As of June 2020, there have been at least 2,540 mass shootings since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, CT, on December 14, 2012. Some have suggested that the repeated trauma of these massacres has created a collective “emotional numbness,” lessening our empathy. This article asks whether a similar phenomenon is occurring with respect to environmental crime and harm. It considers whether we have developed “compassion fatigue” regarding environmental violence and contemplates a “workout regimen” for empathy for Gaia’s suffering. In so doing, it seeks to engage with emerging work in the penumbra of narrative criminology and green cultural criminology.

截至 2020 年 6 月，自 2012 年 12 月 14 日康涅狄格州新镇桑迪胡克小学枪击事件以来，至少发生了 2,540 起大规模枪击事件。有人认为，这些大屠杀的反复创伤造成了集体“情感麻木”，减少我们的同理心。本文询问在环境犯罪和损害方面是否正在发生类似的现象。它考虑了我们是否对环境暴力产生了“同情疲劳”，并考虑了一种“锻炼方案”来同情​​盖亚的痛苦。在这样做的过程中，它试图参与叙事犯罪学和绿色文化犯罪学领域的新兴工作。