In a kayak off the Devon coast I witnessed the kind of entitled mindlessness that has ravaged society, and our planet, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The reason I emphasize language is because we oftentimes lack the remediating words that we need.
Elon got his wealth is because we gave it to him. We gave it to him by accepting our roles as consumers, voters, and grippers.
Instead we need to find remediating roles. Roles that has action, attitudes and spreadability that causes remediation.
A role can be a degripper. One who strives to remove one’s own grip, guiding others to degrip themselves and do action to degrip griphoarders.
Generally though, by using words that shifts our focus away from consumerism, towards nature, our peers and blossoming, we degrip. An example of this would be to integrate natural elements into our language. For example in norwegian, instead of “mastery”, I say “blossoming”, or instead of saying “rich in colors”, I would say “bloom in colors”. Or being aware of the species around us and pointing them out for our peers.
The reason I emphasize language is because we oftentimes lack the remediating words that we need.
Elon got his wealth is because we gave it to him. We gave it to him by accepting our roles as consumers, voters, and grippers.
Instead we need to find remediating roles. Roles that has action, attitudes and spreadability that causes remediation.
A role can be a degripper. One who strives to remove one’s own grip, guiding others to degrip themselves and do action to degrip griphoarders.
Generally though, by using words that shifts our focus away from consumerism, towards nature, our peers and blossoming, we degrip. An example of this would be to integrate natural elements into our language. For example in norwegian, instead of “mastery”, I say “blossoming”, or instead of saying “rich in colors”, I would say “bloom in colors”. Or being aware of the species around us and pointing them out for our peers.