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What difference would it make for Patagonia to fully embrace the Citizen Story? Rather than selling products that make people- as-Consumers the gentlest possible destroyers, the company would be equipping people-as-Citizens to be the human embodiment of the beautiful nourishing presence of the Earth that was its founding inspiration. That would be

What difference would it make for Patagonia to fully embrace the Citizen Story? Rather than selling products that make people- as-Consumers the gentlest possible destroyers, the company would be equipping people-as-Citizens to be the human embodiment of the beautiful nourishing presence of the Earth that was its founding inspiration. That would be

American cultural critic Baratunde Thurston launched his podcast called ‘How to Citizen,’ explicitly reimagining ‘Citizen’ as a verb and providing inspiration to his listeners on how to participate in collective action and governance in its widest sense. ‘This is not a show about how a bill becomes a law,’ he says. Instead it’s about ‘who has the p

When we understand ourselves as Citizens, we embrace a different story of humanity. When we recognise this, we see that we all have power, and we see tremendous potential for change. In order to unleash this, what we need to do now is understand the stories we are telling ourselves, take deep care with our language, and build from there.