Dr. Elizabeth Sawin✨Jun 26, 2023

We can respond to crisis with multi-layered responses. Heat waves demand emergency public health measures AND greening cities AND weatherization AND installing heat pumps AND investing in renewables and the grid to deliver them.

Also: each of those actions can address more than one goal. Cooling centers can also be literacy centers or health clinics. Weatherization's good when it's cold as well as hot. Same for heat pumps and renewables. All of it can create jobs and foster connection.

Show threadDr. Elizabeth Sawin✨
Not only can we do more than one thing at a time, each "thing" can meet more than one need at a time. No more "I alone can solve this." No more "this one magic bullet is all we need." Instead, forward, together in complexity and justice for all.#multisolving
Jun 26, 2023 at 7:49pmWeb
Show threadCoach Leftist DieselJun 26, 2023

@bethsawin

I interpret a lot of things through either a religious lens or a biological lens. This one hits both.

The Creator some believe in (or nature) was thrifty enough that nothing in a body or system serves only one function. Even "sex" hormones do a lot of other jobs, like regulating temperature, for instance.

Why why why why why do we think any problem needs a single solution. Or that any resource has a single application.

Thanks for spelling that out. I get frustrated.