Keeping Our Belonging And Humanity in Tough Times

The IPCC has issued dire warnings this week about the future — Vlad Putin launched bombs

Christyl Rivers, Phd.
ILLUMINATION
Published in
4 min readMar 3, 2022

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Photo by Chandler Cruttenden on Unsplash

Difficult Times

The human being is defined by our own narratives, our stories.

Some people, clearly tell themselves stories about domination. Societies get confused, and misled, by this type of authority.

Also, if we make those stories about denial or disconnection to nature, we create damaging scenarios in the real world.

For example, the narrative that fossil fuels drive only prosperity and agriculture is one-sided at best. It disrupted the climate. Fossil fuels also, as we now know, drive pollution, loss of habitat, sprawling suburbs, (we all drive cars rather than walk the village lane) over-harvesting, and climate injustice.

While Putin unleashed terror, he was driven in part, by a greed not just for political, but for energy power — control over who gets fuel, heat, and food.

At the same time, the IPCC tells us we are running out of time to stop global heating.

Many people today feel hopeless and helpless. If they have not mentally prepared for the loss of their homes, any property, the once-upon-a-time woods, or glade…

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Christyl Rivers, Phd.
ILLUMINATION

Ecopsychologist, Writer, Farmer, Defender of reality, and Cat Castle Custodian.