Unmoored Yet Unbroken

Susan Bodnar, PhD, is a psychologist and educator who created a popular graduate-level course on clinical ecopsychology at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she also teaches child psychopathology. She is the founder of DEWLab.org, dedicated to exploring the human connection with the natural world. She serves on the editorial board of Ecopsychology and is assistant editor for Psychoanalytic Dialogues. Susan maintains a psychotherapy practice in Manhattan, offering traditional, walk-and-talk, and pet-assisted therapy, and is clinical director of the Stamford Wellness Center, a rural start-up clinic in upstate New York. Chrystal L. Dunker, PhD, is an environmental educator and researcher specializing in human–nature interaction patterns and their role in well-being. She is managing editor of Ecopsychology and an affiliate of the Human Interaction with Nature and Technological Systems Lab (HINTS Lab) at the University of WA – Seattle. Chrystal’s love of the outdoors and her joy in sharing the wonders of the more-than-human world fuel her ongoing work—rooted in her dissertation research and years in environmental education—to contribute new insights and scholarship that help advance the field of ecopsychology. Jean Kayira, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) in Syracuse. Her work is rooted in a deep commitment to Indigenous knowledge systems, land-based education, and community-led research. With a passion for decolonizing methodologies and food justice, she brings diverse ways of knowing into both her scholarship and teaching. Jean finds joy in learning alongside others and in building relationships that honor place, stories, and lived experiences.

• About the Contributors ixAbout the Editors xiiiForeword xvPreface: Ethnographic Activism: Stories that Evoke Change xviiAcknowledgments xxi1 Introduction: Challenging the Inevitability of Climate Change 1Susan Bodnar, PhD2 Retracing Umunthu: The Interconnectedness of Home and the Natural World 15Jean Kayira, PhDSection 1 Attachment and Loss of Place 233 Nature as Caregiver: Our Attachment to Place 25Linda Buzzell, MA, MFT4 The Wind Sings: A Life Rooted in Nature and Reciprocity 29Elizabeth M. Mattice5 Sacred Land: Nature Connectedness and Identity in Iranian Diaspora 35Sarina H. Alavi6 Flames and Fears: The Impact of Wildfire on Children's Mental Health 41Amber Ray7 Perspectives on the Changing Environment of South Florida 49Maya Sikora8 Resisting Binaries and a Changing Climate: Stories of Trans Ecology 55Taylor Michl9 The Fortress of the Gulf: From Sea Trade to Oil Wealth and Environmental Reckoning 65Fatemah Alkhamis10 It's All One Song: The Interwoven Threads of Environment, Culture, and Community 77Danny DeBonisSection 2 Environmental Impacts and Emotions 8111 Environmental Impacts and Emotions 83Panu Pihkala, PhD12 Disrupted Rhythms: Climate Change and Its Toll on Amazonian Lives 95Paula Aljovin, MA and Luna Dannon, BA13 Rising Tides, Burdened Minds: The Psychological Impact of Climate-induced Flooding in Pakistan 105Ayesha Liaqat14 Climate Change and Environmental Upheaval: Exploring Community Impacts and Resilience in the Paraíba Valley 111Katie Garcia15 The Fifth Season in Nature: How Smog Redefines Lahore's Winters and Community Life 119Amna Maryam16 At the Crossroads: Mental Health of Rural Men Facing Economic and Environmental Shifts in the Catskills 127Carrie Sutton, MASection 3 Environment and Mental Health 13317 The Impact of the Climate Crisis on Mental Health: Journeys Between the Particular and the Collective 135Judith Anderson, MBChB, MA18 Beyond Survival: Loss of Place Connection After Tsunami and Earthquake Devastation 145Koya Asano19 Between Screens and Streams: Technology's Impact on Our Environmental Connection 151Niklas K. Nyblom20 The Impact of Wildfires: Experiencing the 2021 Colorado Marshall Fire 157Elizabeth Campbell21 Tides of Erasure: Change and Loss Amid Gentrification of the Hamptons, New York 165Siena Fabiano22 Dust Storms in Beijing: Breathing Through Environmental and Psychological Change 177Zhaohe Chang23 Honoring the Earth, Healing the Future: Ojibwe Spirituality and Climate Resistance 185Nevaeh MarshallSection 4 Community and Interconnectedness 19324 Reflections on Community and Interconnectedness 195Ranjan Datta, PhD25 The Emotions of Climate Change and the Ripple in Community: A Haudenosaunee Perspective 199Jade Haumann26 Changing Climate, Severe Weather, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Environmental Experiences 203Paritosh Joshi27 Belonging in Nature: LGBTQ+ Community Connections Amid Climate Challenges 209Sofia Packer28 Whispers of the Canyon: Climate Change and a Diné Connection to the Land 215Amber BallengerSection 5 Faith, Memory, and Change 22129 Faith, Memory, and Change: Addressing the Climate Crisis Through a Moral and Spiritual Lens 223Karenna Gore, JD, MA30 Uprooted: Changing Climate, Conflict, and Displacement in Sudan 227Zikra Fashir31 The Impacts of Pollution, Climate, and Environmental Disaster on Residents of Mobile, Alabama 233Rian Maxwell-Williams32 Sacred Rains, Modern Times: Community Perspectives on India's Changing Monsoons 239Khushi Shah33 Nature, Queerness, and Self-Returning 249Irene Fueyo-Gomez34 The Negro Speaks of Rivers: An Exploration of the Sacred Nature of Rivers in Africana Memory 257Taylar S. Enlow35 Echoes of an Ephemeral Relationship: Navigating Memory and Urban Transformation in Albania 263Neiva Teka36 Wildfires and the Psychology of Environmental Terror 267Georgios Dougalis37 Pathways to Resilience in a Changing World: Anchoring Individual, Community, and Ecological Healing 275Chrystal Dunker, PhDOnline Resources 285