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Individual Degrowth
On a global scene, we are living tough times. What can I do, as an individual? I cannot choose the time I’m living in. But I can choose how to respond to it. So many problems… for instance the Climate crisis. The war in Ukraine. And the list goes on.
There’s always hope. Many say think positively, keep up hope. But I feel that hope might lead to expecting others to do something. So I’m sitting here, doing nothing, feeling small. The government should do something. The oil industry should stop doing what they’re doing. I’m just one individual, I cannot do anything that would make a difference.
But is it really so?
I think that the Climate Crisis was created by us individuals. It happened by accident. Now we are starting to see that those small acts over the years created this systemic phenomenon. We have all been working hard to grow the economy and sell each other more stuff. And we have bought more stuff, consumed it, and thrown it away. Travelled around the world. Always more, faster, better. Seems we overdid it.
A big systemic effect came from billions of small individual acts. And it can be reversed by billions of small individual acts — changing the direction, consuming less, recovering from our error. This is not hard, actually it’s easy. These small acts are the ones we can do. Just don’t buy something you used to buy. Or don’t do what you used to do. If you can’t stop it altogether, do less of it. This is where we all have full power.
Coaching Corner:
- (reflect alone) Go to a supermarket. Walk around, look at all the stuff and people who are buying it all. Breathe in, breathe out. Don’t buy anything, just smile and walk out. Feel the inner power tickling in your body. Feel big, be a hero.
- (start dialogue) If you see other people doing the same, engage into a dialogue: Why do we feel happy when we buy something? Where did this habit come from? Are we addicted consumers, or free human beings?
- (write a response in Medium) If you wish, share your thoughts and actions around this article. Let’s co-learn.
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