Excerpt from "Tragic Details About #ModestMouse" from 2023...

#IsaacBrock suffers from #EcoAnxiety

"Isaac Brock has long been vehemently opposed to #urbanization and the #DestructionOfNature, and these have remained central lyrical themes going back to the band's earliest material (per Paste Magazine). As Healthline notes, such feelings of frustration towards environmentally destructive practices, anger at the seeming inevitability of #ClimateChange, and fear for the Earth's future are called eco-anxiety –- and Brock has been suffering from it for years.

"In Pitchfork's 2012 '#LonesomeCrowdedWest' documentary, he described living in Washington State in the '90s as having a 'front-row seat to watching #forests disappearing and #UrbanSprawl begin,' lamenting the constant clearing of natural places to make way for #StripMalls. In fact, he was still thinking about it in 2021 when he told Uproxx that his childhood home regularly flooded due to forest #clearcutting.

"Many Modest Mouse songs center on shameless human destruction, with the 2015 hit '#LampshadesOnFire' -– in which Brock sings about mankind going to space to find a new planet after destroying Earth -– serving as a notable example. But in recent years, he's making an effort to focus on the positive, as evidenced by hopeful songs like 'The Sun Hasn't Left,' in which he sings, 'You're not wrong, things are a mess but there's still something left.' 'I found optimism where it actually existed because I needed it,' he told NME in 2021, adding, 'Y'know, I got three kids ... I don't think s***'s gonna get easier for everyone.' "

Read More: https://www.grunge.com/1159159/tragic-details-about-modest-mouse/

#Songwriting #HopePunk #ClimateCrisis #ForestsAreLife

Caring for the planet also boosts your well-being: "We know empirically that being in safe and beautiful natural settings is really good for our physical and mental health."

#EcoAnxiety #sustainability #fitness #MentalHealth #nature

https://imagine5.com/interview/how-to-care-about-the-climate-and-thriveadvice-from-an-eco-psychologist/

🌿 I’ve just launched a new Substack: Terracosmos — a space for collective regeneration through deep ecology, reconnection, and grief.

It began with a moment of belonging under the stars on La Palma.
This is for those feeling eco-anxiety, grief, wonder, or the ache to reconnect with the Living world.

📝 First post is up:
https://terracosmos.substack.com/p/welcome-to-terracosmos

#DeepEcology #EcoAnxiety #Grief #Reconnection #Ecopsychology #Substack

We’re Ruth & Ronnie. Our mission is to co-create brave spaces to process our climate grief and eco-anxiety. We invite you into community with us. You’re not alone.

#climategrief #ecoanxiety #goodgriefnetwork #grief #ecocide #genocide #polycrisis #griefcircle #peersupport #notalone #climatecrisis

Climate change feels overwhelming, but you don’t have to face it alone. Discover practical strategies to manage eco-anxiety, turn fear into action, and find hope.

Let’s create a sustainable future together. Watch the space for more updates!
Read the blog here: https://medium.com/@learningbreeze/beat-eco-anxiety-and-build-resilience-amid-climate-change-e3d431138d8b

#EcoAnxiety #ClimateChange #Sustainability #MentalHealth