Two things to share

First up:

[…] the climate is changing not only because of particular polluting practices but because of the underlying logic of capitalism, which values short-term profit and perpetual growth above all else. Our governments would have us believe the same logic can be harnessed to solve the climate crisis – by creating a tradable commodity called “carbon” and by transforming forests and farmland into “sinks” that will supposedly offset runaway emissions.

Interesting article by Naomi Klein about the upcoming climate summit in Copehagen It’ll be interesting to follow this event, given the context of this class and the various interventionist-style projects.

Next up is a clip from one of my favorite comedians, George Carlin, about the environment, saving endangered species & the planet, from his 1992 HBO special. I debated whether to share this or not, but I figured a little comedy and light-heartedness might do us all some good. Last class we discussed the “existential mutations” and “communicational intervention” from The Three Ecologies, talking about how, in order to bring about change on a broad, system-wide scale, we first need to change ourselves, we need to become self-conscious about our own way of thinking and doing. It reminded me of this line by Carlin from the clip,

Save the planet? We don’t even know how to take care of ourselves yet! We haven’t learned to care for one another… we’re gonna save the fucking planet?

Plenty of other equally delectable soundbites: