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Uses of the Concept of Solastalgia

  Australian and International Uses of the Concept of Solastalgia

2007 - 2008   Clive Thompson on how the next victim of climate change will be our minds. Wired December 20, 2007, in Wired, Issue 16.01  (Accessed 9 Jan 2008). See also Clive Thompson’s website Collision Detection for Solastalgia: My latest column for Wired. Collision Detection. New York, 4 Jan 2008: http://www.collisiondetection.net/mt/archives/2008/01/two_years_ago_i.html Accessed 10 Jan 2008

 2007 Bradford, K.; Water Symposium Strathalbyn - 13th April 2007 (speech). http://www.stoptheweir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=113&Itemid=79.  Accessed 3 May 2007.  A speech  posted on the website “Stop the Weir.com” by a representative of the River, Lakes and Coorong Action Group. The speech, which protests about plans for a weir at Wellington, SA, cites Glenn Albrecht’s concept of solastalgia.

2007 Jardine A, Speldewinde P, Carver S, Weinstein P. 2007. Dryland Salinity and Ecosystem Distress Syndrome: Human Health Implications. EcoHealth 4: 10-7

This article cites the following article by Glenn Albrecht (2005). Solastalgia: A new concept in human health and identity. PAN: Philosophy Activism Nature 3: 41-55) 

2007  University of Alberta (Canada) – incorporation of the concept of Solastalgia into university curriculum for Environmental Sociology RSOC 450 (page 9)

2007 Landry CE, Okmyung B, Hindsley P, Whitehead JC, Wilson K. 2007. Going home: Evacuation-migration decisions of Hurricane Katrina survivors. North Carolina, USA: EconPapers, Dept of Economics, Appalachian State University, No 07-03 Working Papers, 11 April 2007. http://econpapers.repec.org/paper/aplwpaper/07-03.htm Accessed 25 June 2007.

This working paper posted on the web applies Albrecht’s concept of Solastalgia to an analysis of distress and sense of place in relation to Hurricane Katrina (see p.22). 

Other Web citations of “Solastalgia”.

There have been many citations on the web of the concept of “solastalgia”, particularly in relation to Hurricane Katrina. http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=Katrina+solastalgia&btnG=Google+Search&meta

Accessed 25 June 2007

Two articles written as part of this research project and the pilot project that preceded it ( Connor et al, 2004) and Albrecht (2005) have been cited by the UK Government  (DEFRA - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) to illustrate the way damage to local environments can have serious psychological impacts.

2007  Professor Charlie Trick – University of Western Ontario – PowerPoint on Ecosystem Health and Sustainability

2006 April, reference to Solastalgia in article in Sydney Morning Herald

2006    The New Economics Foundation (NEF). Steuer, N. Thompson, S. Marks, N:  Review of the Environmental Dimension of Children and Young People's Well-Being: A Report for the Sustainable Development Commission. London: NEF http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/publications/downloads/NEF-review_of%20env_dimension_of_childrens_well-being.pdf   Accessed 19 July 2007

 REFS cited:Albrecht GA. 2005. Solastalgia: A new concept in human health and identity. PAN: Philosophy Activism Nature 3: 41-55 

Connor L, Albrecht G, Higginbotham N, Freeman S, Smith W. 2004. Environmental Change and Human Health in Upper Hunter Communities of New South Wales. EcoHealth 1: 47-58  

2006     Marks N, Thompson S, Eckersley R, Jackson T, Kasser T. (nd). DEFRA Project 3b: Sustainable development and well-being: relationships, challenges and policy implications. A report by the Centre for Well Being, The New Economics Foundation (NEF) for DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK): p31, 71 http://www.defra.gov.uk/science/Project_Data/DocumentLibrary/SD12007/SD12007_4272_FRP.pdf Accessed 16 Jan 2006

REFS cited:Albrecht GA. 2005. Solastalgia: A new concept in human health and identity. PAN: Philosophy Activism Nature 3: 41-55 

Connor L, Albrecht G, Higginbotham N, Freeman S, Smith W. 2004. Environmental Change and Human Health in Upper Hunter Communities of New South Wales. EcoHealth 1: 47-58 

2006 A report by the Victorian Government cites an article written by Connor et al. 2004 on perceived loss   in relation to industrialisation in the Hunter Valley – the concept of “solastalgia) see p.29  VicHealth – Water Matters: The Impact of Water Regulations on Community Health and Wellbeing in North East Victoria (July 2006). Wangaratta, Vic: VicHealth. 1-47 pp. REF: Connor L, Albrecht G, Higginbotham N, Freeman S, Smith W. 2004. Environmental Change and Human Health in Upper Hunter Communities of New South Wales. EcoHealth 1: 47-58

(2006) – Patrice Newell Hunter Valley Research Foundation 2006 Lecture Series: Creating Community Through Conflict – How Environmental Issues can Bring Town and Country Together

2005  Judy Skatssoon publishes an article in News in Science (ABC) titled: Drought prompts new type of   mental stress. ABC Science Online, 24 May, 2005  from interviews with Glenn Albrecht, and Gina Sartore on the application of Glenn Albrecht’s concept of “solastalgia” to explain the distress of rural residents facing prolonged drought.