There's a Word for It
Or at least there is now -- solastalgia: the sadness caused by environmental change.
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The guy who coined the term calls it the "homesickness you feel when you're still at home." Which made me recall the Basho haiku (the only one I know) that goes something like: Though I'm in Kyoto/When the cuckoo sings/I long for Kyoto.
I am the guy who developed this term ... I am interested in comments on the usefullness of this term in describing and explaining the distress caused by negatively perceived environmental change. For those interested, I have an article in the journal PAN (Philosophy, Activism, Nature)that explains the concept in some detail. Glenn Albrecht
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