Understanding where we and who we came from, our traditions of connection with the land is core to the transition. As individuals nature bats last, as a collective of interconnected relationships nature embraces us. My ancestors came from Manchester, Isle of Mann & Scotland to live in Aotearoa NZ and I am looking forward to visiting those places in about 3 years time.
a fitting invitation to life as an adventure, paticularly after the revolution21c conference. we humans have fucked it up but life will still happen, because it is magic. situating ourselves as part of collectives or ecosystems means that we can hold hope in the continuation and rejuvenation of people (maybe) and planet despite whatever happens to us as individuals. i guess that our job is to hold that hope and to find our individual courage to take the leaps we need to take. in the words of our beloved maori leader Moana jackson, "being brave is just the deep breath you take before you start something difficult". we know how to breath. we also know how to find our feet again after histories of brokenness. I would like to share some words from people who have, for me, offered acknowledgement and easement of the grief and also locate a sense of hope in wider contexts.
of course they may not do the same for you or anyone else.
It was a powerful message when you spoke to us at the Leadership in Sustainable Business course, and reading it now just makes me pause and think...what now? Very thought provoking.
Understanding where we and who we came from, our traditions of connection with the land is core to the transition. As individuals nature bats last, as a collective of interconnected relationships nature embraces us. My ancestors came from Manchester, Isle of Mann & Scotland to live in Aotearoa NZ and I am looking forward to visiting those places in about 3 years time.
a fitting invitation to life as an adventure, paticularly after the revolution21c conference. we humans have fucked it up but life will still happen, because it is magic. situating ourselves as part of collectives or ecosystems means that we can hold hope in the continuation and rejuvenation of people (maybe) and planet despite whatever happens to us as individuals. i guess that our job is to hold that hope and to find our individual courage to take the leaps we need to take. in the words of our beloved maori leader Moana jackson, "being brave is just the deep breath you take before you start something difficult". we know how to breath. we also know how to find our feet again after histories of brokenness. I would like to share some words from people who have, for me, offered acknowledgement and easement of the grief and also locate a sense of hope in wider contexts.
of course they may not do the same for you or anyone else.
https://theclimateaccordingtolife.substack.com/p/is-there-hope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYHtcWgaaDo
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-wish-it-could-have-been-another-way-a-lament-w-peia-luzzi/id1465445746?i=1000568130608
cheers.
It was a powerful message when you spoke to us at the Leadership in Sustainable Business course, and reading it now just makes me pause and think...what now? Very thought provoking.
“Anything that happens, happens.
Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen.
Anything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens again.
It doesn’t necessarily do it in chronological order, though.”
― Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless
I absolutely love Douglas Adams.
Managing our grief and more importantly that of our youth is our biggest pre-collapse challenge!
I've delved into this in two different blog posts.
Navigating Hospice at the Edge of Extinction
https://kevinhester.live/2019/06/24/navigating-hospice-at-the-edge-of-extinction/
The Coming Tsunami of Grief:
https://kevinhester.live/2017/01/20/the-coming-tsunami-of-grief/