Depression and Climate Change: Same Cause, Same Cure
We have to question the very roots of our society.
Depression has the same cause as environmental destruction, and it isn’t carbon emissions. It is a society which puts economic profit ahead of nature and living things. If we are to save our minds and our home, we have to question the very roots of our way of living.
Cult of Practicality
The problem with today's world isn’t coffee machines with throw away pods. It is a world where coffee machines with throw away pods are necessary.
It is a world where practicality has become a supreme value, because our time has been taken away from us. We work long hours at alienating and tiring jobs, which give us less time for loved ones, less time to enjoy the outside, and sap our energy to such an extent that in our free time — those few, sacred hours — we don’t want to waste a second, and so everything extra has to be practical. We feel robbed of our time, and so we panic. We buy a coffee maker that can shave a few seconds off our routine, and packaged foods from vending machines so we don’t have to pack any snacks. We go to…
