<div dir="ltr">Dear SEHE affiliates,<div>I'm thrilled to share that Jade's book was excerpted in the LA Times this morning, alongside a lovely article that speaks to some of the core issues that she raises. This is such a timely appearance, as the wildfires remind us again how tenuous our relation is to the land (and recall the scene that opens Jade's book, watching fires creep closer to her neighborhood).</div><div><br></div><div><div><div role="link" style="display:inline-block"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-09-11/climate-anxiety-and-the-kid-question" dir="ltr" role="button" width="300" target="_blank" style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;text-decoration-line:none"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300" style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:rgb(229,230,233)"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><img width="300" height="157" alt="75.jpeg" src="cid:66153D4E-589E-45CE-B294-4506CF78213B" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="width: 300px; height: 157px;"></td></tr><tr><td><table bgcolor="#E5E6E9" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px;overflow:hidden"><div style="font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-09-11/climate-anxiety-and-the-kid-question" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><font style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.847)">'It's almost shameful to want to have children'</font></a></div><div style="font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-09-11/climate-anxiety-and-the-kid-question" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><font style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.498)">latimes.com</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br><div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">The essay, by Times writer Rosana Xia, describes the powerful moment when discussion about climate anxiety exploded in Jade's class, shifting her perception of this issue and opening the research that led to the book. Xia profiles UCR students and alums who are doing climate justice work in Southern California. </div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">“'For me, this work is a matter of survival', said Kevin J. Patel, who grew up in South L.A. and has been fighting for climate justice since he was 11. ...'It’s not about what I need, it’s about what my community needs,” he said. “There is joy in caring for one another. There is joy in coming together to fight for a future that we believe in.'" </div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><div role="link" style="display:inline-block"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-09-11/climate-anxiety-essay" dir="ltr" role="button" width="300" target="_blank" style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;text-decoration-line:none"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300" style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:rgb(229,230,233)"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><img width="300" height="157" alt="75.jpeg" src="cid:3E516166-0B02-4868-87F1-1B98AE71F674" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="width: 300px; height: 157px;"></td></tr><tr><td><table bgcolor="#E5E6E9" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px;overflow:hidden"><div style="overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-09-11/climate-anxiety-essay" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><font style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.847)">To fix climate anxiety (and also climate change), we first have to fix individualism</font></a></div><div style="font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-09-11/climate-anxiety-essay" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><font style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.498)">latimes.com</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Congratulations, Jade!</div><div>Dana</div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Dana Simmons</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Society, Environment and Health Equity</span></div><div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Cooperating Faculty, Department of History</span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">University of California, Riverside</span></div></div></div></div></div></div>