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Combatting Climate Anxiety through Community Science

2025/1/24
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Rachel Feltman:参与社区科学项目是应对气候变化带来的焦虑和绝望情绪,并为环境保护做出贡献的有效方式。走出户外,亲近自然,积极参与科学研究,能够有效缓解负面情绪,并为地球的未来贡献力量。 Greg Treinish:我将对户外探险的热爱与投身环保事业的责任感结合起来,创立了Adventure Scientists组织。我们与环保组织合作,设计环保项目,并动员户外爱好者参与数据收集工作。这不仅能为环保事业贡献力量,还能让参与者体验到自身价值,并激发他们投身环保事业的热情。 我们致力于通过社区科学项目,让人们积极参与到应对气候变化的行动中。气候变化是一个严峻的挑战,但我们并非束手无策。通过集体行动,我们可以有效对抗气候变化带来的负面影响。社区科学项目为人们提供了一个直接参与解决方案的机会,让人们切实感受到自身行动的意义。 公民科学涵盖范围广泛,形式多样,例如早期的气象观测和水流测量等。如今,公民科学项目更加多样化,例如通过游戏参与蛋白质和化合物研究,以及参与太空探索等。Adventure Scientists组织专注于将户外爱好者与环保项目相结合,利用他们的户外技能进行数据收集,为环保组织提供宝贵的数据支持。 我们目前正在开展多个项目,例如研究东部铁杉的项目,旨在通过收集数据,培育抗虫害的铁杉树种,恢复受损的森林生态系统;以及加州生物多样性研究项目,旨在通过收集昆虫和土壤样本数据,评估加州的生物多样性,为保护工作提供科学依据。 社区科学的意义在于,它能够调动更多人参与到环保事业中来,激发人们的环保意识,并产生积极的连锁反应。许多参与者在参与项目后,选择投身环保事业,甚至从事环保相关的职业。社区科学项目为人们提供了一个参与环保事业的平台,让他们在为环保事业贡献力量的同时,也提升了自身的价值感和成就感。

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Feeling overwhelmed by climate change news is understandable. This chapter explores the emotional impact of climate anxiety and positions community science as a proactive response, emphasizing collective action and civic engagement as tools to combat feelings of helplessness.
  • Climate anxiety is a widespread response to overwhelming climate change news.
  • Community science offers a path to proactive engagement and collective action.
  • Combating climate change requires collective action and civic engagement.

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It’s easy to feel overwhelmed with the news these days and to fear for the future. What if you could interrupt doomscrolling and contribute to conservation at the same time? That’s the idea behind programs like Adventure Scientists, eBird and iNaturalist. Guest Gregg Treinish, founder and executive director of Adventure Scientists, joins host Rachel Feltman to talk about community science in the great outdoors. 

Learn more about Adventure Scientists)

Contribute to the California Biodiversity project)

Contribute to the Tracking Eastern Hemlock project)

Read Treinish’s opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle)

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Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.

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