{"id":51,"date":"2024-03-24T20:11:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T20:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2024-05-03T16:53:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T16:53:42","slug":"by-jenna-peterson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/","title":{"rendered":"By Jenna Peterson"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"51\" class=\"elementor elementor-51\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e16a40e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2e16a40e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ea792de elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ea792de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking out the window of her childhood home the night she got back to Kihei, Hawaii last summer, Alara Berkmen saw flashes of red coming from nearby L\u0101hain\u0101. She didn\u2019t think much of it at the time.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt had been bad before, worst case scenario I thought they\u2019d close the road and that\u2019s it,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the news the next morning told a different story. Historic wildfires were raging on the island, which ended up resulting in more than 100 deaths.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29ffbe9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29ffbe9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1781db7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1781db7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d833e6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d833e6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berkmen, a sophomore at USC, happened to be home for a short stint after working in L.A. for most of the summer. But she had to go back to school just a few days later.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI had classes all of a sudden and I realized I didn\u2019t process anything,\u201d she said. \u201cI kept thinking about home, a lot of my friends started school late so they were still there and helping out and I couldn\u2019t do anything.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2023 alone, there were a record 28 climate-related disasters globally that caused $1 billion or more in damage, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. These disasters include flooding, hail, tropical cyclones, tornados, winter storms, wildfires and droughts.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As climate-related disasters increase, more people are being directly impacted by climate change. Whether or not they are aware, 85% of the world\u2019s population has been directly impacted by human-driven climate change. These impacts could range from extreme cases of climate-related disasters to more subtle air quality issues that negatively affect respiratory health.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c0f02 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28c0f02\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0eac91 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b0eac91\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95eb1c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"95eb1c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hawaii-club-8-2048x1363-1-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-163\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hawaii-club-8-2048x1363-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hawaii-club-8-2048x1363-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hawaii-club-8-2048x1363-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hawaii-club-8-2048x1363-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hawaii-club-8-2048x1363-1-1623x1080.jpg 1623w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hawaii-club-8-2048x1363-1-2000x1331.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hawaii-club-8-2048x1363-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Alara Berkmen was in her hometown of Kihei, Hawaii during the L\u0101hain\u0101 wildfires last summer. A couple of weeks later, she began her sophomore year of college. (Courtesy Daily Trojan \/ Tomoki Chien)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-616219f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"616219f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1472566 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1472566\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/index.php\/alara-berkmen\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Alara's Story<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e0d55d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2e0d55d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b840fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b840fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berkmen said the fires have weighed heavily on her mental health ever since.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI kept wondering what else the government is going to do to mess up the island further,\u201d she said, mentioning the decision by county officials to bury toxic waste from the fires in a coastal enclave a few hundred yards from the Pacific Ocean. \u201cWhat are the long-term effects of that, what if there\u2019s another fire that burns the toxic waste?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebf85e8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ebf85e8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db2e1ec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db2e1ec\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfb1879 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"bfb1879\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/uploads.knightlab.com\/storymapjs\/67cdc33952d5c1a28c4763a607293d67\/capstone\/index.html\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=500><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01d67a6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"01d67a6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f120c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f120c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now-retired journalist and educator Robert Greenway pioneered research on the relationship between climate change and mental health when he was a student at the University of Washington in the 1950s. In 1995, historian Theodore Roszak built on Greenway\u2019s research and dubbed the term \u201cclimate anxiety.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou see the news articles that go out and you see what they write and you compare it to what you said or what you\u2019ve experienced and what you\u2019ve heard people experience,\u201d Berkmen said. \u201cBut you can never really adequately explain it to other people. Which makes me think, what have I missed from other stuff like this, that someone just couldn\u2019t translate into words, maybe because they\u2019re frustrated or didn\u2019t know enough. It\u2019s not anyone\u2019s fault, it\u2019s just hard to get across the gravity of it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ca3d72 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ca3d72\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e02cb51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e02cb51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers of a 2021 study published in \u201cThe Lancet Planetary Health\u201d surveyed 10,000 young people worldwide, and 45% of respondents reported that their feelings about climate change negatively affected their daily life and functioning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA fear for my future kind of hangs over a lot of things,\u201d said Georgianna Fischer, a senior at the University of New Hampshire. \u201cI obviously don\u2019t try and think about that all the time, but it\u2019s definitely a big existential fear of mine. It\u2019s a weight that I feel, for what\u2019s going to happen in the future and what we can do to ensure a livable future for everyone.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ee37e0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4ee37e0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e60a0e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e60a0e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10cf228 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10cf228\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fischer was part of the first-ever youth-led class-action climate lawsuit against the state of Montana for failing to consider climate change when enacting new legislation. The state trial court decided in favor of the plaintiffs last August, but the landmark victory is up in the air again because Montana blocked the lawsuit in January. Now, Fischer will have to go through more oral arguments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fischer has been passionate about the environment since high school when she realized how the climate was changing around her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe decrease in snowpack was like a big part of those impacts, I had been seeing these winters that were warmer and less snow year by year,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd there was one year where we had some big fires in Montana. It was pretty dry, and so we had these big wildfires around and we were getting a lot of smoke. We had to wear a full mask outside. I just remember looking across the street from the gym I was in and not even being able to see the buildings on the other side of the road.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b804c6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3b804c6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80767f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"80767f5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78ac158 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"78ac158\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7532_2-edited-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-241\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7532_2-edited-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7532_2-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7532_2-edited-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7532_2-edited.jpg 1124w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Georgianna Fischer was part of the first-ever youth-led class action climate lawsuit. Fischer and 15 other plaintiffs sued the state of Montana for failing to consider the environmental effects of its policies. (Courtesy Georgianna Fischer)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ba439 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37ba439\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43a1f01 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"43a1f01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/index.php\/georgianna-fischer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Georgianna's Story<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56bb5f9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"56bb5f9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-140c6e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"140c6e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One-third of young people in the United States who had directly experienced a climate-related event indicated in a survey they were scared to have children because of climate change. Only one-fifth of participants who had not experienced a climate-related event said the same.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harvard University sophomore LeMonie Hutt knew the effects of climate change firsthand from an early age. As part of the Indigenous Hoopa tribe and the Yurok and Karuk tribe, she grew up on the Hoopa Valley Reservation in northern California near the Oregon border. She\u2019s heard stories throughout the years about how different the land used to look.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-715405e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"715405e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b6a175 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b6a175\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6291762 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6291762\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/111022_LaMonie_067-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-298\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/111022_LaMonie_067-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/111022_LaMonie_067-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/111022_LaMonie_067-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/111022_LaMonie_067-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/111022_LaMonie_067-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-2048x1366.webp 2048w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/111022_LaMonie_067-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-1620x1080.webp 1620w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/111022_LaMonie_067-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-2000x1334.webp 2000w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">LeMonie Hutt grew up on the Hoopa Valley Reservation in Northern California. Her tribe has faced high suicide rates due to the effects of climate change. (Courtesy Harvard Gazette)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0f62d1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b0f62d1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-483b933 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"483b933\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/index.php\/lemonie-hutt\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">LeMonie's Story<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b04973 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4b04973\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc2aadc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc2aadc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI heard stories from my grandmother&#8217;s era where they would say you could walk on the backs of the salmon in the river,\u201d Hutt said. \u201cThat&#8217;s how many fish there were.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, they\u2019re lucky to catch one fish.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPart of that is due to government commodities and not being able to like, actually have the rights and legal rights to fish and hunt that were taken away from us,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd then now that we have those rights restored to us, where we are able to fish and hunt, there\u2019s the climate change aspects to that.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hutt said that her tribe, and many other Indigenous tribes, face high rates of malnutrition and obesity due to a lack of nutritious food sources, which has also led to high suicide rates. According to the U.S. Department of Health &amp; Human Services Office of Minority Health, American Indian\/Alaska Native adults have a 20% higher death rate from suicide compared to non-Hispanic white adults.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3dc068 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d3dc068\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40d36fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40d36fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy tribe is 3,000 people, which is very small compared to what we historically were,\u201d Hutt said. \u201cAnd so when you see the state of the river, or the state of the environment that your culture inherently is dependent on, it creates this fear that your identity and who you are, and your culture isn\u2019t going to last very long. It\u2019s the same type of fear as the fear of death.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ecopsychology research is rapidly evolving as the effects of the climate crisis increase. Barbara Easterlin, a former clinical professor of psychology at UC Berkeley, is taking a break from her regular practice to focus on the impacts of climate change on mental health. The intersection has always been her specialty: In the 1980s, she earned a master\u2019s degree in climate psychology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b862e7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7b862e7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9731b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c9731b1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbd310d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dbd310d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBecause I\u2019ve kept up with the literature overtime, it became clear that nature is suffering,\u201d she said. \u201cSo if nature suffers, our mental health is gonna suffer \u2014 it\u2019s a direct relationship.