SOLASTALGIA ECO-ART GALLERY
Solastalgia: "the lived experience of distressing, negative environmental change."
IMAGES and REFLECTIONS to come...
The Solastalgia Gallery welcomes you to participate in the eco-art practice exploring what solastalgia feels like and reflecting with a creative expression.
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As part of The Sustainable Living Festival 2021, you are invited to view this gallery and participate in the Eco-Art experience.
Register HERE to participate. We are exploring the SLF theme Culture of Care, what the word solastalgia feels like and means to us... Glenn Albrecht, an Australian environmental researcher and philosopher created the term solastalgia based on the words solace (that which gives comfort) and algos (Greek for pain)
"Solastalgia occurs with the degradation of our place and a sense of place." In Glenn Albrechts book Earth Emotions: New Words for a New World we are gifted with a new vocabulary to relate and weave in our feeling states. As we are living in unprecedented times with new felt experiences, it if useful to have words for describing emotional states caused by environmental change. Feelings associated with Solastalgia result from experiencing environmental change which challenges our sense of home, our identity or sense of self. The reason for a person feeling solastalgia may be similar to a nostalgia because the home environmental changes no longer resembles and feels like home, and they can't identify with what they knew and loved about it. |
Register to participate in the SOLASTALGIA ECO-ART EXPERIENCE HERE. Attending the online gathering on Thursday 25th February 2021 (7-9pm) is optional. In the gathering, we will share the experience, and view the gallery. 100% of profits donated to Warburton Environment protection of native forests. Participants will be invited to the 'Truth about our Forests Tour' See more here on the Lost Species Gallery page. |
SOLASTALGIA INFORMATION
- Glenn Albrecht Tedx Talk: Environment Change, Distress & Human Emotion Solastalgia
- Glenn Albrecht talks about Solastalgia at the 25-min mark of this talk.
- Glenn Albrecht blog"Solastalgia is a relatively new concept for understanding the links between human and ecosystem health, specifically, the cumulative impacts of climatic and environmental change on mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Given the speed and scale of climate change alongside biodiversity loss, pollution, deforestation, unbridled resource extraction, and other environmental challenges, more and more people will experience solastalgia." Research "Solastalgia: Living With the Environmental Damage Caused By Natural Disasters" by Warsini, Sri; Mills, Jane; Usher, Kim (February 2014)
THANK YOU
I acknowledge and pay our respects to the first people of our various countries, their elders, past, present and emerging.
I also respect the role our ancestors play in our participation in creating a more just, regenerative culture.
We also gratefully honour the other-than-human entities.
I also respect the role our ancestors play in our participation in creating a more just, regenerative culture.
We also gratefully honour the other-than-human entities.
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This event is offered as part of the Sustainable Living Festival 2021 and the SOS project. (Sustainability of self as a whole living organism) focusing on transitioning uncomfortable sensations related to climate and ecological grief and anxiety.
Crisis management: SOS sessions are not a substitute for any medical care, regular treatments, and medications. If you feel in a crisis state, or feeling intense anxiety/grief, please contact a professional service provider ASAP. It is easier to heal and transition with profesional guided assistance. Please note Deb/Greensong is an ecopsychologist. not a psychologist. Some specialist links are provided on the SOS project page.
Crisis management: SOS sessions are not a substitute for any medical care, regular treatments, and medications. If you feel in a crisis state, or feeling intense anxiety/grief, please contact a professional service provider ASAP. It is easier to heal and transition with profesional guided assistance. Please note Deb/Greensong is an ecopsychologist. not a psychologist. Some specialist links are provided on the SOS project page.
