>> First the Barrier Reef, now this...it doesn't seem to matter whether I walk or bike or drive, it's all going down.<<
Down as a direction, yes: one air, one water, one Earth. But down as collapse, not necessarily. There are still some healthy ecosystems and even some that are improving. Locally we've built up quite a large reserve -- the biggest patch is over 1000 acres, and I suspect that's part of why we're seeing bald eagles here again. We made that, not the land itself, but the protection of it and the restored prairie on the flat parts (much is upland forest / riverbottom). Our choices make a difference.
>> I know that environmental despair is a white bourgeois emotion, but I find my mind fleeing to childhood structures of detachment.<<
No it's not. It's a human emotion. People just experience it in different ways. Poor brown people see their crops fail, livestock die, and may have to flee for their lives in a world that offers no protection for climate refugees. >_< This is a case where people should be upset. If you find it paralyzing, you can work on self-care and emotional skils, and when you get a better handle on yourself, then pick an outdoor project and start making a difference.
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dancing_serpent
Re: The Horror.
Date: 2025-03-07 05:51 pm (UTC)Down as a direction, yes: one air, one water, one Earth. But down as collapse, not necessarily. There are still some healthy ecosystems and even some that are improving. Locally we've built up quite a large reserve -- the biggest patch is over 1000 acres, and I suspect that's part of why we're seeing bald eagles here again. We made that, not the land itself, but the protection of it and the restored prairie on the flat parts (much is upland forest / riverbottom). Our choices make a difference.
>> I know that environmental despair is a white bourgeois emotion, but I find my mind fleeing to childhood structures of detachment.<<
No it's not. It's a human emotion. People just experience it in different ways. Poor brown people see their crops fail, livestock die, and may have to flee for their lives in a world that offers no protection for climate refugees. >_< This is a case where people should be upset. If you find it paralyzing, you can work on self-care and emotional skils, and when you get a better handle on yourself, then pick an outdoor project and start making a difference.