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Compulsory optimism on overshoot in our society is maladaptive

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False smiles don’t work when you are otherwise convinced.

Continue reading “Compulsory optimism on overshoot in our society is maladaptive”

Author Deirdre kentPosted on January 8, 2022December 3, 2022Categories Climate changeTags climate action, collapse, deep adaptation, Jem Bendell

Climate catastrophe or inevitable after COP26?

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Often during the last twenty years, climate activists have had high hopes that humanity will avert a climate catastrophe. Continue reading “Climate catastrophe or inevitable after COP26?”

Author Deirdre kentPosted on October 23, 2021December 3, 2022Categories Climate change, energyTags Amazon, Australia, BBC leak, Bolsonaro, climate action, climate catastrophe, COP26, fossil fuels, Germany, IPCC, Jeanette Fitzsimons, Joe Manchin, natural gas, Saudi Arabia, scientists warning, windpower

The danger of obsessing over stomach-churning stories about the climate emergency

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The word of the year for 2020 was ‘doomscrollling’. Wikipedia says it can be defined as “an excessive amount of screen time devoted to the absorption of dystopian news.” Continue reading “The danger of obsessing over stomach-churning stories about the climate emergency”

Author Deirdre kentPosted on January 24, 2021December 3, 2022Categories Climate changeTags climate action, climate emergency, Doomscrolling, Jason Hickel, obsession, PTSD

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