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  • How does learning about the future of the ocean impact children's emotional wellbeing? This article discusses the importance of making space for children to express difficult emotions about their future in relation to climate change, and, that children don't need to experience pristine natural environments to feel the mental and emotional wellbeing benefits; just being in and connecting with nature helps. The study also highlights the importance of intergenerational, collective problem solving and action to reduce perceived ‘us and them’ tensions between generations, and enable supportive relationships between young people, and adults who wish to work in solidarity with them.

  • Representations of Youth Climate Anxiety: A Framing Analysis ofEmotional Responses to the Climate Crisis in International News Media. This article addresses the rise in children feeling distressed, anxious, or angry about the impactsof climate change withi ncreasing frequency since 2019. Climate change has recently been identified as one underlying mega-trend affecting the deteriorating mental health of young people over the past two decades, as has socioeconomic injustice, especially between high and low-and middle-income countries. It is important that we build empathy with children and young people as our descendants so that intergenerational positive collective action and experiences can take place.

  • Introducing ‘Ngaruroro’, a New Model for Understanding Māori Wellbeing. This article discusses how Indigenous peoples around the world are revitalising their ancestral beliefs, practices, and languages, including traditional understandings of health and wellbeing as an alternative approach to those established by  Western European colonial practices. The paper introduces a new model of Māori wellbeing, Ngaruroro, which adds to the growing number and variety of wellbeing models for Māori. The eight themes and forty-one items offer fresh, unique, and detailed insights as to what is important to the wellbeing of Māori people today and identify a variety of potential sources of wellbeing.

  • Textile recycling - positive change or toxic truth? The fashion and textile industry is highly polluting and has been criticized for a lack of end-of-life solutions that divert unwanted garments from ending up in landfills or, worse, in natural habitats. This study examines the impact of textile recycling processes which use various chemicals, some of which can pose a significant environmental and health risk.