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<font size="+2"><i><b>November 14, 2021</b></i></font><br>
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<i>[ Disinformation battles ] </i><br>
<b>Why Facebook won’t let you control your own news feed</b><br>
Lawmakers want social networks to offer users a chronological
timeline. Leaked documents help to explain why Facebook doesn’t.<br>
By Will Oremus - Nov 13, 2021<br>
In at least two experiments over the years, Facebook has explored
what happens when it turns off its controversial news feed ranking
system — the software that decides for each user which posts they’ll
see and in what order, internal documents show. That leaves users to
see all the posts from all of their friends in simple, chronological
order.<br>
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Both tests appear to have taught Facebook’s researchers the same
lesson: Users are better off with Facebook’s software calling the
shots...<br>
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In testimony to U.S. Congress and abroad, whistleblower Frances
Haugen has pointed to the algorithm as central to the social
network’s problems, arguing that it systematically amplifies and
rewards hateful, divisive, misleading and sometimes outright false
content by putting it at the top of users’ feeds. And previously
reported internal documents, which Haugen provided to regulators and
media outlets, including The Washington Post, have shown how
Facebook crafts its ranking system to keep users hooked, sometimes
at the cost of angering or misinforming them.<br>
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The documents suggest that Facebook’s defense of algorithmic
rankings stems not only from its business interests, but from a
paternalistic conviction, backed by data, that its sophisticated
personalization software knows what users want better than the users
themselves. It’s a view that likely extends beyond Facebook: Rivals
such as Twitter, TikTok and YouTube rely heavily on automated
content recommendation systems, as does Facebook’s corporate sibling
Instagram...<br>
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What many users may not realize is that Facebook actually does offer
an option to see a mostly chronological feed, called “most recent,”
if you select it from a settings menu. To reach it today on
Facebook’s mobile app, you have to tap the tiny “menu” icon at the
bottom of your feed, then find and select “most recent.” A shortcut
that Facebook introduced in March, called the “feed filter bar,” did
not work at all on this reporter’s account...<br>
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A separate report from 2018, first described by Alex Kantrowitz’s
newsletter Big Technology, found that turning off the algorithm
unilaterally for a subset of Facebook users, and showing them posts
mostly in the order they were posted, led to “massive engagement
drops.” Notably, it also found that users saw more low-quality
content in their feeds, at least at first, although the company’s
researchers were able to mitigate that with more aggressive
“integrity” measures.<br>
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That last finding has since become Facebook’s go-to justification
for its ranking algorithm...<br>
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Facebook has not taken an official stand on the legislation that
would require social networks to offer a chronological feed option,
but Clegg said in an op-ed last month that the company is open to
regulation around algorithms, transparency, and user controls.<br>
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Twitter, for its part, signaled potential support for the bills.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/11/13/facebook-news-feed-algorithm-how-to-turn-it-off">https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/11/13/facebook-news-feed-algorithm-how-to-turn-it-off</a><br>
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<i>[ More coverage: Facebook under fire ]</i><br>
The Facebook Papers are a set of internal documents that were
provided to Congress in redacted form by Frances Haugen’s legal
counsel. The redacted versions were reviewed by a consortium of news
organizations, including The Washington Post.<br>
<b>A whistleblower’s power: Key takeaways from the Facebook Papers</b><br>
Interviews with dozens of current and former employees and a trove
of internal documents show how the social media company inflamed
real-world harms<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/25/what-are-the-facebook-papers/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/25/what-are-the-facebook-papers/</a><br>
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<i>[ La Nina, Santa Anna winds - means fire danger for Southern
California ] </i><br>
<b>Blustery Santa Ana winds, heat raises San Diego’s wildfire risk</b><br>
SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A spell of blustery Santa Ana winds coupled with a
significant warming trend will heighten San Diego-area wildfire
hazards — potentially to near-critical levels — for the remainder of
the work week, meteorologists advised Wednesday...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://fox5sandiego.com/weather/blustery-santa-ana-winds-heat-raises-san-diegos-wildfire-risk/">https://fox5sandiego.com/weather/blustery-santa-ana-winds-heat-raises-san-diegos-wildfire-risk/</a><br>
