Environmental Trauma and Grief

Marie Eaton, Fairhaven College, Western Washington University.

Description

Strong emotions of grief often are raised in our classrooms as we and our students negotiate the dual strands of the despair and hope that are part of teaching and learning about Earth devastation. This essay explores the dimensions of environmental grief and trauma, the intersections and differences between this kind of grief and our more commonly understood kinds of bereavement, and draws on the significant work that has been done around how to manage grief in the arena of death and dying.

Essay

Environmental Trauma and Grief (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 207kB Oct5 12)