“Ideas to postpone the end of the world” – what a title for a book. Little did we know it was a provocation rather than a handy little pamphlet that would so conveniently offer us a blueprint for saving our planet. That would have been a little too easy right? Well, one can hope. It was more of a passionate and emotive essay in three parts that looked at the world and mostly our capitalist societies through an indigenous lens. Ailton Krenak was born in the Doce River valley, a place which is deeply affected by the ongoing mining activity in the area. In his book he criticises the idea of humanity as something separate from nature, a “humanity that does not recognise that the river that is in a coma is also our grandfather”. The way he speaks about the world and his place in it took us right back to ‘Sand Talk’ – a beautiful and thought provoking book by Tyson Yunkaporta, which we read at the beginning of 2022. The vivid and emotive narration via story and metaphor brings to life so many of the aspects of the climate crisis that often feel forgotten in mainstream media.
S is for systems change
S is for systems change
S is for systems change
“Ideas to postpone the end of the world” – what a title for a book. Little did we know it was a provocation rather than a handy little pamphlet that would so conveniently offer us a blueprint for saving our planet. That would have been a little too easy right? Well, one can hope. It was more of a passionate and emotive essay in three parts that looked at the world and mostly our capitalist societies through an indigenous lens. Ailton Krenak was born in the Doce River valley, a place which is deeply affected by the ongoing mining activity in the area. In his book he criticises the idea of humanity as something separate from nature, a “humanity that does not recognise that the river that is in a coma is also our grandfather”. The way he speaks about the world and his place in it took us right back to ‘Sand Talk’ – a beautiful and thought provoking book by Tyson Yunkaporta, which we read at the beginning of 2022. The vivid and emotive narration via story and metaphor brings to life so many of the aspects of the climate crisis that often feel forgotten in mainstream media.