Goldman, L. (2022). Climate change and youth: Turning grief and anxiety into activism. Routledge.

This book explores the relationship between climate change and youth mental health.Part one sets the stage by outlining the mental health challenges youth face due to their concern for the environment.Part two presents ways to raise awareness, to generate hope and action through dialogue, and suggests environmental activities for young people as well as mindfulness and meditation activities to reduce stress.Part three explores transformative global and local youth and family activities for creating a healthy planet.Part four explores the issues of environmental justice, nature deprivation, and climate action, while also offering resources for educators and families.While this book does not specifically address Participatory Action Research (PAR), climate change activism -which looks for solutions through collaboration, action, and agency -strongly aligns with PAR principles.In part one, Goldman outlines the link between youth mental health and climate change, stressing that the media's influence on young people today is unprecedented.Children are bombarded with information daily and see natural catastrophes and climate disasters firsthand such as droughts, wildfires, heatwaves, hurricanes, and toxic spills, causing them to take on the emotional burden of climate change.Goldman (2022) explains the new research on climate grief, loss, and despair, which can result in eco-anxiety.She calls for a framework that alleviates stress and enhances hope and optimism, through a 3 As perspective: "adults and children acknowledge what is happening in the world, accept what cannot be changed and act on what can be changed in order to transform challenges into opportunities for growth" (p.24).Goldman (2022) outlines the losses that children and families face related to climate change due to "loss of health, nature, government and the future" (p.28).Through an understanding of the signs and symptoms of climate grief, its manifestation as pain-based behaviour, and trauma-sensitive approaches that foment heartfelt connections, educators, counsellors and parents can support children experiencing climate grief.Goldman further describes the three pillars of trauma-informed care: safety, connections, and managing emotions, and goes on to give examples of trauma-informed practices that can help