What the Mind Has to Do With the Climate Crisis
Attempting to live in a way that ignores these inconvenient truths is actually the disorder. Pre-traumatic stress condition is probably a better term. It is another constant state of anxiety quietly taking its toll on our hippocampi. It’s what Mark Cocker, in his book Our Place, describes as ‘a persistent low-level heartache, a background melanchol
... See moreRob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
I don’t know about you, but I often feel a deep exasperation when I examine just how much my life contributes to the destruction of the earth. I travel by airplane every few months. I buy things that come in plastic packaging. Most of my clothes were produced with synthetic dyes. To try and understand how my individual actions might affect the melt... See more
Rebecca • Quantifying the Gift
We must question her values and assumptions. Most of all, we must question our reflexive attachment to her ideas, traditions, and rituals. This act is supremely stressful and contrary to some of our most embedded reflexes, but it’s an absolute necessity for a sane and sustainable future.
Frank Forencich • The Art is Long: Big Health and the New Warrior Activist
Everything I know about capitalism, bureaucracy, denial, habit, how much slower our psyches move than our machines, says — and it breaks my heart, and my shoulders slump as I write this — we won’t.