Solastalgia is a neologism coined by an Australian; The philosopher named Glenn Albrechtin 2003 with the first article published on this concept in 2005.[1] It describes a form of psychic or existential distress caused by environmental change, such as mining or climate change.
As opposed to nostalgia — the melancholia or distress experienced by individuals when separated from a loved home (A.K.A. homesickness) — "solastalgia" is the distress that is produced by environmental change impacting on people while they are directly connected to their home environment. A paper published by Albrecht and collaborators focused on two contexts where collaborative research teams found solastalgia to be evident: the experiences of persistent drought in rural New South Wales (NSW) and the impact of large-scale open-cut coal mining on individuals in the Upper Hunter Valley of NSW. In both cases, people exposed to environmental change experienced negative affect that is exacerbated by a sense of powerlessness or lack of control over the unfolding change process.[2]
Conceptualising environmentally induced distress as mental illness has been discussed by Seamus Mac Suibhne.[3]
简单说，这是个新词，来源于nostalgia。这个词的意思是乡愁，思念家乡的。与其对应，solastalgia是指环境改变或恶化给人带来的悲伤甚至达到心理疾病的程度。可以勉强译成：忧虑环境的。