We should do it anyway

Visions of the Rewilding Renaissance
#1

I found this article, and really at a good time too, as I reading through a debate on global warming and all the man made/ or not, or w/e other crap comes along with it, and of course it doesn’t really matter if it’s man made or not, GW is another issue altogether… I’m pretty sure most people here know that a change in the way the human race (or civilizations at least) are living will actually be beneficial!

The point of the article states a psychological way of going about this debate with people… instead of saying a ‘we must do this or else’ it presents a doing this to better our lives.

Well I’ll shut up and let the article speak for itself

I think there's a terrific psychological difference determined by the frame of mind in which one takes certain actions… There's not much joy in taking defensive actions. But if you can think of it as contributing to "the repair of the world," then you have a totally different view of the action. Now you can really be happy about it: you have made a difference (however small) by this action. Over time, [this point] of view [can] have an effect on your personality and character. The defensive or "forced to do this" motivation tends to harden and closes you, shutting you away from others. The "repair of the world" motivation tends to awaken compassion in you, to soften you towards others. –Pat Meadows

so uhh… what to post here, how about quick, positives (not anti-negatives, like it cuts down pollution, etc, those can come later) about rewilding, quick arguments to help motivate each other and loved ones, or those against it to uhh, see some light in it. :stuck_out_tongue:

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#2

I have never felt balance or as if I belonged anywhere until I began learning more about the natural world. It has given me the understanding I need for how life works. At least an agreeable idea of how. I don’t think anyone can truly know it all. Or should, for that matter!

I went from quite a wrecked state of mind to feeling quite at peace with (most) everything once I began looking toward Nature instead of toward man-made Structure. Instead of wondering “Why?” I don’t even bother with wondering; I look for “how.” How does the tree get through winter okay? Maybe I can learn a lesson from that, for example.

I think there’s something to be said for psychological changes; Supposedly I should be on a psych cocktail, but 5 years later without the drugs I’m more stable than several I know who have never had a diagnosis such as mine, or who are on these same pills.

To me Nature teaches all the valuable life lessons one needs to know and gives one a place of belonging if s/he’ll have it; it also cuts back on stress.

that’s one of many positivities for me!

#3

I like your idea, Fenris–short, positive things to say about rewilding. I need some! I don’t have to stray far from the mainstream to create static with my not-so-rewilding human relations in the world.

Sunflowers, I just read some news release about this: “U.S. surgeon general admits diagnoses of psychiatric mental disorders is not science”. Then another time I heard someone say “Who really has mental health insurance” but I only really heard “who really has mental health”?

I can’t answer that one, but the trees never judge me, and the wind feels pretty forgiving most of the time, at least here in Cascadia.

#4

Why do people work so much and need to make so much money?

Would you rather have things you’ll never have the time to enjoy, or enjoy that which you already have, and enjoy the fruits of your labor?