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<p><i>[ Maybe Activism is not healthy ]</i><br>
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<p><b>As climate worsens, environmentalists also grapple with the
mental toll of activism</b><br>
November 13, 2021<br>
ALEX SMITH<br>
University of Kansas undergraduate Marc Veloz speaks at an
environmental rally outside Lawrence city hall. He says his
interest in activism was driven by concern over the
disproportionate effect climate change had on communities of color
in his hometown of Dallas.</p>
<p>When I was growing up in the '90s in Johnson County, Kansas, in
the suburbs of Kansas City, I had a friend named Kevin Aaron who
was a dedicated environmentalist.<br>
<br>
To strangers, Kevin appeared to be a laid-back punk rock music fan
with a dry and slightly mischievous sense of humor, but those of
us who knew him best saw his passion for sustainability blossom
during high school.<br>
<br>
Kevin Aaron at the age of 19, relaxing with the family's dog,
Sprite, at his childhood home in Overland Park, Kansas. His
t-shirt reads "Student Insurgent," the name of a campus group he
led at the University of Oregon.<br>
<br>
In his barbeque-obsessed hometown, he became the rare vegetarian,
driven by the impact of large-scale meat production on the
environment. He eagerly researched and then adopted other
individual practices — like driving a hybrid car — that he thought
might reduce carbon emissions, if only by tiny measures.<br>
<br>
What I loved about Kevin was that he believed in the better angels
of our nature. Instead of trying to shout down perceived enemies,
he tried to convince everyone to be part of the solution to
climate change.<br>
<br>
In the early 2000s, Kevin was living in the Bay Area and preparing
for a career in climate advocacy. He was enrolled in a Master's
program in City and Regional Planning at UC Berkley while
concurrently studying for a law degree at UC San Francisco.<br>
<br>
But during his graduate studies, he became overwhelmed by a sense
of hopelessness about the climate. He died by suicide in 2003, at
the age of 27.<br>
<br>
Kevin's loss remains a shock for me, and the others who cared
about him — especially his mother, Sami Aaron.<br>
<br>
As wildfires, floods and other climate disasters unfolded this
summer, I found myself thinking about Kevin and his struggles, and
wondering what he might have thought about the state of the world
today.<br>
<br>
Although I hadn't seen his mother, Sami Aaron, in years, I heard
through friends that she had become increasingly involved in
environmental advocacy. So I called her up, and she invited me for
a walk through a native wildflower sanctuary in Olathe, Kansas,
called Pollinator Prairie. It's a former Superfund site that a
coalition of naturalists and environmentalists helped convert into
a flower-filled sanctuary, a home to bees and butterflies.<br>
<br>
Sami Aaron often turns to nature for refuge, and she deliberately
picked this spot for us to talk about her son. She says that the
more deeply Kevin became involved in environmental activism, the
more his thinking about the future turned pessimistic — his mind
and mood overtaken by despairing thoughts, like an invasive
species.<br>
<br>
"There was one little seed that was planted where he couldn't then
quit thinking about it," she says.<br>
<br>
It was a feeling of doubt that his efforts — that all the combined
environmental struggles — just wouldn't be enough. It added to the
depression he was already struggling with.<br>
<br>
"So that seed sprouted a little bit more and a little bit more and
a little bit more. And at some point, there was this whole forest
of eucalyptus trees in his metaphoric mind — that it just wasn't
going to make a difference."<br>
<br>
After Kevin died, Aaron found some solace in yoga and meditation,
but continued to see her grief as a private struggle. Until a few
years ago, when she met some environmentalists in the Flint Hills
of Kansas who also struggled with mental health issues.<br>
<br>
Aaron wanted to teach these advocates the coping strategies she
had learned following her son's death, so she created the Kansas
City-based nonprofit called The Resilient Activist.<br>
<br>
The organization's website explains that Kevin's death occurred
"when eco-anxiety (fear about the ecology of the planet) and
solastalgia (grief over loss of beloved places in nature) combined
with his own inner demons and he took his own life."<br>
<br>
Sami Aaron created the nonprofit group The Resilient Activist to
help environmentalists manage climate anxiety and grief.<br>
<br>
The Resilient Activist offers mental health support and classes,
community-building programs, consulting, and other psychological
resources for the environmental community.<br>
<br>
"We need activists who have the resilience to see us through these
difficult times," Aaron says. "That's what I wanted to give. It's
like, what would have helped him and others like him."<br>
<br>
Environmental worries can motivate, but can also overwhelm<br>
<br>
Today's climate activists are driven by environmental worries that
are increasingly more urgent, and which feel more personal.<br>
<br>
Recent polling shows that more than half of adults in the US are
anxious about how climate change is affecting their mental health.
And nearly 40% of Americans in their teens to mid-twenties say
addressing climate change is their highest person concern.<br>
<br>
In eastern Kansas, the college town of Lawrence is a liberal
enclave where environmental activism has a strong following, and
on August 31st, dozens of protestors gathered before the start of
a city meeting, chanting slogans and carrying signs: "Time Is
Running Out!"<br>
<br>
As the evening rush hour traffic roared past, these activists
demanded Lawrence leaders follow through on their sustainability
pledges.<br>
<br>
Many of the protestors are University of Kansas students, like
undergraduate Marc Veloz. He moved here from Texas , where he
became concerned about how flooding was disproportionately
affecting communities of color in Dallas. He says taking part in
local activism helps get him through what he calls "dark days."<br>
<br>
"There are those days that I just have to lean on the little wins
we've had to keep me going," Veloz says. "Because I know that
being in that space of despair and anger and sadness, it isn't
sustainable."<br>
<br>
Another student, Kai Hamilton, grew up in the Kansas farming town
of Hesston. She recalls that even though her neighbors suffered
droughts year after year, the words "climate change" were never
said out loud.<br>
<br>
"I have vivid memories of being alone in my room in high school
and just being so overwhelmed and deeply sad about my lack of
control over it and also the lack of action in the world,"
Hamilton said.<br>
<br>
Another protestor, Agustina Carvallo Vazquez, came to KU from
Paraguay, where she witnessed destructive and exploitative
agricultural practices. She planned to study economics and music,
but started focusing on environmental activism after she became
frustrated by the inaction she found in the United States.<br>
<br>
"So we come here thinking, 'OK these are the people who are
actually doing something,'" she says. "'These are the people who
are going to make the change.'"<br>
<br>
"And once I came here, I realized, 'OK, that's not the reality at
all. These people have the power. These people have the resources,
and these people have the knowledge, but they are not doing
anything about it.' So the anger multiples itself."<br>
<br>
Some amount of anxiety is a natural response to climate change,
according to Susan Clayton, a professor of psychology at the
College of Wooster and a board member of the American Psychology
Association.<br>
<br>
Clayton says that getting involved in activism or environmental
groups can help relieve feelings of helplessness. But,
paradoxically, advocacy also brings the risk of exposing people to
more stress — sometimes to the point of having a clinically
significant impact on mental health.<br>
<br>
Some of the symptoms of problematic levels of anxiety include
trouble sleeping or concentrating, or physical signs of stress
such as tense muscles or rapid breathing.<br>
<br>
Clayton says the psychological toll can also affect behavior. For
many activists, environmental anxiety crosses the line into being
maladaptive when it causes them to turn away from their work, or
give up on ever fixing the problem.<br>
<br>
"We have to find that common ground, where we can accept that
there are some really serious things going on but it doesn't lead
us to despair," Clayton says. "For some people, they can just
essentially think it's too late. There's nothing to be done, so
why bother?"<br>
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Moving away from the 'martyr culture' of activism<br>
<br>
For decades, though, many environmentalists resisted prioritizing
their own mental health.<br>
<br>
In 2018, Greenpeace International signaled a shift when it
launched a major study on why so many of their activists were
working themselves past their healthy limits. Agus Maggio, a
campaign manager for Greenpeace, explains that many local
volunteers and leaders had bought into a kind of "martyr culture."<br>
<br>
"Burning yourself out is almost like a badge of honor," Maggio
says. "So really overworking yourself and giving up your life for
the cause is considered to be something admirable."<br>
<br>
Greenpeace and other leading environment groups, including the
Sierra Club, have begun urging volunteers and staff to take
breaks, unplug or even limit the scope of their activism for the
sake of mental health.<br>
<br>
That marks a major shift for these organizations, and for the
movement as a whole. After all, the message for so many years was
that people need to be alarmed. Fear and concern about the future
