SLIDE 1 Sensei Kritee (Kanko), Ph.D.
Twitter @KriteeKanko Website boundlessinmotion.org
Islands of sanity in the sea of chaos
(Homage to those who fight everyday: By Mexican artist Saner Edgar)
SLIDE 2 We need to compost trauma
In North America: ‐‐ 1 in 3 witness domestic violence ‐‐ 1 in 4 have alcoholic relatives ‐‐ 1 in 4 beaten with marks on the body ‐‐ 1 in 5 sexually molested as a child
AND there is racial, gender‐based, economic, and climate trauma
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You & me. We are needed.
There is no group of non‐traumatized people outside of us and our friends that is going to lead us.
SLIDE 4 Science
(Take a deep breath)
SLIDE 5 Our planet’s EKG
Human evolution
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Indirect result
Weather on steroids
SLIDE 8 Impacts
(Take a deep breath)
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WOMEN WALK FOR HOURS TO REACH A WELL
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And his well is “open to all”
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BP oil spill
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SLIDE 18 Is it too late? Are we doomed?
(Take a deep breath)
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A living breathing planet: Video
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Climate crisis: Tipping points
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Is it too late?
NO. We have crossed some tipping points. Gaia’s lungs and heart are hurting. But there are many other tipping points. We must creates islands of sanity no matter what.
SLIDE 22 What is needed?
(Take a deep breath)
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SLIDE 24 Keep it in the ground. Add it to the ground
We can not allow any more fossil fuels to be dug out, any new coal, oil and gas infrastructure. And
- Massive investment in public transport + ration
private transport
- dismantle violent meat industry
- invest in local soils & plant‐based food
(i.e., adopt some version of communal village life).
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Who should/can pay for solving climate crisis?
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SLIDE 27 =Food Waste = Total Food System (with deforestation)
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SLIDE 29 Scale of problems: 60 billion tons.
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SLIDE 31 White supremacy = Engine of climate crisis
People of global majority
- Bodies, culture & resources
subjugated – cultures that knew how to live in harmony with the living Earth
- Cause least harm
- (will) suffer the most
- Have teachings that we need
to face chaos
- “Side dish”
- Call for financial reparations
SLIDE 32 We can’t solve for climate now and then come to racial healing.
“The most important thing you can do to strengthen climate movement is to fight racism against black and brown people”….. within and
Learn about Just Transition
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Trauma + fear of uncertainty = Fight, flight and freeze mind = Engine of white supremacy that traumatizes both white and non‐white bodies
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How can YOU help?
Can we form Islands of sanity in a sea of chaos?
SLIDE 35 Trauma Resilient (Healing individuals) Communal village life (Strategic YES) Collective resistance (Strategic NO)
Three pillars of “Islands of Sanity”
Let our belonging empower each other
SLIDE 36 Islands of sanity: How?
With Belonging (4‐7 friends)
- Regular meetings (>2/month)
- Silence/somatic practices (move, sing, attune to each other)
- Sharing on money, race/religion, gender
- Prep for strategic actions
- Have structure/format for
- Grief/rage work
- Information flow
- Decision‐making
- Learning through feedback + Restoring conflict
- Flow of money
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Yet To Be Named Network
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For more resources, articles and videos:
http://boundlessinmotion.org/ ecological‐crisis‐content
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SLIDE 41 CORONAVIRUS INDIA MY VULNERABILITY PARENTS DEATH IN INDIA. MUSLIMS GOVERNMENT IN INDIA… RIGHT WING GOVERNMENT IN INDIA
