Trauma, grief, and mental health: climate change is disrupting our relationship with the environment as we know it, causing a sense of loss, sudden detachment, and depression - a set of experiences some refer to as solastalgia. In this episode of Race & Health, we discuss mental health and solastalgia with Land Body Ecologies (LBE), a research group that explores this concept with the Ogiek (Kenya), tribal communities in the buffer zone around the Bannerghatta National Park (India), northern Finnish border region communities including the Sámi, and the Batwa (Uganda). In addition to exploring the impact that the changing environment has on people’s mental health, we hone into the colonial habits of intended solutions to climate change, such as conservation projects, and how resulting forced displacement has produced more harm for traditional and land dependent communities. About Our Guests: Babitha George is an LBE partner at Quicksand who works on  design research in developmental contexts. She is one of the co-founders of the UnBox Festival, leading on networks and collaborations bringing together efforts around social change, art and culture, thoughtful design and open research. Daniel Kobei Daniel Kobei is the founder and Executive Director of Ogiek Peoples’ Development Program (OPDP), an NGO in Kenya that promotes the human and land rights of the indigenous Ogiek. He is a core team member of the Land Body Ecologies project anchoring the Mau Forest hub in Kenya. Daniel led the Ogiek to winning a landmark case against the Government of Kenya in May 2017, where the Ogiek received recognition of their rights to live in Mau Forest. Samrawit Gougsa Samrawit Gougsa is Head of Communications at Minority Rights Group International, an NGO working to safeguard the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide. Her research interests lie in understanding social determinants of health among marginalised communities, and the intersection between the enjoyment of land rights and mental health. To learn more about our speakers, check out the following: Land Body Ecologies IG: @LandBodyEcologies Twitter: @LBecologies Daniel and the Ogiek People’s Development Program: IG: @ogiekpeoplesdevprogram  Twitter: @kobskobei , @OgiekPeoples Babitha and Quick Sand IG: @BabeGeorge , @QuickSandStudio Twitter: @UnwindingBlues , @HelloQS Samrawit and Minority Rights Group International https://minorityrights.org/ IG: @MinorityRightsGroup Twitter: @SamGougsa , @MinorityRights