7 Ways to Make Yourself Happy While Saving the Planet
Psychology Today | 28.06.2026 21:25
The majority of North Americans have strong feelings about climate change, but those feelings are mostly unpleasant—anxiety, sadness, anger, confusion, frustration, and guilt. Well-intentioned attempts to spur action often amplify those negative feelings with alarming statistics about how much worse things are getting. This can lead to a sense of helplessness, and research findings suggest such approaches can actually make things worse (see Cialdini et al., 2006).