of habitats, and the planet as a whole, can motivate people to
fight for change.<br>
<br>
But those powerful feelings can also be overwhelming, or lead to
numbness or apathy. Ward Lyles, an associate professor of urban
planning at the University of Kansas and an environmental activist
since the '90s, says he has changed the way he talks with students
about the climate.<br>
<br>
"When I first started, I thought it was my job to scare people
into action," Lyles says.<br>
<br>
Now Lyles recognizes that students enter his classes already
terrified about what's happening to the planet, and desperate to
do something about it.<br>
<br>
His students' bleak outlooks had been shaped in part by their
previous environmental education, which often consisted of deep
dives into overwhelming climate problems.<br>
<br>
"Almost all of them had been in classes that talked at great
length about the damage that people were doing to the planet and
to each other," Lyles says "Very few of them said, 'Well, here's a
path where you can be part of making a difference.'"<br>
<br>
In his classes, Lyles now welcomes discussions about environmental
anxiety and grief, so that emerging activists understand that they
are not alone in having those feelings.<br>
<br>
"In classes where you acknowledge this is hard — this is hard work
to do, but we're here to support each other — then it's really
amazing to watch students come together and talk about finding
solutions," Lyles says.<br>
<br>
Because of the pandemic, The Resilient Activist has been offering
some sessions on Zoom. During a recent one, Sami Aaron led
advocates through guided meditation and deep breathing techniques.
She's teaching participants to identify and relieve stress in the
short term, but she says that's only part of her goal.<br>
<br>
Ultimately, these techniques can have longer, more sustainable
benefits, Aaron says, such as helping activists free themselves
from narrow, negative thinking patterns that can feed feelings of
anxiety and depression.<br>
<br>
"That's why there's practices that help you stop those thoughts,
that help you find the way to be more at ease, more pragmatic,
more accepting, and to kind of shift you out of that
fight-or-flight mode," Aaron says. "So that now you're in a place
where you have all different ways of thinking. You have all other
options for what can happen and what you can do."<br>
<br>
Reaching a sustainable future, Sami explains, will require people
to remain optimistic and open to new possibilities, in order to
remain engaged and move forward as environmentalists.<br>
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/11/13/1053567654/as-climate-worsens-environmentalists-also-grapple-with-the-mental-toll-of-activi">https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/11/13/1053567654/as-climate-worsens-environmentalists-also-grapple-with-the-mental-toll-of-activi</a><br>
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<b>The Resilient Activist</b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theresilientactivist.org/">https://www.theresilientactivist.org/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theresilientactivist.org/envirotip-8-spend-time-noticing-nature/">https://www.theresilientactivist.org/envirotip-8-spend-time-noticing-nature/</a><br>
<b>EnviroTip #10: Grief and Hope in Times of Environmental Angst</b><br>
The Resilient Activist - October 11, 2018<br>
<b> Is there light at the end of this tunnel?</b><br>
<blockquote>There is the sense that trying to do anything of value,
anything that will make a dent in restoring the health of the
planet, is just futile.<br>
<br>
News agencies and social media are flooded with information about
how dire the carbon dioxide level is.<br>
<br>
There are frightening predictions about how many years humans can
reasonably plan on continuing to live our current consumer
lifestyles before the earth can no longer support us.<br>
<br>
<b>Overwhelm and deep grief</b><br>
For many, when we see images of suffering of endangered species or
witness the destruction of beloved places in nature, we can feel
awash in helplessness and impotence.<br>
<br>
Can’t we just wish it all away?<br>
<br>
Embrace our inner ostrich?<br>
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Stick our heads in the sand?<br>
<br>
Pretend that everything will, magically, be all right in the end?<br>
<br>
The problem with climate change and environmental destruction and
their impending threat of the impact on our lives is that these
are not problems that will just go away. It’s not like recovery
