Maybe I could still pull off living my perfect life—at least for a decade or so—but it would happen while tens of millions of refugees streamed out of regions made unlivable by heat, drought, or flood, and while state after state failed and threatened the collapse of humanity and the natural world.Ultimately, I had to acknowledge that the future I was planning on was ruined. If the oceans die, I die. Margaret Klein Salamon's book "Facing the Climate Emergency" encourages people to become 'climate warriors'.
I realized, as Dr. King Jr. wrote in “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” that “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” I realized that I was only truly going to be able to thrive on a healthy planet where humanity realizes that we must take seriously our responsibility to protect and nurture the natural world and each other. I am entirely dependent on the natural world for my life and safety. Please help keep Common Dreams alive by making a contribution. They are pursuing their careers, starting families, and even saving for retirement.
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I knew this wasn’t literally true, but I also knew that I had many options. To help as you grieve the future you thought you had, ask yourself:Common Dreams has been providing breaking news & views for the progressive community since 1997.
I already felt that I was simply too interconnected with the planet for that.
On the other, it’s a huge loss—the loss of our most cherished plans, goals, fand fantasies.
And we must be responsible with our finances.“But few countries on earth can match our resources and our potential. It has also made the present—what we do now—almost unbearably important.
If we can’t process out loss, then we can’t live in reality. It challenges basic assumptions about progress—that, as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said “the arc of history is long but it bends towards justice.” The climate crisis threatens to set back thousands of years of human development. Whatever it is—have you factored the climate crisis into it?
If the forests die, I die. They know, intellectually, that the climate crisis is real, but they have not faced that reality emotionally, they have not grieved the future they thought they had, and consequently, they have not been able to act rationally or responsibility.Thankfully, this is starting to change. She is the author of the new book, Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth a radical new self-help guide for the climate emergency. “Scotland’s not for Brexit, Scotland’s for Europe.”To applause and cheers from delegates, she confirmed the Scottish government would publish legislation next month setting out the rules for a new referendum.Sturgeon said last week she wanted it to be held before May 2021. What a lovely life I had planned! "My grief enabled me to remember my connection to all life, and helped me let go of the illusion of my separate self. SNP leader tells party members she will speed up efforts to achieve zero carbon emissionsNicola Sturgeon has said she believes the world is facing a climate emergency and pledged to speed up efforts to achieve zero carbon emissions.She told the Scottish National party’s spring conference in Edinburgh that if the UK’s expert advisory committee on climate recommended more urgent action to cut CO2 emissions in a report later this week, her government would act.In Holyrood last month, SNP MSPs voted with other parties against a Scottish Green party motion calling a climate emergency, while the Scottish parliament “I am making this public promise to the young people I met, and to their entire generation,” Sturgeon said. Click the link below to check out a free preview.