I believe that you deserve a political answer, too. And I think I hear/see the answer in the clear way you describe the question. Personally, I don't feel caught, because I think the deniers of climate chaos can be ignored. I don't worry about feeding them, nor about what they'll try to use as food. I do think that when people like you & me are clear on how wrong deforestation is, and on how wrong pushing indigenous people off their land is, (and most children are clear on such basics!), that we should unhesitatingly speak clearly & loudly to that point. Your peers need to hear your clear voice! You have credibility; you will make them think. Your confidence (expressed perhaps with a calm, clear style) will help them 'get it.' "Duh" issues should be painted that way: "duh drinking bleach won't solve a disease problem. Duh cutting down forest makes everything worse." And in the second aspect you ask about at the end, you also have the answer embedded in your description: the way to model countering bad consumerism is precisely to come together to share a pot of cooked food, rather than buying individual packages of it. Talk directly about all the energy/waste aspects of this simple, tangible issue in front of people at events all the time. Say/advertise "we'll bring the food; you bring your own bowl & spoon." Let people feel good in that one moment & have the experiential learning that that wasn't so hard, wasn't so weird, & truly points the way to what is possible & what we're capable of. (Older folks will actually remember doing this just a few decades ago!). Hugs & confidence!
Thank you for your important work. I would be more inclined to donate if your organization made public its financial information… where the money comes from and where it goes. Thank you.
Hi Carl, Thank you for the question, happy to share. We are a team of 5 (including a designer, a writer, an administrative professional, a founder of this newsletter, and an executive director of our soon to be launched non profit called Unthinkable (unthinkable.earth); she also manages this newsletter team.) 3 of those 5 positions are paid: the designer, writer and admin. We aim to raise enough funds to pay all 5 for our time. We have one foundation's support which covers most of our costs for the 3 paid staff. This is the Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring, see: https://gendread.substack.com/p/the-sparkly-new-gen-dread-team-wants
The option for our readers to support our work through paid subscriptions and/or one time donations goes into a pool that further pays for our staff's time as we work on this newsletter and pay our climate-aware therapist columnists ; again the eventual goal is for all team members to be compensated, so that's why we keep asking for support for our time.
Dear Caught Between Two Fronts of Denial,
I believe that you deserve a political answer, too. And I think I hear/see the answer in the clear way you describe the question. Personally, I don't feel caught, because I think the deniers of climate chaos can be ignored. I don't worry about feeding them, nor about what they'll try to use as food. I do think that when people like you & me are clear on how wrong deforestation is, and on how wrong pushing indigenous people off their land is, (and most children are clear on such basics!), that we should unhesitatingly speak clearly & loudly to that point. Your peers need to hear your clear voice! You have credibility; you will make them think. Your confidence (expressed perhaps with a calm, clear style) will help them 'get it.' "Duh" issues should be painted that way: "duh drinking bleach won't solve a disease problem. Duh cutting down forest makes everything worse." And in the second aspect you ask about at the end, you also have the answer embedded in your description: the way to model countering bad consumerism is precisely to come together to share a pot of cooked food, rather than buying individual packages of it. Talk directly about all the energy/waste aspects of this simple, tangible issue in front of people at events all the time. Say/advertise "we'll bring the food; you bring your own bowl & spoon." Let people feel good in that one moment & have the experiential learning that that wasn't so hard, wasn't so weird, & truly points the way to what is possible & what we're capable of. (Older folks will actually remember doing this just a few decades ago!). Hugs & confidence!
https://www.academia.edu/118649459/Apocalyptic_Anxiety_and_Fragilification_of_Time
Thank you for your important work. I would be more inclined to donate if your organization made public its financial information… where the money comes from and where it goes. Thank you.
Hi Carl, Thank you for the question, happy to share. We are a team of 5 (including a designer, a writer, an administrative professional, a founder of this newsletter, and an executive director of our soon to be launched non profit called Unthinkable (unthinkable.earth); she also manages this newsletter team.) 3 of those 5 positions are paid: the designer, writer and admin. We aim to raise enough funds to pay all 5 for our time. We have one foundation's support which covers most of our costs for the 3 paid staff. This is the Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring, see: https://gendread.substack.com/p/the-sparkly-new-gen-dread-team-wants
The option for our readers to support our work through paid subscriptions and/or one time donations goes into a pool that further pays for our staff's time as we work on this newsletter and pay our climate-aware therapist columnists ; again the eventual goal is for all team members to be compensated, so that's why we keep asking for support for our time.