Anxiety in a warming world: We live in a hyper-consumerist society that makes ethical living exhausting

Self-control alone can’t help this anxiety. Environmental sustainability must go hand in hand with emotional sustainability, writes Bhuvneshwari Dugat, in Down To Earth.

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Down To Earth-7 Jan 2026

Bhuvneshwari Dugat is an MA in Development student at Azim Premji University.  This article follows the theme of Anxiety in a warming world, a special edition of Down To Earth published 1 – 15 Jan 2026.

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