A book for our time, which offers optimistic possibilities to address our earth emotions now and into the future. The second is ‘ solastalgia’, a term coined by by Albrecht to mean a ‘form of psychic or existential distress caused by environmental change’ – a distinctive kind of unhappiness of people whose landscapes were being transformed about them by forces beyond their control, so a very specific kind of homesickness. Meteoranxiety: Created by Albrecht, this term is one that was particularly apposite prior to the pandemic, and it will continue to be so.

Both sets of emotions are needed for the survival and the flourishing of the species, however, we live in an epoch where the forces of destruction are overwhelming positive or creative emotions.The author neither commits to the undesirable implications of expanding the idea of conservation of endemic nature to cultures (i. Yet our senses open and our smiles re-emerge as we recognize that such destruction can be the catalyst for the evolution of human consciousness. These and other negative Earth emotions obviously lead to various mental and physical issues as well. Ultimately, the readers have to navigate their local landscape with all the pitfalls and challenges on their own. Despite the threat that the book overcomplicates its own language, Albrecht keeps his argument relevant and justifies each term well.

It's bold and interesting to talk about allegiance to a local place and culture and anti-globalism in an environmental context and how, in that sense, nationalist movements like "Generation Identity" may have "a point" as the author phrases it. That being said, many mainstream scientists don’t even yet accept that we have entered the ‘Anthropocene’, preferring instead to rely on the previous classification of ‘ Holocene’, negating the overwhelming, exponentially increasing impact of human endeavour on the planet’s finite resources and life support systems.Particularly in evidence in the year running up to the run-up to the onset of the pandemic with people like Greta Thunberg and movements like Extinction Rebellion – and not set to evaporate anytime soon. Terrafuric: Coined by Albrecht, “the extreme anger unleashed within those who can clearly see the self-destructive tendencies in the current forms of industrial-technological society and feel they must protest and act to change its direction. My terrier Poppy sniffs out the rare and unique on the local forest floor, in this case, fungi on a walk at Bramshill, Hampshire. The book did a good review of the current climate crisis around the world and the negative psychological responses of the people to the crisis. He retired from Murdoch University in 2014 as a Professor of Sustainability, and he is now an Honorary Associate in the School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney.