Does Climate Change matter to you?
Bother you?
Scare you?
Not interest you at all?
There are so many scientists trying to make a case for dire days ahead for humanity; but, it might seem like no one cares…
Is it because folks only care about what will happen tomorrow or in the next hour?
Is it because people just don’t believe the scientists?
Is it because we don’t understand the scientists?
Naturally, there are powerful multinational corporations narrating their own stories about those “crazy” scientists…
Well, I got an email from my Best Friend this morning that revealed to me the utter creativity and profound commitment that can be mustered around the whole issue of Climate Change.
The story begins in Melbourne, Australia at the Wheeler Centre—“…the centrepiece of Melbourne’s designation as a UNESCO City of Literature.”
The story will continue to unfold at Free Word in London, internationales literaturfestival berlin, Krytyka Polityczna in Warsaw, and Tallaght Community Arts in Dublin.
The Project is called Weather Station and is set to explore Climate Change through Writing.
From their site:
“We’ve given five authors eighteen months to explore, research and discuss the question of our threatened environment….they’ll be sharing their thoughts, ideas and discoveries, as they work to use the power of storytelling to inspire new ways of living.”
And, from an article on Weather Station’s site—‘Deep Down, Do I Really Care?’—by author Oisin McGann, we have these words (do go to that last link for the full article):
“There’s no question that the issue of climate change is important . . . right?”
“Yet, there’s still that question, that grotesque beast of a question, scratching at the undersides of the floorboards in your brain, grunting at you to let it out into the light.”
“‘Deep down, do I really care?’”
“Because, let’s face it; if human beings were spurred into action by something as straightforward as facts, we’d have solved most of society’s problems a long time ago.”
“So what’s the point of dragging five storytellers into this?”
“If the reader will only consent to take our hand, we can lead them on a dance, and in the course of that dance, in that whirling momentum, we can steer them in new directions. If they invite us into their minds, we can seed new thoughts. We can show them the world through our eyes. We can manipulate emotions.
“And it is emotion, far more than reason, that compels us to act. Facts may offer a compelling reason for doing something, but if you want to provoke people into action, you have to get personal.”
Then, he revisits his question, “‘Deep down, do I really care?’”:
“When that ugly monster of a question bursts up through the floorboards and demands an answer, I’ll have one to give. I do care, because this is my problem. I’m making it my problem.”
The other writers in the project are Xiaolu Guo, Mirko Bonné, Jas Kapela, and Tony Birch.
What are your thoughts and feelings about Climate Change?
Do you think it’s the humanity-threatening challenge scientists are trying to get us to confront?
Do you think it’s already causing suffering around the world?
Do you think authors can engage people toward action, who, for various reasons, are now doing nothing?
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