Lyz (1), 16, has already announced it to her parents: she will never be a mother.
"She did not wait for Greta Thunberg,"
says her father.
Ditto for Elena (1), 22 years old.
This worldwide phenomenon of those who are sometimes referred to as “Ginks” (for “Green inclinations, no kids”) is less and less rare.
Would generation Z be ready to put an end to their potential offspring?
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She has time to change her mind.
The fact remains that a study published in
The Lancet Planetary Health
(2) in September 2021 shows that she is increasingly affected by eco-anxiety, or solastalgia.
84% of young Westerners say they are worried about global warming, 59% extremely worried and 40% are hesitant to have children.
Two types of arguments are generally advanced to justify this choice.
"I cannot project a child into the current world with the problems that lie in wait for him, between global warming, the energy crisis and the risk of collapse of our societies"
, launches Blandine
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