Sustainability & Mental Health
This term describes the chronic fear of environmental doom or the feeling of being overwhelmed by the climate crisis.
What is Climate Anxiety (or Eco-Anxiety)?
This popular hobby involves taking discarded materials and turning them into something of higher value or quality than the original.
What is Upcycling?
Coined in the 1980s, this "triple" framework encourages leaders to evaluate their success not just by profit, but by their impact on these other two "P" words.
What are People and Planet?
Doing this for just 10 minutes a day can help ground you when feeling overwhelmed by news cycles or academic stress.
What is Meditation (or Mindfulness)?
This "superfood" often used in smoothies is actually a type of sustainable algae that grows in both fresh and salt water.
What is Spirulina?
This "green" self-care activity involves growing your own food or flowers, which has been shown to improve mood and patience.
What is Gardening?
This circular design philosophy, often used in sustainable architecture and product manufacturing, mimics nature’s cycles where "waste equals food."
What is Cradle-to-Cradle (C2C)?
Studies suggest that educating girls is one of the single most effective "climate solutions" because it leads to higher economic resilience. This is the primary focus of which famous activist?
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
This term refers to the practice of saying "no" to extra commitments to protect your mental energy and prevent burnout.
What are Boundaries?
This famous singer—who you recently saw in concert—has used "bioplastic" or recycled vinyl for some of her album releases.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This term describes the emotional distress caused by the loss of specific species, landscapes, or ecosystems that one holds dear.
What is Ecological Grief?
Instead of "retail therapy," this sustainable alternative involves finding joy in the items you already own or swapping with friends.
What is a Clothing Swap?
This global "index" measures how effectively a country is bridging the gap between gender equality and environmental protection.
What is the Gender and Environment Index?
This psychological concept involves treating yourself with the same kindness you would offer a friend after a setback.
What is Self-Compassion?
These "pollinators" are responsible for one out of every three bites of food we eat; they also happen to love the color purple.
What are Bees?
This mental health concept involves finding a "middle ground" between climate denial and total despair to remain functional and active.
What is Climate Resilience?
This activist used "The Red Dress" project—a traveling creative installation—to highlight the intersection of environmental justice and missing Indigenous women.
Who is Jaime Black?
This term refers to "sustainable development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own."
What is the Brundtland Definition?
This sustainable self-care habit involves "unplugging" from all digital devices for a set period to reduce mental fatigue.
What is a Digital Detox?
This is the name for the tiny plastic particles, often found in synthetic clothing, that can be shed during a single laundry cycle.
What are Microplastics?
Coined by Glenn Albrecht, this term describes the "homesickness" you feel when your home environment is changing for the worse around you.
What is Solastalgia?
This term describes art that is literally made from the earth (like stones, leaves, or soil) and is designed to eventually decay back into it.
What is Ephemeral Art (or Land Art)?
This concept describes how environmental hazards (like landfills or pollution) are disproportionately located in communities of color or low-income areas.
What is Environmental Racism (or Injustice)?
This "time management" self-care technique involves breaking your workday into 25-minute sprints to prevent cognitive overload during "busy season."
What is the Pomodoro Technique?
This is the average number of times a "bag for life" needs to be used to have a lower environmental impact than a single-use plastic bag.
What is 52 times?