Just Collapse - the illusion of techno-solutions “We can’t swallow horses to solve this problem”

This conversation is difficult to process but important to hear.  It asks: "How does Socioecological justice prevail  in the face of an irreversible collapse"? Its time to accept that infinite growth on a finite planet will be short lived and that those who have agency & privilege have much to do - in big or small ways 

 It’s hard to really accept collapse when we have a comfortable lifestyle but let's consider preparing while we still have abundance in our system.  Show notes A new form of activism - possibilities to make the world a better place

Why climate activism is the most important issue of focus

The shift in activism following covid

Introducing disruption to activism 

Socioecological justice

Justice can only be relative 

Creating a collapse community to help relieve anxieties of reality & locate ourselves

Putting differences aside to open the door to building localised communities

Acknowledging how difficult it can be to create community in the individualised society of the affluent west.

As we ratchet back, our community will be where we physically are.

Having faith that we can rely on each other 

Consciously connecting is inevitably in train and we will be pushed together

Relearning to connect, compromise and communicate

Its unhelpful to create utopian or romanticised ideals 

Insurgent planning - actively creating a plan of readiness to this inevitable collapse

Being led by the greater group with place based solutions

Why there is no prescription to future solutions - we need to figure that out for ourselves based on our understanding of the soil, water, culture we are working within

Breaking down individualisation & risks: outrageous debts & our reliance on fossil fuels

#talkcollapse - linking people to plant the seeds of a different and just future

Planting seeds physically and metaphorically for a socioecological collapse

Talking collapse is not about converting those who don't want to hear it 

The emotional reality of procesing climate grief - face it, expereince it and let is sit behind you with echoes

Depression goes with the territory but its not a reason to avoid reality

Ecological awareness as the foundation to  discovering more

Understanding the fragility of the world while also being a ‘doer’

What a cyclical grief process looks like and feels like

Cognitive dissonance of having endless choice and capacity to purchase while simultaneously being aware that collapse is inevitable

The myth of progress being perpetuated by every message around us

The need to decomplexify 

Building solidarity via social media

Being sure to remind yourself of how wondrous the world actually is

Supporting mental wellbeing with various tools

It’s so important in this point in history to embrace life in whatever form References Limits to growth - Club of Rome

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