Prof. Tatiana IlyinaJun 2, 2023
What strikes me still a lot when communicating the severity of #climatechange with concerned non-specialists is that for most the greatest fear is to not being able to pursue their recreational activities due to say a #heatwave or lack of snow and not the drying rivers, failing crops, #biodiversityloss.
How do we change this deeply nudged mindset of ours? We can’t exploit natural resources endlessly!
#ClimateDiary
Show threadHopeful HumanizerJun 3, 2023
@TatianaIlyina Modernity separates us from the natural world. We hear the words at funerals, "dust to dust", but don't believe it. Our needs are mediated entirely by currency. We need to recapture our dependence on the natural world. Perhaps even the sacredness of creation. Then, possibly, we might not stop desecrating each other and creation.
https://www.tumblr.com/aowski/686216840520794112/de-spiritualization?source=share
#ClimateDiary #creation #sacred #modernity #desecrate
Provocations

As Western Christians observe Pentecost Sunday, we might ask ourselves what does the recognition (and denial) of the Spirit mean, in practice?

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While out and about amidst a huge crowd this evening, I drifted to thinking about just how much of this planet’s living material is accumulating in 1) human biomass, 2) our built environments, and 3) the domesticated plant and animal food systems we’ve established to support 1.

On 1, I also randomly thought how odd it is that in some human cultures we try to keep that biomass in preserved bodies, buried in long lasting coffins, rather than returning it to the living world from which it came.

Jun 3, 2023 at 12:21pmWeb