ISABC Environmental Student Conference

If you’re worried or scared about climate change or the future, you certainly aren’t alone. And if you’re young, you’re likely really feeling it. 42% of the world is 25 years of age or younger. Youth are leading climate justice activism, and many are struggling with eco-anxiety, hopelessness, cynicism, fatalism and an exhausted feeling that it's already too late. Dr. Elin Kelsey explains the importance of evidence-based hope to climate justice action and offers tips on where to look for effective solutions in difficult times. For Kelsey, rejecting doomism and choosing to be hopeful is a “brave political act” that empowers us in the face of uncertainty.