1. Denial
In this issue, we are going to knock your latte off the table and demand to know what entitles you to live a bloated, five-planet lifestyle at a time like this. We are throwing down the gauntlet and asking you, what will it take not only to wake you up and change the way you live, but to inspire you to become a meme warrior for a civilization-wide reboot.
2. Anger
As we rush towards the tipping point and climate wars break out all over, we have to ponder the radical madness of our time. Who is the terrorist, and who the freedom fighter? Who is sane and who insane? Above all, who is the aggressor and who the victim? Is it you and me in the affluent West savoring our five-planet lifestyles, or is it the angry young bucks in distant slums who dream of blowing us up?
3. Bargaining
In an effort to protect what matters most, we sacrifice our pawns. We lowe the thermostat and ease off the gas, surrendering small degrees of comfort and time. We change the colour of consumption, adopting a greener model of consumerism and transforming each purchase into an act of environmental defense. We pull back, surveying the board and patiently awaiting the technological salvation that will surely be delivered from distant labs and ivory towers. And when all seems lost, we pray. We will do anything - well, almost anything to stave off planetary death and protect our role as kings.
4. Depression
I woke up today.
I felt nauseated as usual.
I took a shower and thought
Something horrible is going to happen.
5. Acceptance.
The people of the future will look back on our era as a wonderful moment in planetary history when the air was still cool in the mornings, pristine rivers flowed and wild grizzlies roamed snow-capped mountains.
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