To: Simran Saray, sportswriter
Climate crisis impacts disproportionately for minorities and low-income countriesEs.Men BC, communities suffered and died. Extended wildfire season, floods, heat wavesThe fight for climate justice continues, but many people, especially young people, areEdDeal with intense feelings of grief and loss when it comes to navigating a world with a rapidly changing climate due to exploitation.
Vancouver Organizations Decide To Take Action To Help Young People In BC share By creating a new digital zine that addresses the environmental concerns of young people, they are expressing their feelings in the fight against climate change. Solastalgia. RISE Vancouverprograms run by national organizations, indifference is boring, published the first issue of Solastalgia Launched in early December 2022, the zine is a collaborative project that brings together young artists and writers from across the state to explore how young people can relate to and experience “eco-anxiety/eco-grief and all the eco-feelings when thinking about eco.” I’d like to introduce_______ Climate change, the Anthropocene, and the ongoing global health crisis. ”
Each poem, story and work of art is thoughtfully crafted to showcase the depth and diversity of emotions felt by young people in BC. As I read, I felt connected to each contributor’s story.
Artist and Contributor Sabrina Guzman Skotnitsky rent a glen Albrecht’s The definition of “solastalgia” in the description of her work “Kokihara no Fuyu” is: “Feeling homesick when no one is home” This gin Anyone trying to process the grief, feel uneasy As we work towards climate justice. It unites a symphony of perspectives and symbolizes the shared experience of individual young people coping with the grief of living in a world where everything changes rapidly and becomes unfamiliar.
Poem “My Sister’s Children” Alex Masse eloquently describes fears about the future quality of the natural world.d Guilt and despair are shared as the climate crisis unfolds and environmental destruction continues. A moving tribute to Masse’s sister and her sister’s future children, the poem encapsulates the sentiments felt by so many young climate justice activists across British Columbia. .
As the second-generation daughter of Punjabi immigrants, writer Kiran Shawkar’s short story “Punjabi Migrants, Look and Think of Climate Change, Gorie Da Kam” was very personal. Her writings capture the ever-important intersection between climate change, race, and our world’s social and economic systems, immigration lens.
Solastalgia is a thoughtfully edited work that shines a light on the wide range of experiences that young people working for climate justice have had and will have. This is a must-read for young people seeking a community of young people navigating eco-anxiety and eco-grief to deal with the unfolding effects of climate change.
Read the full story at: https://issuu.com/solastalgia Follow Rise Vancouver on Instagram @aisbrise_vbc to support the organizers and Solastalgia.
