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Understanding and Living with Eco-Anxiety

October 10, 2020October 10, 2020 Debopriya Bhattacharya 0 Comments Amphan, anxiety, balance, Celsius, century, Change, chronic, climate, contour, crisis, cyclone, damage, Disaster, Disaster Management, doom, eco-anxiety, Eco-psychology, environment, environmental issues, epidemic, Fahrenheit, Fani, fear, immunity, intellectual, Landfall, medical diagnosis, medicine, Mental health, mental illness, mental well-being, movement, Obama, pandemic, physician, precaution, professional help, Psychiatry, self-resiliency, social, temperature, therapy, threat multiplier, UN

Our planet is destabilizing and it is not difficult to notice with the extreme weather events, temperature drops, climate changes, and ongoing disasters across the world. People today are being diagnosed with Eco-anxiety – a newly recognized psychological disorder affecting those who are bothered by these environmental cataclysms. If you too are worrying about this impending doom, then rest assured, you are not alone.

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The Water Man of India

March 22, 2020March 30, 2020 Editor 0 Comments Arvari, Awareness, citizens, Government, groundwater, international, Jal Purush, johad, levels, livelihood, method, movement, national, parliament, private entity, rainwater harvesting, resource, river, traditional, villagers, Water, water conservation, water crisis, water man, water management, water management index, water rejuvenation

With people as young as Greta Thunberg fighting globally against the climate change, one might be surprised to find people like Dr. Rajendra Singh (‘The Water Man of India’) who had in the past contributed a lot towards reviving Arvari River in Rajasthan. Let’s find out his contribution not just to the Indian rivers but also towards initiating a global water conservation movement.