Apathy
Empowerment
Together with fear, apathy has become rife in our society. Statisticians have reported a boom in mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, stress, and burnout syndrome26. These are all apathetic states. They aren’t only individually caused illnesses, but also structural in nature, since they are most often triggered and fuelled by the pressures future scenarios put on the individual. No one can deal with global challenges alone. Such seemingly insurmountable challenges can make one feel powerless, or even guilty for feeling apathetic or making wrong choices. INNER SUSTAINABILITY
There’s almost no mention of mental health in the 17 SDGs. We find this distressing given that civic energy and mental robustness is the number one prerequisite for making systemic changes27. As the world currently stands, if there are (73)