What to Do When Climate Change Feels Unstoppable @TED #shorts

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Eco-anxiety is on the rise and young people
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seem to be some of the worst affected.
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Research from 2019 showed that in the UK,
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70 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds
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were feeling eco-anxious,
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feeling helpless, grief, panic, insomnia,
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even guilt around climate change.
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So how do we shift out of despair,
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out of denial,
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towards something radically different?
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Think of the one thing you could do.
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The climate crisis is the symptom of many
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interconnected problems,
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from food waste to fast fashion,
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social inequality to how we've
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divorced ourselves from nature.
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Every problem requires a solution.
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A solution delivered by a someone,
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like you.
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