from the pain of a kidney stone, for example, in just a couple of
days.<br>
<br>
These environmental threats didn’t just start in our lifetime,
they are ongoing, and may not be resolved in our lifetime.<br>
<br>
So how does one learn to live in a joyous, peaceful way when there
is this overarching sense of impending doom and gloom?<br>
<br>
<b>EnviroTips to the rescue</b><br>
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You can begin to feel more in control if there are some concrete
and easy-to-accomplish things you can do that will make a big
impact on your overall emotional state.<br>
<br>
What are some simple steps you can take, when confronted with
environmental grief, that will make a big impact on your emotional
health and restore a sense of well-being?<br>
<br>
We invite your comments below to share more thoughts and help
shift the conversation to one of resiliency and hope.<br>
<br>
<b>Face it head on (the anti-ostrich approach)</b><br>
Remember a specific environmental grief that you still carry in
your heart.<br>
<br>
And then intentionally step away from your everyday life and set
aside private time to acknowledge the event and your reaction to
it in a thoughtful way – starting with self-compassion.<br>
<br>
As recommended by Dr. Kristin Neff, founder of Self-Compassion,
“With self-compassion, we give ourselves the same kindness and
care we’d give to a good friend.” <br>
<br>
Take a few days to stay out in nature – it’s always a perfect
place to find some peace!<br>
<br>
Practice yoga, study meditation, exercise doing something you
love.<br>
<br>
I can tell you for sure, you, and your emotional health, are worth
it.<br>
<br>
Your grief and the resulting emotions and thoughts may just be the
catalyst for something uplifting and positive that will benefit
the world. (Yes, I’m talking to you!)<br>
<br>
Here are five simple steps that may help when you experience a
sense of futility or deep loss in nature.<br>
<blockquote>1. Own your grief and mourn it as you would any other
deep emotional pain<br>
2. Set aside some time to journal about it to identify exactly
what you’re grieving about.<br>
3. Find the silver lining (it’s floating around somewhere
nearby, trust me)<br>
4. Decide how you want to think about it because you become
what you think.<br>
5. Consider finding your inner activist and take a stand or
find your way to support those who do.<br>
</blockquote>
<b>1. Own the Grief</b><br>
Mourn it as you would any other deep emotional pain: write, sing,
blog, paint, post, create community mourning process.<br>
<br>
When a favorite Cottonwood tree was removed in my neighborhood, a
neighbor made me a native bee house out of one of the branches so
I’d have a tangible connection to the memory of this glorious
tree. Consider what you could create or save as you would the loss
of anything else in life that you loved. and express the grief
however you wish.<br>
<br>
Mourning the loss of nature is discussed in great detail in two
books. Although they are very technical in their approaches, the
recognition of our deep emotional connection to nature can be very
reassuring.<br>
<br>
<i>- - Mourning Nature: Hope at the Heart of Ecological Loss &
Grief. 2017 Edited by Ashlee Cunsolo & Karen Landman
McGill-Queen’s University Press</i><i><br>
</i><i>- - Living in an Environmentally Traumatized World: Healing
Ourselves and Our Planet., 2013 Edited by Darlyne G. Nemeth,
Robert B. Hamilton, and Judy Juriansky</i><i><br>
</i><br>
<b>You are not alone in this<br>
<br>
</b>The emotional toll that climate change is having on our
society has caught the attention of those who work in the mental
health fields.<br>
<br>
In 2010, the American Psychological Association released a
230-page report titled, “Interface Between Psychology and Global
Climate Change.” In March, 2017, they published another document,
“Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications,
and Guidance.”<br>
<br>
This paper included new diagnostic codes for mental health
concerns related to climate change and environmental grief.<br>
<br>
Terms like ecoanxiety, pre-traumatic stress, and solastalgia
(pining for a lost environment) are devastating emotional
conditions that affect those who are passionate about a healthy,
sustainable planet and who are deeply concerned about the negative
impacts of human activities on our ecosystems and non-human beings
we love.<br>
<br>
Symptoms of PTSD can arise just by hearing or watching a traumatic
event, even if you did not specifically experience it yourself.
