I’m doing a serialised comic about how I‘m finding my voice in climate actions. If you’d like to start at the beginning, go here: Who wants to be THAT person? You’ll find the whole series here. Did you know that it was big oil company BP that made calculating your personal carbon footprint popular?
When someone (company) points at me and says “you are responsible for this big bad mountain!”. I look at it in awe and realize one thing “I can move mountains”
And that is empowering because it tells us we have the power to change the world as individuals, and if we all work on it together imagine how quickly we could build a better world for everyone to live in it.
Oh I love this bit! The plane in for a rough landing is a brilliant analogy and also makes it clear where our role is without laying blame on others. Thank you Xo
Great post, Betje. I like how you mix your internal struggles and the realities of trying to make a difference instead of being apathetic. Also thanks for pointing out how corporate interests are trying to re-frame ecology as a form a "victim shaming."
Let's hope more people catch on and fight against this propaganda. Here in the US there's far too many who have fallen for it.
When someone (company) points at me and says “you are responsible for this big bad mountain!”. I look at it in awe and realize one thing “I can move mountains”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashrath_Manjhi
“I can plant a jungle by myself”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadav_Payeng
And that is empowering because it tells us we have the power to change the world as individuals, and if we all work on it together imagine how quickly we could build a better world for everyone to live in it.
Oh I love this bit! The plane in for a rough landing is a brilliant analogy and also makes it clear where our role is without laying blame on others. Thank you Xo
Hear hear.
Great post, Betje. I like how you mix your internal struggles and the realities of trying to make a difference instead of being apathetic. Also thanks for pointing out how corporate interests are trying to re-frame ecology as a form a "victim shaming."
Let's hope more people catch on and fight against this propaganda. Here in the US there's far too many who have fallen for it.