about what is happening,
el que està passant,
of climate change
technology and the politics and economy,
tecnologia, i la política i l'economia,
d'alguna manera no ho sembla.
una part integral
and ethics of equity and care,
d'igualtat i de cura,
emotionally avoidant person on the planet,
freda del planeta,
that's big enough to sweep this up under.
per amagar això.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Britt Wray - Science storyteller, author, broadcasterBritt Wray's work is about life and what we make of it: past, present and future.
Why you should listen
Author of the book Rise of the Necrofauna, cohost of the BBC podcast Tomorrow's World and guest host on Canada's legendary national science TV show The Nature of Things, Britt Wray shows audiences what's happening at the forefront of science, technology, ethics and environment, probing how it affects us. The New Yorker named her first book Rise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics, and Risks of De-Extinction one of the "books we loved" in 2017 and the Sunday Times called it a "must-read." By making science accessible and illuminating its possible consequences, Wray's writing, broadcasting and talks help us understand how the world is changing, creating a rich space for conversation about how each of us can respond to those changes.
Wray has been a summer host on CBC Radio 1's flagship science show Quirks and Quarks, and produced several radio documentaries for outlets such as BBC Radio 4, CBC IDEAS, WNYC's Studio 360 and Love and Radio. She created the interactive audio diary platform for frank speech about science called Aurator (aurator.org) which won the 2018 Society for the Social Studies of Science Award. Wray has a PhD in science communication with a focus on synthetic biology from the University of Copenhagen and holds a BSc (Hon) in biology from Queen's University and an interdisciplinary master's in art, media and design from OCAD University. She has also been a visiting scholar at the NYU Arthur L. Carter Institute for Journalism and was a 2019 TED Resident. Wray is currently writing a book about intimate dilemmas in the climate crisis.
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