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The State of Mental Health Support in Climate Emergencies

NonProfit Quarterly

In its brief, the WHO traced the impact of prolonged droughts, which “ significantly disrupt agricultural production and lead to loss of livelihood, leaving many communities in poverty, a factor clearly linked with many common mental disorders.” Those impacted the most by involuntary moves globally are children.

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Exposed and at Risk: New Report Shows Farms Do Little to Protect Workers from Harm

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Tim Mossholder on unsplash.com “All they care about is the harvest,” Gracida Daleyza, a farmworker and mother of two young disabled children, told Lookout Santa Cruz. Multiple studies have tracked the impact of pesticides on the health of workers, their children, and their families.

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In Ukraine: Eco-Crimes and Anxiety as the War Drags On

NonProfit Quarterly

I started to understand the threat much more clearly… I remember I was depressed because I am a mother for four children, so I really do most of my work for them and other children, for future [generations],” Krakovska said in an interview. It’s a lot of psychological problems, not only [for] scientists, it’s for all people.”

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Changemakers, Disruptors, and Protectors of Our Earth: Young Women and Girls of the Global Majority Leading Climate Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

According to the United Nations Development Programme, women and children are 14 times more likely to die during a disaster compared to men. 13 A report by Save the Children highlights this relationship between climate change and the rise in child marriage rates. million girls from completing their education each year.”

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The Transformative Potential of Sabbaticals: What Field Research Reveals

NonProfit Quarterly

Termed שמיטה ( shmita , literally “release”) in the Torah, Jewish law mandated that every seven years, all agricultural activity cease: “The land must be given a rest period, a sabbath to God” (Leviticus 25: 1–7). and “How do sabbaticals impact individuals after their return?” The earliest sabbaticals were intended for rest and recovery.

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Corporate Capture—Can We Find a Way Out?

NonProfit Quarterly

5 We won’t hazard a guess as to the psychology of androids, but we can say with certainty that corporate messages have entered human dreams. One heartbreaking example can be seen in how children are raised. A 2016 United Kingdom survey found that children’s playtime had fallen from 8.2 Decades ago, Philip K. Oswald et al.,

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Legislating the Future: European Youth Climate Activists at the Policy Table

NonProfit Quarterly

1 Many young people are suffering the effects of the ever-rising environmental degradation, not only in their communities but also on a psychological level: around the world, eco-anxiety is emerging as a primary cause of mental health concerns. Legal bodies recognise an intersection between human rights, climate change, and climate anxiety.