Change by increments is our way out...small changes by everyone over time...the geological approach. It doesn't mean everyone has to do exactly the same just that everyone needs to examine the impact of everyday choices and change/adapt without creating a crisis within your own mind....
Loved this! Since reading Jason Hickel's "Less Is More" (book on degrowth which touches on a lot of these topics), I've been enjoying the lightness and, to be frank, hope, that comes from reframing the climate crisis as an opportunity.
I especially liked this part, I think it's a very human analysis and it neatly encapsulates how important it is for folks to keep learning/iterating/attempting for a movement to take off:
> Extinction Rebellion represents an earnest attempt to articulate a different story about our relationship to the climate, one which prioritised action over apathy, and recognised the role that power plays in facilitating the status quo. Like many grassroots movements before it, XR has had its fair share of messy, incoherent and downright embarrassing foibles, but it has also proven itself willing to go back to the writer’s desk and embark on another round of edits.
And this! After coming across the idea in "Less Is More" and also Jenny Odell's "How to do nothing", I'm now super keen to delve into this further via booked like Braiding Sweetgrass
> Another problem with the ‘old stories’ is that they were orientated around individuals within the human species rather than communities and the infinitely complex ecology with which we share the planet. The realist story said: it is up to ‘me’ to save the planet. That’s heavy stuff for a human to carry: but we don’t need to carry these things on our own. We can look at the monumental size of the problem, but then also look around at our communities and gatherings and recognise that it is together that we must start to build a new world.
Good morning! I hope you get this message. Thanks for shining a light on what's missing from the climate action & debates and sharing some fellow imaginatives! The window onto a better world is appreciated. Sure your dad likes it too! Warm regards Helen
This is great stuff!! I have been pondering on a new way to explore these issues differently and this has been helpful.... and inspiring!! Peace!
Thanks Rob! I’m glad to hear that this is a helpful starting point for some new thinking. Let me know how you get on with your explorations 👍
Change by increments is our way out...small changes by everyone over time...the geological approach. It doesn't mean everyone has to do exactly the same just that everyone needs to examine the impact of everyday choices and change/adapt without creating a crisis within your own mind....
Loved this! Since reading Jason Hickel's "Less Is More" (book on degrowth which touches on a lot of these topics), I've been enjoying the lightness and, to be frank, hope, that comes from reframing the climate crisis as an opportunity.
I especially liked this part, I think it's a very human analysis and it neatly encapsulates how important it is for folks to keep learning/iterating/attempting for a movement to take off:
> Extinction Rebellion represents an earnest attempt to articulate a different story about our relationship to the climate, one which prioritised action over apathy, and recognised the role that power plays in facilitating the status quo. Like many grassroots movements before it, XR has had its fair share of messy, incoherent and downright embarrassing foibles, but it has also proven itself willing to go back to the writer’s desk and embark on another round of edits.
And this! After coming across the idea in "Less Is More" and also Jenny Odell's "How to do nothing", I'm now super keen to delve into this further via booked like Braiding Sweetgrass
> Another problem with the ‘old stories’ is that they were orientated around individuals within the human species rather than communities and the infinitely complex ecology with which we share the planet. The realist story said: it is up to ‘me’ to save the planet. That’s heavy stuff for a human to carry: but we don’t need to carry these things on our own. We can look at the monumental size of the problem, but then also look around at our communities and gatherings and recognise that it is together that we must start to build a new world.
Thank you Jenny! I’ve also been meaning to read Braiding Sweetgrass so thank you for the reminder 🌸
London - we first met at St Lukes, then camped next to each other by chance at the COVID Greenbelt .
Ahh I remember! Lovely to put a face to the name. Thanks for reading :) Is there anything you think I should be writing about?
Good morning! I hope you get this message. Thanks for shining a light on what's missing from the climate action & debates and sharing some fellow imaginatives! The window onto a better world is appreciated. Sure your dad likes it too! Warm regards Helen
Hi Helen,
No problem, I'm glad you found it (somewhat) illuminating! Where are you based?
Grace