Images and videos in Facebook posts and Instagram feeds can be
powerful emotional triggers.<br>
<b><br>
</b><b>Take symptoms of depression and unshakable despondency
seriously and get help.<br>
<br>
</b>The Resilient Activist organization was developed to nurture
and support those who are working towards our vision of future
generations living in a healthy, diverse, and sustainable
environment.<br>
<br>
And we understand how difficult that can be for the gentle and
sensitive souls who really care. Read more on this understanding
on our Team page.<br>
<br>
Now that these new diagnosis definitions are coming into
mainstream mental health treatment, many, many therapists and
physicians are incorporating the powerful benefits of holistic
services and philosophies into their healing practices.<br>
<br>
Look for a mental health professional who melds yoga, meditation,
and mindfulness practices into talk therapy and group therapy.<br>
<br>
Find someone to support you who can counsel you on the importance
of healthy eating and exercise and how they can be a great
enhancement when incorporated into standard medication protocols
for depression and anxiety.<br>
<br>
Tap into your spiritual or religious community. Organizations
such as the Sustainable Sanctuary in the Kansas City area are more
and more prevalent around the world. These are spiritual and
religious organizations who are taking their commitment to love
the earth into the heart of how they manage their congregations.
You may just find some of the uplift you need within their
communities. Look for one in your area – or consider starting
one.<br>
<br>
<b>And don’t forget about the healing benefits of time spent in
nature.<br>
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</b>So many of us are drawn to go out to nature in times of grief
and suffering. DO IT!! Read more in our post “Benefits of Time
Spent in Nature” and take its lessons to heart.<br>
<br>
There can be profound spiritual and emotional uplift by spending
just a short time in the natural world.<br>
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<b>2. Set intentional time to deepen your understanding<br>
<br>
</b>Set aside some time to journal about it to identify exactly
what you’re grieving about.<br>
<br>
What is the background and history of this problem? (Remind
yourself again that these environmental threats didn’t just start
in our lifetime, they are ongoing, and may not be resolved in our
lifetime.”)<br>
<br>
Was it something you could have done differently or was it someone
else’s decision?<br>
<br>
If you had a do-over, could things have been handled differently?<br>
<br>
If this situation was to occur again, is there anything else that
you could implement now or make plans for now to encourage a more
positive outcome next time?<br>
<br>
<b>3. Find the silver lining<br>
<br>
</b>This is a hard one. There really is a silver lining to every
grief and tragedy, even if it takes years to bubble up to the
surface.<br>
<br>
Environmental destruction has inspired hundreds of thousands of
nonprofits & socially conscious businesses to start up because
of a deep grief.<br>
<br>
According to world-renowned sociologist, Paul Hawken, in his
inspiring book, “Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the
World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming” (2007, Viking
Press) this global movement for people to take a stand, shift
focus, and honor their grief will have a larger impact on
humanity’s history than did the Industrial Revolution.<br>
<br>
“If you look at the science that describes what is happening on
earth today and aren’t pessimistic, you don’t have the correct
data. If you meet the people in this unnamed movement and aren’t
optimistic, you don’t have a heart.” ― Paul Hawken<br>
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<b>4. Decide how you want to think about it<br>
<br>
</b>In the same way that over time we find ways to decide to think
about other tragedies and losses in our lives, we can
intentionally decide what our approach will be in our memories and
