Ecological grief
How Can We Bear This Together
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6421086 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Mcgee Bailey (Edith Cowan University, corresponding author), Nicholas Gerrish (IP Australia) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 348-369 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical and Radical Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2049-8675 • E-ISSN: 2049-8608 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/20498608y2024d000000059 |
| OpenAlex | W4403757068 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 41 |
The impacts of human activity on ecosystems are increasingly evident through ecological degradation and climate change. Despite this, in many jurisdictions across the world, action to address and curtail destructive human activities is slow and resisted at all levels. In this article, we suggest that this resistance is connected to deep ecological grief. We introduce a dual approach to understanding ecological grief, using concepts of unprecedented and unacknowledged grief. Unprecedented grief is felt in response to the loss of our ecosystems and unacknowledged grief connected to the anticipated loss of lifestyle necessary to curtail destructive human behaviour. Drawing upon an ecosocial work praxis, this article then explores how we can use these understandings of ecological grief to take action and make radical changes to prefigure healthier relationships with each other and our ecosystems
Biology · Geography · Grief · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Psychology · Ecology
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Sand talk
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |