How to Meet the Most Daunting Psychological Challenge of the Climate Crisis
Learning to feel connected as one global community and work together
“The climate crisis lives in our relationships…This is the crisis of disconnection. This is the crisis of dehumanization. This is the crisis of the collapse of our interconnectedness, our interbeing…” — Skeena Rathor (interview in Radio Ecoshock: Rebel Against the Crash, November 24, 2021)
The climate crisis can be addressed only through sustained global cooperation and coordination. If one group of countries reduces carbon emissions by a certain amount, while another group of countries increases emissions by the same amount, we’re getting nowhere. Somehow, humanity has to work as a team to address this. To do that, we have to really buy into the idea that we are interconnected, that none of us is an island, that the behavior and wellbeing of people in one country will affect the wellbeing of people on the other side of the earth. We don’t need to look any further than the COVID-19 pandemic for clear proof of that.
Learning to feel like one global community is probably the most daunting psychological hurdle of all when it comes to addressing any of these global crises. Interconnectedness is the reality of the world in the 21st century, but most of us lose sight of it. Rather than valuing diversity…
