cbacon16Comments Off on Disillusionment: Seeing the Earth as it Is
Creative Project Link I sought to illustrate “Earth as it is”, and the trajectory on which humanity, and industrialized, individualistic societies in particular, has been on to create and perpetuate our current ecological and social condition. It is our prerogative as members of the global North to become aware of how our obsession with material accumulation and our ignorance of… Read more »
Alex, Willa, Simone, John, and I assembled an informative and interactive website for our action project on the topic of climate refugees. The topic seeks to draws awareness to the interdependent nature of our global system. Climatic crises, caused by Western overconsumption, will displace millions of people in historically exploited areas, to flood countries that enabled their displacement. Ultimately, our responsibility to… Read more »
Rifkin, in his piece Empathic Civilization, dissects what has been seen as a fundamental dichotomy of the interpretation of the direction of humanity in regards to its social and ecological implications. Rifkin asserts that the laws of thermodynamics apply not only to the base elements composing our Earth- that individual elements and units of energy cannot be created nor destroyed,… Read more »
cbacon16Comments Off on Challenging Conceptions of the Self
I am fascinated by our current preoccupation with the Self, and how that will be challenged by the Anthropocene. This conception of the Self as separate from the natural world and from other beings has been disputed on a spiritual level likely since the emergence of philosophical and religious thought. Belief systems predicated around interconnectedness, reincarnation, and unity with nature… Read more »
I have often felt a feeling of resentment and frustration arise when meditating on the changes to my lifestyle that would be necessary to achieve a more sustainable future. A frustration fueled by comparison to those who came before me who were allowed to live their lives without the level of thought and responsibility as our generation must have. A… Read more »
