Rediscovering the Earth Emotions

Glenn Albrecht is a philosopher and environmentalist who for many years was Professor of Sustainability at Murdoch University in Western Australia, and is now an Honorary Associate at the School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney. 

In his book 'Earth Emotions: New Words for a New World,' he argues that we have lost awareness of our deep and long-lasting connection with nature, and no longer have words to express the distress and grief we feel as climate change and development destroys the world that we once took for granted. He has coined new words for these earth emotions solastalgia, ghedeist, soliphilia which are becoming widely used. 

In this interview, he talks about his own experience and his vision of how, even at this late stage, we might reconnect with nature and enter into an inspiring and creative future.

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