{"product_id":"spinning-out-climate-change-mental-health-and-fighting-for-a-better-future-9781804440315","title":"Spinning Out: Climate Change, Mental Health and Fighting for a Better Future","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpinning Out\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgent, eye-opening study by leading climate change activist, researcher and writer that draws on the latest research and evidence to unravel systemic ways that climate change is driving people mad - and show how we can find inspiration in that madness.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2019, climate activist Charlie Hertzog Young attempted suicide, following a succession of breakdowns. He jumped off a six-storey building, resulting in the loss of both legs. He spent a month in a coma, lost his flat and woke up without a job. In rebuilding his life physically and emotionally, Charlie saw that the climate crisis and mental illness are inextricably linked and, equally, little understood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this reflective, wise and darkly humorous account of his own recovery, he explores how his bipolarity was largely driven by climate change and identifies the ways in which our culture has led to the current crisis. He shows how climate chaos is ubiquitous, unpredictable and mediated through vast inequalities of power; how climate disaster is responsible for many times more mental health conditions than physical ailments; how our minds aren't built to deal with such threats; and how modern society isn't fit to support those suffering as a result. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpinning Out\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a call to arms - it's a manual for anyone who wants to fight for a better world and avoid the pitfalls of despair. It draws on the experience of dozens of activists, organisers and researchers across every habitable continent - from radical psychiatrists and youth organisers to co-operative builders in flooded Pakistan, activists in Nigeria and earth defenders in indigenous Mexico - to outline models for recovery and post-traumatic growth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt shows how meaningful action - action that aims to change not just our emissions but our entire way of life - can be a powerful means of both psychological recovery and planetary renewal. Climate-related mental health issues are crippling millions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpinning Out\u003c\/i\u003e points to a better way forward - towards wedding the needs of the earth with the needs of the human mind, towards new-found meaning, connection and belonging.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHARLIE HERTZOG YOUNG is a researcher, writer and award-winning activist. A proudly mad bipolar double amputee, he has worked for the New Economics Foundation, the Royal Society of Arts, the Good Law Project, the Four Day Week Campaign and the Centre for Progressive Change, as well as the UK Labour Party under three consecutive leaders. Charlie has spoken at the LSE, the UN and the World Economic Forum. He studied at Harvard, SOAS and Schumacher College and has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Ecologist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNovara Media\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOpen Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Footnote Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50563003023634,"sku":"9781804440315","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_91da6e95-0e19-4aa7-a40e-5f1060a3f713.jpg?v=1731865489","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/spinning-out-climate-change-mental-health-and-fighting-for-a-better-future-9781804440315","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}