@Lookout

I often write - perfection is not a human condition.

And . . .

If there is an answer it must be a pluralistic us.

I think you nailed it.

Which do you ride? The slippery slope down or the rising thermal?

I think it is better to rise like a hawk. It's not that the world is effected, but your experience in the world is sure shaped by your approach.

I often write - perfection is not a human condition. Many of us here at c99 criticize others because they are not perfect...not good enough. My view is we go issue by issue and work with WHOEVER supports those issues. No one person will be the answer. If there is an answer it must be a pluralistic us.

All the best!

@eyo

Yes . . . it is like funding missionary trips when your neighbor is hungry. Good point. Glad you brought that up.

This is how I think, for myself: How much carbon did they burn getting those bricks from Sonoma County to Mexico? Why didn't they build homes for our homeless in Santa Rosa?

Really . . . why aren't they building homes in Santa Rosa?

The part I was latching on to was purposely grounding one's self in gratitude for whatever you can right here right now. And appreciating the earth. Just because I personally need to do that. I can't be all "oh shit we're going to die" for the sake of the people around me . . . husband and teens.

it feels like just a bunch of complaining

Well alrighty then. I followed the links, and lost it reading the Build Homes not Walls story. Sorry those people don't make sense to me, I wish they'd shut up and just work where they live instead of book selling their "ideas" on the internet. "Join their mailing list, and Facebook and Twitter" was my hint. Not to mention the introduction sounds like it came straight out of a Silicon Valley recruiter matrix, wtf?

It is my pleasure to introduce you to a new project I am leading that I am wildly excited about: Build Homes, Not Walls.

This is how I think, for myself: How much carbon did they burn getting those bricks from Sonoma County to Mexico? Why didn't they build homes for our homeless in Santa Rosa? Not enough "natural disasters" yet? C'mon. Shipping bricks! If that is big thinking then I'll stay small, thanks. tiny mind

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@smiley7

I downloaded the book and signed up for the newsletter. Urban farming is an exciting thing. I get a newsletter from an organization that turned old subways into farms in London.

appreciate you bringing it.

Stumbled upon this site when searching for an old quote i've been saving; i can not vouch for this site, having not read its contents, but a short perusal looks worthwhile.

https://issuu.com/islandpress/docs/eos_companion_ebook__final_5

Hey, we get so much info, did i get this fun site from you, i enjoy the newsletters? https://squarerootsgrow.com/

@magiamma

Facts are facts. Complaining doesn't offer a path.

Great unraveling and great turning. I like those terms.

Gaiast? Buddhist? Don't know the difference. Mooji and Adyashanti?

The Joanna Macy interview is thought provoking. I find that there is a fine line between complaining and stating facts. Especially when there is bad news, as so much here is. Unraveling is.

We cannot know whether the Great Unraveling or the Great Turning will prevail, but we can choose which we want to put our lives behind. So when I say, “Yes, the Great Unraveling is happening,” I do so not out of resignation but as a wake-up call.

I believe in kindness to all beings but I really think of myself as a 'Gaiaist' not a Buddhist. I am struck by how interrelated all of the systems on the earth are, how finely tuned and how breathlessly beautiful. I very much relate to what Macy says about doing things out of the need to awaken. It is the beauty of the world that drives me. It looks like there are indeed three doors. Turn, mostly unravel, die off. Perhaps the Great Turning will prevail.