I disagree with the idea that we have a very hard time understanding scarcity and our personal impact on the world, instead we choose to ignore these things because they do not align with the comfortable lifestyles of convenience we have become accustomed to. This is why I am so big on the Indigenous concept of Relationality, as it places our existence on the earth as a relationship with everyone and everything else that's here. It teaches us how the repercussions of our actions extend far beyond our immediate surroundings. I think this idea is foreign to us as our society is focused on the individual, and not the well being of our environment. We generally do not take holistic views of ourselves, our communities, our societies or the planet. That needs to change, we need to start placing more emphasis on the relationships we have in order to understand the interconnectedness we share.
Oct. 27, 2023, 1:35 p.m. - Mark
I disagree with the idea that we have a very hard time understanding scarcity and our personal impact on the world, instead we choose to ignore these things because they do not align with the comfortable lifestyles of convenience we have become accustomed to. This is why I am so big on the Indigenous concept of Relationality, as it places our existence on the earth as a relationship with everyone and everything else that's here. It teaches us how the repercussions of our actions extend far beyond our immediate surroundings. I think this idea is foreign to us as our society is focused on the individual, and not the well being of our environment. We generally do not take holistic views of ourselves, our communities, our societies or the planet. That needs to change, we need to start placing more emphasis on the relationships we have in order to understand the interconnectedness we share.