{"id":1044555,"date":"2021-11-22T14:59:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T19:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1044555"},"modified":"2021-11-22T14:59:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T19:59:13","slug":"report-some-climate-change-activists-facing-mental-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-some-climate-change-activists-facing-mental-health-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Some Climate Change Activists Facing Mental Health Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-some-climate-change-activists-facing-mental-health-issues%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1044555&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Taxpayer-funded National Public Radio (NPR) reports the non-stop drumbeat of propaganda on how only a few years remain for the planet and its inhabitants if climate change isn\u2019t stopped is now causing mental health problems for some activists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe environmental movement is doing more to address the psychological toll on activists and volunteers, encouraging resilience and self-care to counteract anxiety and grief over planetary damage,\u201d the report on <em>Weekend Edition Saturday<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/11\/20\/1057619724\/enviro-mental-health\">begins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The report includes details on an activist who committed suicide.&nbsp;Alex Smith of a public radio station in Kansas City reported on the death:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"21\">\n<p>\u201cWhen I was growing up in the Kansas City suburbs, I had a friend named Kevin Aaron, who was a dedicated environmentalist,\u201d Smith said. \u201cWhat I loved about Kevin was that he believed in the better angels of our nature. Instead of shouting down opponents, he tried to convince them to be part of the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the early 2000s, Kevin went to Oakland to study environmental law and start his career, but he became overwhelmed by a sense of hopelessness about the climate. This added to the depression he was already struggling with,\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>Smith said. \u201cIn 2003, Kevin died by suicide. He was 27 years old. His death was a shock and remains painful for those who loved him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Smith said Kevin\u2019s mother \u201csaid the more deeply her son became involved in environmental activism, the more his thinking was taken over by pessimism, just like an invasive species.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was one little seed that was planted where he couldn\u2019t then quit thinking about it,\u201d Sami Arron said. \u201cAnd so that seed sprout a little bit more and a little bit more and a little bit more.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_12406387\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/climate-protest.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12406387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/climate-protest.png\" alt=\"TOPSHOT - Environmental activists rally during the UK Student Climate Network&#039;s Global Climate Strike protest action in central London, on September 20, 2019. - Millions of people are taking to the streets across the world in what could be the largest climate protest in history. (Photo by Ben STANSALL \/ AFP) (Photo credit should read BEN STANSALL\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Environmental activists rally during the UK Student Climate Network\u2019s Global Climate Strike protest action in central London. (BEN STANSALL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cKevin couldn\u2019t shake the idea that his activism was futile and even all the combined environmental efforts just wouldn\u2019t be enough,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt some point, there was this whole forest of eucalyptus trees in his metaphoric mind that just wasn\u2019t going to make any difference,\u201d Kevin\u2019s mother said.<\/p>\n<p>She started The Resilient Activist \u201cas her way of sharing the coping strategies she learned following her son\u2019s death.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.1775700934579\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The real concern of activists like Greta Thunberg is not climate change but to \u201cupend society,\u201d&nbsp;Australia&#8217;s resources minister said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SN4UUeHZ2Z\">https:\/\/t.co\/SN4UUeHZ2Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1217144975655362564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe need activists who have the resilience to see us through these difficult times, and that\u2019s what I wanted to give,\u201d Aaron said, before adding his note of hope.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was like what would have helped him and others like him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith cited a recent poll \u2014 NPR did not provide the name of or a link to the poll \u2014 that said more than half of adults said climate change is affecting their mental health and 40 percent of young adults said it is \u201ctheir highest personal concern.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith also interviewed a college student at the University of Kansas who said protesting and other activism \u201chelps him get through what he calls dark days.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.133971291866\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Climate activists demanded an end to capitalism, &#8220;black liberation&#8221; and the abolition of police at a COP26 demonstration in Glasgow. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kmlzWeKxBy\">https:\/\/t.co\/kmlzWeKxBy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1457372033713643522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2018 the radical Greenpeace International started studying why activists are burning out, according to NPR.<\/p>\n<p>Agustin Maggio is the global Break Free campaign manager for Greenpeace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBurning yourself out is almost like a badge of honor,\u201d Maggio said in the NPR report. \u201cSo really, overworking yourself and giving up your life for the cause is considered to be something admirable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Penny Starr on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennyStarrDC\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i> or send news tips to pstarr@breitbart.com.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taxpayer-funded National Public Radio (NPR) reports the non-stop drumbeat of propaganda on how only a few years remain for the planet and its inhabitants if climate change isn\u2019t stopped is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1044555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1044555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1044555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1044555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1044555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}