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In August 2011, Hurricane Irene was wreaking havoc on the Northeastern United States. In USC junior Joyce Jiang\u2019s home state of New Jersey, damage costs from the storm totaled about $1 billion and seven people died.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt did a lot of damage to our basement and first floor which was financially a huge burden,\u201d she said, \u201call the way down to the sheetrock because the flooding sat there for a while and we didn\u2019t want it to mold.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8b356d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d8b356d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a4e0e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a4e0e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Learn more about climate change and mental health with climate-aware therapist Barbara Easterlin:<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d913032 elementor-widget elementor-widget-audio\" data-id=\"d913032\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"audio.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-soundcloud-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<iframe width=\"950\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=false&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1813601205&#038;show_artwork=false&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=950&#038;auto_play=false&#038;buying=false&#038;liking=true&#038;download=true&#038;sharing=true&#038;show_comments=false&#038;show_playcount=false&#038;show_user=false&#038;color\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81be347 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"81be347\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4aa435 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4aa435\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This past December, Jiang\u2019s family experienced even more flooding from a bad rainstorm \u2014 twice, two weeks apart. They went through two washers and dryers and had to throw out their ruined belongings twice in such a short amount of time, all while trying to manage their family business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt was tough being in California,\u201d Jiang said, \u201cbecause obviously I couldn\u2019t actually be there to help even if it was just organizing. Sometimes it made me feel a bit guilty.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d908059 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d908059\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37920e5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37920e5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93d7daf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"93d7daf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"536\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Headshot-edited.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-265\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Headshot-edited.jpg 536w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Headshot-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Headshot-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Headshot-edited-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Joyce Jiang experienced frequent flooding growing up in New Jersey, and it's only increasing. Her house flooded twice in the last year. (Courtesy Joyce Jiang)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2112450 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2112450\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10dc8d4 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"10dc8d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/index.php\/joyce-jiang\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Joyce's Story<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-325ae20 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"325ae20\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28e1181 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28e1181\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irene was the first hurricane that made landfall in the state for more than 100 years. But since then, New Jersey has been hit by Hurricane Sandy \u2014 causing $30 billion in damages and 12 deaths \u2014 and Hurricane Ida \u2014 which caused more than $2 billion in damages and 30 deaths. In 2023, climate disaster recovery costs nationwide totaled more than $2.6 trillion in 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs I got older, it just became more of a burden on my shoulder,\u201d Jiang said. \u201cWhen I was younger. I was just like, \u2018Why is the power out, what&#8217;s going on, there\u2019s fish in the road?\u2019 But now I&#8217;m like, \u2018What the hell is going on?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Severe flooding has also increased around the world. In August 2022, Pakistan declared a national emergency due to an intense flood. It was the country\u2019s deadliest natural disaster and one of the most costly disasters in world history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt was super devastating to see the impact and the consequences it had on a country that&#8217;s already really disadvantaged in terms of resources,\u201d said Abeerah Siddiqui, a senior at USC and the president of the Pakistani Student Association.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6ea8ee e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b6ea8ee\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba6df29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba6df29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pakistan only contributed to 0.9% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2021, yet faces severe, disproportionate risks because of the climate crisis. Germanwatch\u2019s Global Climate Risk Index ranked the country in eighth place for bearing the most climate change impacts from 2000-2019. Siddiqui visits Pakistan frequently because the majority of her extended family lives there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f71edca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f71edca\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca28ffd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ca28ffd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-668e0cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"668e0cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA lot of people tend to not recognize the dangers or the impending consequences of climate change when it\u2019s not directly affecting them,\u201d Siddiqui said. \u201cThe flooding highlighted that you have to be aware of what\u2019s going on in the world, because ultimately, it will impact you at the end of the day.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to the physical, mental and financial effects of climate change, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognizes climate change as a threat to people living with chronic health conditions. Liv Schroeder, a junior at Georgetown University, felt the immediate effects of climate change when she had to go to the emergency room during a heatwave in Seattle in the summer of 2021. Schroeder has a chronic kidney condition that makes her more susceptible to dehydration.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat was definitely the time that l was like, \u2018Oh, shit, this is actually real, and this is gonna have consequences for me,\u2019\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then, she\u2019s noticed the Seattle climate gets worse and more dangerous each year.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cd4bd8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6cd4bd8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c3d4a0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0c3d4a0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13a936e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"13a936e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-1.20.08\u202fPM-768x717.