“So, beauty and tenderness and a way to express – that is really what I want to say.”
Black throated diver or arctic loon (Gavia arctica) swimming on a loch, Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland By Alex Cooper
“Loriana Pauli speaks movingly of the visceral pain she feels, as an ornithologist and eco-warrior, at the loss of species from Berneray and North Uist: in particular, the Black-throated Diver, alongside other domestic and shoreline birds. ‘Solastalgia’, (coined from ‘Nostalgia’), is a term which represents a new form of psychological distress caused by all the ecological changes people suffer because of the climate crisis. How do we cope with this, she asks the Aire air Sunnd heritage wellbeing group?”
Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath, North Uist Historical Society, is grateful to MG Alba’s Trainee Community Content Creator, Fiona MacIsaac, for recording and editing this video.
This series of videos for the Aire air Sunnd Wellbeing group is cumulatively collected on the dedicated Phase 2 Videos page.