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Claudia Befu's avatar

I recently read that a group of Indigenous Adivasis women from rural India are creating dream maps, visions showing ideal states of their ancestral lands and villages. They plan to submit the dream maps to the government to request preservation and restoration funds.

I found this very inspiring. We can all do something. But it's always more comfortable to do nothing.

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Thank you so much for this reality check. It’s a short walk from denial to doomerism, and both stem from the same willful ignorance. ‘This climate crisis thing means I have to change or give up my comfort or go live in the woods’ (not true, but the woods are pretty wonderful). It’s rare these doomers bother to look at all the upsides — community connections; more reliable local energy sources; potential independence from high utility bills; etc. I won’t even get into how pathological it is to declare it’s all over / too late, when millions globally are living the effects of this man-made crisis, and suffering loss and displacement already.

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