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Dig deep to help tackle climate change as part of the Noosa Biosphere tree planting project.
Tackling climate change anxiety one tree at a time YOUNG people in the Noosa Shire are being given the chance to personally tackle climate change and thereby ease their anxiety over the future of our planet. A tree-planting project during the next two months will offer 150 people aged between 18 and 35 years with the opportunity to address their concerns by taking positive action. Led by Central Queensland University PhD student Annie Nolan, the project team will spend a year evaluating the impact of participants’ proenvironmental behaviour on their levels of concern. “Data collected through Headspace Australia has found that a sudden spike in the incidence of emotional distress in people in this age group was directly related to mounting anxiety about catastrophic global climate events,” Ms Nolan said. “Tree planting is a positive action that can be undertaken relatively simply but its importance is often overlooked in the fight against climate change. “This study aims to find
out whether participants' concern is changed as a result of participating in a tree-planting event, which aims to plant enough trees to offset their cars’ carbon emissions.” The Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation (NBRF) is providing $10,000 to support the university’s eco-anxiety research project. The research aims to understand why young people suffer ongoing feelings of hopelessness and despair about how climate change will affect the future, and how they can overcome their concerns by taking action. Recent statistics show that 75 per cent of young Australians think that their future is frightening, and 84 per cent said they are worried about climate change. NBRF Chair, Rowan Rafferty, said the planned research could lead to improved wellbeing in our community. Mr Rafferty said the Reserve had recently experienced environmental disasters, ranging from bushfires to severe wet
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weather, with these raising questions over climate change, and being likely to impact the mental health and wellbeing of our young people. “Our foundation is proud to work with partners in supporting this research project to help better understand how positive action and engagement can contribute to improved mental health,” he said. Along with supporting partners, Noosa Council, Zero Emissions Noosa, Greenfleet, and Noosa Landcare, funding from the NBRF will enable evaluation of the effectiveness of an intervention program that aims to decrease levels of eco-anxiety. The tree-planting event will not only be helping the Noosa community to reach its target of zero emissions by 2026, but will also aid in the revegetation and restoration of native habitat for wildlife. To register your interest in participating, visit fb.com/ noosabiospherereserve or email anne.nolan@cqumail. com.
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