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-323\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-1.20.08\u202fPM-768x717.png 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-1.20.08\u202fPM-300x280.png 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-1.20.08\u202fPM-1024x957.png 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-1.20.08\u202fPM.png 1338w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Liv Schroeder realized the direct impacts of climate change when heatwaves in Seattle caused her health complications. Now, she's a leading youth climate activist. (Courtesy Liv Schroeder)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f83393c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f83393c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-142445f elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"142445f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/index.php\/liv-schroeder\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Liv's Story<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd702ef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fd702ef\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef76107 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef76107\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s been a big factor in my mental health,\u201d she said. \u201cI think Gen Z as generation is very unique, because I think we\u2019re very receptive to trying to be politically engaged and figuring out the solution to these problems, but like, when you\u2019re a kid before you can vote you\u2019re just like, \u2018Oh, the people in charge are just not doing what they need to be doing.&#8217;\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easterlin is a pioneer of climate-aware therapy. She co-founded a certificate for therapists who want to better understand how climate change may be affecting their clients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dfb0e5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3dfb0e5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d486020 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d486020\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7477868 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7477868\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Click each icon to learn more about ways to manage climate anxiety: <\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f40d99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5f40d99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%;\"><div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 50%; padding-top: 0; height: 0;\"><iframe title=\"Combatting Climate Anxiety\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/view.genial.ly\/660afac3404db100147d1b46\" type=\"text\/html\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"yes\" allownetworking=\"all\"><\/iframe> <\/div> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e937020 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e937020\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d1488b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d1488b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe treat climate change as a real threat,\u201d Easterlin said. \u201cWe try to help a person share what personally feels most threatening about it for them \u2014 and that varies from person to person \u2014 and be able to validate those feelings and elevate the topic for them. The end goal, of course, is not just self regulation and feeling happier and more satisfied in your life like it is generally in therapy, but it\u2019s also to find one&#8217;s thread in what they&#8217;d like to do about it.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting involved in climate action is one of the most effective ways to combat climate anxiety, Easterlin said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1121cfc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1121cfc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61c51f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61c51f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt&#8217;s not for us to dictate what a person does, but it&#8217;s more to help them find their place and their agency because that helps us feel better, is feeling a sense of agency in our own lives about the world around us,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the help of the Pakistani Student Assembly, Siddiqui spread awareness of the flooding to the USC community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78db5bd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"78db5bd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a66909 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7a66909\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f924d5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f924d5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe provided resources and links to where people could go and donate because that money was then, as far as we had understood, going back to the local communities to help them rebuild since a lot of people&#8217;s livelihoods had been impacted,\u201d she said. \u201cSo more of the ground level work, and then we also just generally were more focused on highlighting that this is happening.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schroeder served on the national coordinator team of Fridays for Future US \u2014\u00a0a local branch of the climate strike movement that activist Greta Thunberg started in Sweden \u2014 for three years. She\u2019s now an Intern with the Natural Resources Section within the Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeople are kind of realizing that things are not proceeding as normal, and I think that&#8217;s really frightening,\u201d she said. \u201cEspecially when you think about something like having kids, for the most part that&#8217;s kind of something that we just grew up expecting to do, and now like to be faced with the fact that this actually is a serious consideration.\u201d <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hutt has been involved in environmental advocacy since she used to go to California Water Board meetings with her mother.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f560a1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8f560a1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-964bc9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"964bc9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b182495 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b182495\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"937\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/unnamed-937x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-616\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/unnamed-937x1024.jpg 937w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/unnamed-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/unnamed-1406x1536.jpg 1406w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/unnamed.jpg 1711w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Abeerah Siddiqui watched from afar as Pakistan flooded in 2022. She rallied the Pakistani Student Assembly to make a change. (Courtesy Abeerah Siddiqui)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a94aa71 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a94aa71\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1835440 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1835440\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/index.php\/abeerah-siddiqui\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Abeerah's Story<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b239b6f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b239b6f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f4654c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f4654c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFear is that motivator, unfortunately, a lot of the time, to be involved in environmental advocacy, to stand up for rights,\u201d she said. \u201cI was deeply afraid of my culture disappearing, I was deeply afraid of seeing the river this way, so I think a lot of my coping is being as involved as I am.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiang said that it\u2019s important for people to remember that, at this point, many people have faced the direct impacts of climate change in some way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEveryone knows that natural disasters exist, but I think it\u2019s more important for them to understand that people are actually experiencing this, especially people that they\u2019re friends with,\u201d Jiang said. \u201cIt\u2019s closer than you think.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking out the window of her childhood home the night she got back to Kihei, Hawaii last summer, Alara Berkmen saw flashes of red coming from nearby L\u0101hain\u0101. 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