conversations about this experience.<br>
<br>
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the
human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of
circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” ― Viktor E. Frankl,
Man’s Search for Meaning<br>
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If your grief is related to loss, see how it feels to remember the
place, in great detail. Find your gratitude/appreciation for what
it was or what it offered and explore whether you can bring those
same qualities back into your life in some other way. You may wish
to seek out professional support to find a positive way to go
forward with your loss.<br>
<br>
Express your gratitude for whatever you can bring to mind that is
positive and uplifting in relation to this event in your life.<br>
<br>
There is great healing power in expressing profound gratitude. As
this article in Psychology Today by Lisa Firestone, Ph.D., there
is nothing like The Healing Power of Gratitude to bring you
greater happiness, improve your sleep, benefit your relationships,
and lots more.<br>
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<b>5. Tap into your inner activist.<br>
<br>
</b>Is someone already addressing this issue?<br>
<br>
Do you want to join them? Or just make contact?<br>
<br>
Feel inspired to make a recurring donation?<br>
<br>
Do you want to tackle this problem yourself with your own
supportive community? What are your own resources, skills,
finances, etc.?<br>
<br>
Remind yourself, more often than not, that there is an amazing
amount of good happening around the globe, and that others,
millions of others, do care.<br>
<br>
<b>Discomfort and humanity’s evolutionary leap </b><br>
<br>
Like any other kind of pain, the sensations that arise, whether
physical or emotional, are of value.<br>
<br>
They are your indicators of a dis-comfort, dis-ease.<br>
<br>
Jumping into activism as you move through your grief can bring
profound uplift and a renewed sense of purpose and meaning.<br>
<br>
According to Claire Dubois, founder of TreeSisters, we humans are
evolving from a consumer species to a restorer species.<br>
<br>
It’s an evolutionary leap we’re struggling to make, and like every
other evolutionary change, it’s not going to come easily or
quickly.<br>
<br>
Here’s a little gift to you to help with the stress and incessant
thoughts that can be part of this deep shift. It’s a 17-minute
guided relaxation and meditation from our founder, Sami Aaron.<br>
<br>
<b>Coming Into Balance, A Simple Guided Meditation</b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://soundcloud.com/user-446078268/coming-into-balance-a-simple-meditation">https://soundcloud.com/user-446078268/coming-into-balance-a-simple-meditation</a><br>
<br>
<b>Hankering for a shift</b><br>
There’s the desire for change. Whether it comes from a powerful
grief or it’s just a gnawing unrest, many of us have a craving for
a shift that may be too compelling to be ignored. Follow the five
steps listed above and …<br>
Explore it.<br>
<br>
Understand it and what your role might be in its evolution.<br>
<br>
Know that you are stronger than you know.<br>
<br>
Remind yourself that you are not alone.<br>
<br>
Find your community <br>
Google it. <br>
<br>
Whatever the topic, find out if others are already working to
right this wrong or protect that area. Chances are that you’ll
find a community of folks who feel your same angst and who love
and appreciate and want to protect or restore or preserve the same
things that you do.<br>
<br>
As founder of The Resilient Activist, I was inspired every moment
by the people who supported me in starting this organization.
People who felt as I did but didn’t know what to do with their
angst other than rail against it. The more we shared our stories,
the better we all felt.<br>
<br>
One of our most important senses is the recognition that sometimes
we need to be part of a supportive community for our very
survival. It’s an innate part of our makeup.<br>
<br>
Embrace it!<br>
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