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The Era of Climate Change Has Created a New Emotion
What happens to me when I give up hope? Nothing. At least nothing in any physical or immediate way. At a karmic level, who knows? But to me right now? Very little. One of the trickiest aspects of the climate crisis is exactly this: Many of us — at least for now — actually do have the privilege of losing hope.
Andrew Boyd • I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
When stories break down, they can leave us in an empty space. We have withdrawn into our cocoons and find ourselves in a world in between worlds. Not fully in one or the other. Simultaneously leaving and arriving. We may lose our sense of meaning or feel disconnected from our work. We don’t want to continue with business as usual. The values we des... See more
Emerge • Belonging and Butterflies in Times of Breakdown
read — and re-read — Scranton’s op-ed the year it was published. It forced my first deep reckoning with the reality that we were not going to be able to “prevent” climate catastrophe, or “undoom” our civilization. It’s taken me years to accept it. In fact, I’m still trying to, because accepting it requires me to murder my hopes, or at least those h
... See moreAndrew Boyd • I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
Could it be that we [environmentalists] are undergoing the five stages of grief in reverse? We began with acceptance — of the science, and of what the science means for us. Then came depression, since the future is a place we would not wish to bequeath to our worst enemies let alone our children. In defense against depression, we entered the bargai
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