Symposium: Climate Anxiety and Action
🌎 Climate Anxiety & Action 🌍
On the 15th of June, AEGEE-Eindhoven (the local branch of a European Student Network) is organizing a super cool event! We are bringing together voices from Eindhoven and beyond to discuss the topic of “climate anxiety” and how people react on it differently. In addition, we will discover how we can transform feelings of powerlessness into impactful action.
🗓️ Program Schedule 🗓️
-Panel Discussion-
🕧 12:40 – 14:00
📍 Blauwe Zaal, TU/e campus
🎙️ Listen to 3 inspiring speakers:
Lena Hölzle is a PhD candidate in Environmental Psychology at the University of Groningen. Her research focuses on understanding the stress and strong emotions people feel about environmental problems. She is particularly interested in understanding how eco-distress differs across generations, and why it seems to affect young people the most.
Mewis Breij is Education Manager at Youth Climate Movement and was once disconnected from the climate crisis, but is now dedicated to telling a new story about a sustainable world, in which humans become part of the web of life again and life matters more than endless economic growth. He creates learning spaces to encourage as many people as possible to engage with this new story.
Judith Lammers is climate mayor of Eindhoven and was elected climate hero of Eindhoven two years ago. She wants to bring about positive change in sustainability through political means as the head of the local branch of PvdD (Partij voor de dieren)
-Workshops-
– 📍Auditorium 12 (TU/e)
– 🕑14.30 – 16.00: Eco-Anxiety Storytelling: from Fear to Collective Imagination
– 🕓16:15 – 17:30 Navigating Climate Choices
– Hosted by Europe on Track and the Go Green Office 💚
-Evening Socials-
– 🕡18:00: Free dinner at the Common Room
– We will finish this all with some nice drinks at the community café on campus!
You are welcome to join either the full program or part of it 🙂