{"id":82845,"date":"2015-09-20T06:57:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-20T06:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=82845"},"modified":"2024-11-26T12:09:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T12:09:55","slug":"an_ecomodernist_perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=82845","title":{"rendered":"What does an ecomodernist mom think about the future?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There is a prevailing sense of anxiety about the environment today, and increasingly we seem to be seeing the division of the world into two opposing camps who have found much to disagree on: those who despair of humanity being able to use resources while respecting the planet, and those who believe that with a growing human population we have a responsibility to manage growth and keep supplying people’s needs, or human suffering will result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is an interesting new blog called Ecomodernist Mom<\/a> that takes up the arguments of the “Ecomodernist” movement, which broadly is of the view that humans do have the ability to both safeguard the planet’s ecological status while also allowing people to live healthy lives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ve had some interesting reactions from friends when I\u2019ve brought up the term Ecomodernism and I\u2019ve had some very funny responses when I say the words, \u201cAn Ecomodernist Manifesto\u201d to people. Everyone seems to glaze over or become slightly alarmed that I\u2019ve become another Unabomber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can\u2019t seem to get anyone to take the time to read the manifesto and I\u2019m not surrounded by anti-intellectuals by any stretch. I am, however, surrounded by very busy, working parents whose brains are occupied with the logistics of getting multiple kids to multiple activities while juggling hours of homework, dinner, and hopefully sleeping at some point. I think that even hearing the word, \u201cmanifesto\u201d, makes people tired. This is not a criticism of the work. Obviously, I find the piece beautifully written and inspiring but I think the message needs to be accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m still working on my \u201celevator speech\u201d about Ecomodernism but I try to describe it to people as a new way of looking at environmentalism that takes a more actionable, humanitarian approach. The current environmentalist movement seems to treat humans as an invasive species that needs to be beaten back in order to save the planet. Ecomodernism celebrates humankind\u2019s achievements and what we\u2019ve brought to our planet and wants to harness those achievements to make us less dependent on nature so that we can restore the balance and health of our planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to treating humans as invasive, traditional environmentalism seems to romanticize a return to nature that may be appealing to those of us in the West who have never depended on nature for survival, but probably isn\u2019t so romantic to a subsistence farmer who has just lost his crop to floods. We can\u2019t expect people in the developing world who fight with nature every single day to be on board with a world vision that doesn\u2019t let them escape that fight. Ecomodernism acknowledges that humans are drawn to the beauty and spirituality of nature and therefore aims to preserve and protect nature by lessening human impact and dependency on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though humans have caused the problems on our planet, treating humankind as the enemy accomplishes nothing other than causing those on the right to dig in further and and the rest of us to throw up our hands and think, \u201cWell, I voted for a Democrat and separated the recycling, what else do you want from me?\u201d Or maybe, \u201cYes, I admit the planet is completely hosed but I\u2019m too busy paying bills and caring for these little humans right in front of me to worry about people who won\u2019t be born for another century.\u201d In other words, being treated as the enemy inspires apathy at best and at worst, doesn\u2019t even attempt to bridge the divide with those who are emotionally or economically invested in the idea of climate-change as fiction.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It’s a new viewpoint on an old problem, and for those who feel pulled to one extreme or the other it may raise questions that challenge conventional thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the rest of the blog here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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