I read it.
"Action is the best antidote to despair. And in the end we have no choice but to try": this extraordinary essay by @cityoftongues on the climate crisis makes hard, vital reading in advance of Friday's #ClimateStrikes. Please read it, share it, act on it.https://meanjin.com.au/essays/unearthed/ …
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I do find it difficult not to despair.
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Thank you. Heartbreaking, but should be required reading.
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"I look at my kids and wonder what I have done...Their future lives will not be better but significantly worse...like Wile E. Coyote running in the air, not yet aware the ground beneath his feet is gone, we have already stepped out into the void; all that remains is the fall."
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That bit hit me hard too. Also: “Instead (of talking about climate chaos) we perform our despair on social media or make queasy jokes about rising sea levels, heatstroke, climate chaos, as if it’s possible to treat civilisational collapse as a punchline.”
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This should be mandatory reading for all those at the UN Climate change Summit next week.
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... And those who should be there, but choose to be elsewhere.
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Powerful stuff- the relationship to deep time-gift, inheritance and legacy-reminded my of the biblical language of covenant. Perhaps harnessing the imaginative voices of ancient spirituality might give voice to just this kind of relationship to time.
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It’s the only antidote
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This IS an extraordinary essay. It seems that we are heedless as a species but there are many people who understand this author. We can hope that Life will continue because its renewal is always beautiful.
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