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If we accept the reality of climate breakdown, we have a chance to make amends and to save as much of the natural world as possible while we still have a relatively intact society with the social order to get things done.

Think orderly descent — powering down the global enterprise.

What possibilities open up if we accept defeat? If we say we have failed, and that the breakdown of our civilization will continue to unfold in our lifetime?

With the energy we will save from abandoning the energy transition, we could deploy the Mirrors for Earth Energy Rebalancing (MEER) project that will provide heat relief or local cooling so some communities can survive a bit longer and grow crops before having to move. This is a small scale, grassroots, and accessible technology that corporates have no interest in currently, as it won't make them money.

We can make amends to wild creatures and First Peoples everywhere, love the damaged and degraded places of the Earth, as well as protecting the remaining precious wilderness from the force of global capital.

Other projects could include a Universal Basic Income to replace the many ‘bullshit jobs’ that people are enslaved to, that produce no real value, and a massive commitment to housing access and affordability as a basic human right for all.

Imagine the creative energy, mourning, cooperation, and humility that would abound. Imagine setting the younger generation free. Free from the obsession with career, money, working, superannuation, and other irrelevant concerns in a collapsing world.

The massive mental health crisis affecting youth today may be alleviated if they heard some truth-telling or plain speaking from adults — a deep, heartfelt apology from our generation to theirs.

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💚 Beautiful 💚 More like this, please!

FULL ESSAY -- https://medium.com/@renaeech/responding-to-rebecca-solnits-article-in-the-guardian-on-doomers-a12b0f8106e9

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