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You ve got the reusable cups and bags, the beeswax wraps, the shampoo bar.
You collect your cans and soft plastics and you compost, recycle and reuse what you can.
You research brands so you can support sustainable, environmentally conscious businesses.
Why? Because you re trying to do your bit for the environment and climate.
But if you find that when you can t do these things it causes you to feel anxious, guilty or hopeless, you might have something called climate distress.
It may sound like a newly invented first-world problem but it is very real and experts say there are ways to manage it.
ANDREW WIND
Susan Rider is expecting Wednesday s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden to be very unique compared with the five prior ceremonies she has performed at.
But the Cedar Falls native â a master gunnery sergeant with the United States Marine Band â said that won t change the important symbolism as America s 46th president starts his term in office.  Certainly, I think the state of our world has dictated that this inauguration has a different look to it and feel to it, said Rider, 53, who plays trumpet and cornet in the band.
Susan Rider plays trumpet and cornet for The President s Own United State Marine Band.