{"id":416141,"date":"2025-12-05T12:28:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=416141"},"modified":"2025-12-05T12:28:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:28:46","slug":"claim-household-bills-are-causing-mental-distress-but-recycling-more-can-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=416141","title":{"rendered":"Claim: Household Bills are Causing Mental Distress \u2013 but Recycling More can Help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"604\" data-attachment-id=\"416144\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=416144\" 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100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2025\/12\/03\/claim-household-bills-are-causing-mental-distress-but-recycling-more-can-help\/\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Essay by<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/author\/eworrall1\/\">Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are worried about green energy prices, apparently the solution is make more effort to separate your trash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Three ways climate change affects mental health \u2013 and why the story is more hopeful than it might&nbsp;seem<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Published: December 3, 2025 7.04am AEDT<br><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/profiles\/fabian-lenhard-1961867\">Fabian Lenhard<\/a><br>Researcher, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Direct effects: when extreme weather hits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experiencing a flood, heatwave or wildfire can have a major effect on mental health. \u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Indirect effects: financial strain and disrupted lives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Climate change affects our daily life.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/ijerph18094486\">Droughts<\/a>&nbsp;are strongly linked with higher levels of depression and anxiety, especially among farmers and rural communities that face lost harvests, mounting debts and uncertainty about the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psychological effects: worry, grief and climate-related distress<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ongoing awareness of climate change and its consequences can create many emotions, including worry, grief, frustration, anger and hopelessness. \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The hopeful side: climate action can strengthen wellbeing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Feeling worried about climate change does not only create problems. It can also motivate people to take meaningful action. \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, research consistently shows that taking climate-positive actions can improve wellbeing. For example,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11111-020-00337-7\">studies from the UK<\/a>&nbsp;show that people in \u201cgreener\u201d households \u2013 those who recycle, save energy and make sustainable choices \u2013 tend to report higher life satisfaction.&nbsp;<br><br>\u2026Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/three-ways-climate-change-affects-mental-health-and-why-the-story-is-more-hopeful-than-it-might-seem-270183\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/three-ways-climate-change-affects-mental-health-and-why-the-story-is-more-hopeful-than-it-might-seem-270183<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m not sure how recycling more will help pay the bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A more effective solution to household financial stress might be to vote for politicians who promise to cancel the Net Zero crusade, to bring down electricity prices. But maybe that\u2019s just me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are worried about green energy prices, apparently the solution is make more effort to separate your trash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":416144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvY2xpbWF0ZS1zY2llbmNlLnByZXNzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI1XC8xMlwvMEFRUERCTnQ0V3ZSbFpYY0dqWDFabGZXcGhqSjduTWJob1hUNWJLc045eURVWmR6SF9vemJrUURubVQtVDhIS1pJT3R6dU93SDBjUGJfVVVNTk5kazNNckVnWkMzamJ3eS1FaF94RDdyRkV5cW5aaDlwQjVSblNETWw1YzBUWnctMS0xMDI0eDg1Ni5qcGVnIiwidHh0IjoiQ2xhaW06IEhvdXNlaG9sZCBCaWxscyBhcmUgQ2F1c2luZyBNZW50YWwgRGlzdHJlc3MgXHUyMDEzIGJ1dCBSZWN5Y2xpbmcgTW9yZSBjYW4gSGVscCIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiaGlnaHdheSIsImZvbnQiOiIiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxNTU4MTI0NDl9.jy9cELueLpBv5SjAGHe6PBk-WlgVrTaLQVhxZvmct6YMQ"},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818056,691819743,691818514,691827168,691827179],"class_list":{"0":"post-416141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-climate-change","9":"tag-climate-propaganda","10":"tag-extreme-weather","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-recycling","14":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0AQPDBNt4WvRlZXcGjX1ZlfWphjJ7nMbhoXT5bKsN9yDUZdzH_ozbkQDnmT-T8HKZIOtzuOwH0cPb_UUMNNdk3MrEgZC3jbwy-Eh_xD7rFEyqnZh9pB5RnSDMl5c0TZw-1.jpeg?fit=1127%2C942&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1KfX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":349752,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=349752","url_meta":{"origin":416141,"position":0},"title":"First warming, then climate, now plastics \u2014 energy company lawfare","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"01\/11\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cExxon Knew!\u201d The battle cry has inflamed and inspired climate activists for decades. 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