Kryzys klimatyczny i środowiskowy jest szansą na wystarczająco dobre życie

The ar ticle presents a psychological perspective of the causes and consequences of the climate and environmental crisis. The author presents a picture of the modern world showing the achievements of human civilization and the associ-ated environmental, psychological and sociological costs. Then, the deep causes of the current crisis are analyzed, among which the tendency to avoid suff ering plays a special role. Finally, it leads to separation from current experience. The separation syndrome becomes the basic feature of modern civilization, whose function is to eliminate the experience of suff ering. The author shows how avoiding suff ering leads to separation from nature, which results in external-ization of costs and ultimately leads to the climate and environmental crisis. In addition to the destructive potential, the crisis also provides an opportunity for deep refl ection on the human condition and taking steps to change the un-favo urable situation. The author, basing on the diagnosis, creates a vision of a new reality in which man will be able to cope with suff ering without avoiding unfavourable circumstances. Consent to suff ering as a natural component of life, the ability to contain it and to accept reality as it is, are crucial for resolving the current climate and environmental crisis.