title: Solastalgia
lang: en

> Solastalgia is the pain or sickness caused by the loss or lack of solace and the sense of desolation connected to the present state of one’s home and territory. It is the 'lived experience' of negative environmental change. It is the homesickness you have when you are still at home. It is that feeling you have when your sense of place is under attack.
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> <cite>*[Solastalgia: The Origins and Definition ](http://healthearth.blogspot.ca/2008/01/solastalgia-history-and-definition.html)* ([cache](/david/cache/d05ae3f2427f882df18de32c5b6fa65e/))</cite>

What if you consider your home to be the planet Earth as a whole?