The Missing Piece of the Climate Change Conversation

On healing our collective self.

Lance Baker
Nov 2, 2020 · 3 min read
Man in orange jacket hugging a tall tree.
Man in orange jacket hugging a tall tree.
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There’s something that bothers me about the climate change conversation. Actually, there’s something that bothers me about the way we talk about the environment in general.

We treat the environment as if it were a separate entity. We discuss the climate as if it were something outside of ourselves…

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