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A TED fellow and young, expert voice on the impacts of ecological disruption on mental health, Britt Wray knows that climate change is not just a planetary crisis but also an emotional and deeply personal one. Her new book, Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis, provides a crucial guide to confronting eco-anxiety and becoming engaged stewards of the planet.

Over the last several years, climate and environment-related fears and anxieties have rightly emerged at the forefront of social concerns and even political discourse. For an increasing number of people, especially within younger generations, existential despair has lead to burnout and avoidance, even to the paralysis of daily functioning.

Britt argues that in order to address the at times overwhelming problem of our rapidly rising climate, we must first learn to face and value our eco-anxieties. Otherwise we will not be able to overcome the deeply ingrained, widespread reactions of denial and disavowal that have led humanity to this alarming period of ecological decline.

Drawing on insights from climate-aware therapists and leading thinkers on race and privilege as they relate to the climate crisis, Generation Dread offers ideas about the future of mental health innovation and provides creative coping strategies for this fraught moment.

“If you are ready to feel through eco-anxiety, grieve what’s lost, and imagine what comes next, read this courageous book” (Naomi Klein) and join Kepler’s for a discussion, led by journalist-in-residence Angie Coiro, that becomes more urgent the longer we put it off.

Photo of Britt Wray courtesy of Penguin Random House