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Life isn\u2019t about waiting for the storm to pass, it\u2019s about learning to dance in the rain.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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\"20151011<\/a>This inspirational quotation by Vivian Greene popped into my head recently as I was reading Naomi Klein\u2019s extraordinary book \u201cThis Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate<\/em>\u201d. If you haven\u2019t yet read this book, then I recommend (no, I insist) that you do.<\/p>\n

Klein does a remarkable job not only of laying out the scope of the climate challenges facing us, but she\u2019s able to get underneath these challenges and address their root causes. While it has long been understood that our climate problems emanate from our profligate and wasteful lifestyles, Klein masterfully separates reality from mythology and clearly demonstrates that the primary driver of climate change is the socioeconomic infrastructure that we\u2019ve allowed to increasingly dominate our lives, particularly in the western world, for the past hundred years or so. She asserts that climate change is not so much about ecological or atmospheric processes (they are, in fact, symptoms of the problem) but it is about inequality, greed and the irresponsible exercise of power. If we limit our responses to dealing only with the symptoms, we\u2019ll never fix the problem \u2013 we have to attack the source.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a daunting concept, to be sure. But, she asks \u2013 and this is the genius at the heart of this book \u2013 what if we simply change the perspective? What if we stop looking at climate change as a monumental problem that has to be overcome? What if, instead, we look at it as the best opportunity we\u2019ll ever have to turn our decrepit, immoral and malicious socio-economic system upside down (or, more appropriately, right-side up)?<\/p>\n

One way or another, everything we now accept as \u201cnormal\u201d is going to change. And soon. How it changes depends on us \u2013 at least for a little while yet. We can choose to desperately hold on to the status quo, to let the wealthy hang on to their wealth and the power that comes with it, while we try to hang on to what\u2019s left for us. We can choose to let inequality continue to grow, to let greed continue to rule the day. We can passively continue to wait for something to change for the better, for a miracle cure, for someone else to find a solution.<\/p>\n

Or, we can choose a different path. Even while the storm continues to rage around us, we can learn to dance.<\/p>\n

We can each say to our self \u201cThe solution starts with me, and I will not simply leave the problem to someone else. I will do what I can.\u201d We can look forward with enthusiasm and with energy, good will mutual respect and a faith in one another. We can join together with our neighbours and friends, and mobilize toward building a just economy, founded on fairness and equity. And we can learn to dance.\u00a0 The inherent beauty of this is that, in reality, it is not all that difficult. If you think about it, most of the change that is required is in our heads. If it\u2019s in your head, you can fix it. You have the real power.<\/p>\n

So, what\u2019s your choice? I\u2019m learning to dance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Life isn\u2019t about waiting for the storm to pass, it\u2019s about learning to dance in the rain.   This inspirational quotation by Vivian Greene popped into my head recently as I was reading Naomi Klein\u2019s extraordinary book \u201cThis Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate\u201d. If you haven\u2019t yet read this \u2026<\/p>\n

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