Fwd: Childhood and Environmental Experience: Growing Up in the Anthropocene Lewis & Clark Philosophy Colloquium, Friday, 9/19

[Laura Mundt]

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From: J.M. Fritzman <frit...@lclark.edu>
Date: Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Subject: Lewis & Clark Philosophy Colloquium, Friday, 9/19
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Lewis & Clark College Philosophy Colloquium

3:30-5:00 PM Friday, September 19

John R. Howard Hall, Room TBA

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Brian Elliott <elli...@pdx.edu> Portland State University

Childhood and Environmental Experience: Growing Up in the Anthropocene

As the climate crisis has sharpened over recent decades, impending environmental collapse has become a preoccupation for many young people. But the psychology of fear tends to lead to a sense of impotence and to result in debilitating anxiety. At the same time, there are increasing concerns that screen-based childhood is undermining children’s positive sense of social connection and thereby their ability to flourish. I explore some of the social research which supports the claim that positive experience of the natural environment in childhood is associated with enhanced well-being in adulthood. While such experience is not a panacea, it will arguably help future generations to live their lives on an increasingly precarious planet.

Please attend, and please encourage your colleagues, students, and friends to attend.

The 2025-2026 philosophy colloquia schedule is attached.

Please forward this to anyone who would be interested.

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Dr. J. M. Fritzman, Associate Professor

frit...@lclark.edu

Department of Philosophy

Lewis & Clark College

615 South Palatine Hill Road

Portland

Oregon 97219-8091

USA

https://sites.google.com/a/lclark.edu/fritzman/

https://lclark.academia.edu/JMFritzman

https://zoom.us/j/3469350737

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