Post Abg18ABi1gNoMo4GhM by mk30@regenerate.social
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 (DIR) Post #Abg188FBFnyIKzg0pc by mk30@regenerate.social
       2023-11-10T17:33:04Z
       
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       #ClimateDiary #ClimateChange #environmentindigenous activist nemonte nenquimo: "You forced your civilisation upon us & now look where we are: global pandemic, climate crisis, species extinction &, driving it all, widespread spiritual poverty.""spiritual poverty" comes up often in indigenous writing on climate change. i think westerners tend to gloss over this.i'd love to know your thoughts on this issue (even if it's "i don't give it much thought") b/c i now agree on its importance.
       
 (DIR) Post #Abg189AboHuPD6XsLQ by TraRay@regenerate.social
       2023-11-10T22:00:59Z
       
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       @mk30 I immediately think of the "spiritual" disconnect as relating to how western society people fail to see themselves as a part of the whole. Nature is a separate entity, even for people who are fanatical about saving her. The idea that we are just one part of a greater system seems to be missing. I think of it as an innate connection that we are one and the same. I really appreciate how Robin Wall Kimmerer talks about this very topic in her intro to Braiding Sweetgrass.
       
 (DIR) Post #Abg18ABi1gNoMo4GhM by mk30@regenerate.social
       2023-11-10T17:40:43Z
       
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       my view on spiritual poverty & climate change: i basically agree w/indigenous writers.i grew up in a secular/athiest jewish environment, so was always v skeptical of religion & spirituality, but i've now come to see it as central. without healing a broken relationship to nature (which is a spiritual matter), i don't know how climate change gets "solved".i wrote about the evolution of my relationship with nature here: https://newcatwords.tumblr.com/post/696689931564744704/on-divinity-in-nature-hawaii-and-powerful#ClimateChange #ClimateDiary