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Here’s a new painting of The Icehouse. It’s a real location in Burgundy, France. As well as being a fantastic setting for a story, The Icehouse also gives its name to a collective of indie creators. Our members are artists, game developers, musicians and writers. You will be seeing more Icehouse-related projects on Sunday ink soon!

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jacobvanloon

last train home

pon-raul

when u accidentally pour too much alcohol into ur mixed drunk and u have to tough it up Bc momma didn’t raise a quitter

kitsunetamashii

main take aways:

of course, not focusing on the human aspect of nature is bad. (which is why i agree with the previous comments. pristine nature and animals aren’t just the focus /aesthetic/ and humans don’t deserve this. but the post missed the point we’re also animals.)

corporations push guilt and blame onto us. but we’re also participating in capitalism and the convenience of everyday life. (mcnuggets, that’s the new thing right?). but, we can help. the smallest changes can make a big difference.(but only do as much as u can too, and don’t feel guilty. again, we’re all in this together.)

the world wasn’t made for us. it’s here. chillin’. we’re good at prediction, which helps us live longer (medicine, etc.). we keep increasing food production for more of us. maybe we were only made to live for so long in the first place?

we did not create culture. there was culture before us.

maybe, humans aren’t the end. there was something before us, why can’t there be something after.

why does dualism separate the positive and negatives of human’s impact on the environment, and the environment’s impact on humanity.

humans=nature

#or #maybe this is our fate #my jimmies were rustled #got triggered

pipistrellus

Btw I’m terrified and we are all gonna die and if I hear one more person say “our species destroyed the environment” I’m gonna lose it harder than I already am which is, for the record, Very Hard Indeed

pipistrellus

Our SPECIES didn’t destroy the environment it was like 3 guys

Like it was more than 3 guys but in the grand scheme of things when you step back and really look at it it was like 0.00000000000000000001% of humans and that’s actually a much larger number than reality in reality it was like one 1000th of a guy. But like. For the purposes of envisioning every human alive today vs. people responsible for this. It was like 3 guys.

pipistrellus

Saying humans destroyed the environment is only very slightly more accurate than saying mammals destroyed the environment

queeranarchism

The “our species destroyed the environment” club is the same club that only ever talks about this as something that is tragic because of all the beauty destroyed, all the cute animals that go extinct, etc.

Never mind the billions of humans whose lives it endangers.

They don’t register on their notion of how tragic the destroyed environment is because they ‘deserve it’ for ‘destroying the environment’.

The concept of collective guilt serves to

get the guilty of the hook

justify not putting any effort in saving people from the deadly consequences of climate change

brightblackbird

This is EXACTLY the point made in this article on why we shouldn’t call the new era the Anthropocene (climate caused by man) but instead the Capitalocene (climate caused by drive for wealth/capital)

elodieunderglass

ohhh GOD YES! this is why I’m on this website, so I can hear the speech of my PEOPLE

mutsi-blog

This post bothers me. I couldn’t figure out exactly why since I agree with its sentiment. However, I will try without writing an entire essay.

We’re all in this together.

I most agree with the last poster in this chain. Our destruction of the environment is truly caused by wealth and capital (see: totalitarian agriculture). I believe we, human, can become separate from these socially constructed economic systems. However, we created them. And, we are apart of our environment.

The argument above is contingent on dividing human ‘culture’ and the environment ‘nature’. This dualism is destructive (all dualism is absurd, but that’s another rant). The argument ‘our species destroyed the environment’ isn’t the case. Our practices have.

We create and reaffirm a system of wealth and capital systematically. Yes, the destruction on our environment is driven by only a few percentage of us. Yes, the idea of a collective guilt upon the rest of us exists (it’s OUR responsibility). Yet, as fellow humans, what practice do we partake in? Consumerism.

We, the rest of us, are apart of this cycle as much as they (big corporations) are. Although I agree collective guilt exists, rather than “[justifying] not putting any effort in saving people from the deadly consequences of climate change” I think this simply justifies feeling the feeling our actions will have little impact that makes many not want to put in the effort.

But, we are putting in effort! And we can!

As consumers of wealthy nations, we have so much impact. We can change our buying habits to promote environmentally friendly brands. Heck, buying real organic produce (not owned by big agra) is better not just for the consumer, but the thousands of migrant farmworkers whose bodies we exploit to pick our produce for us in pesticide ridden fields. We are privileged that as consumers of wealth we create demand. Companies follow demand. It’s a sink.

We can also hold those in power accountable. In democratic nations, we can vote for those who DO believe in ‘saving our environment.’ Because it isn’t just for us.

It’s a part of those millions of people whose lives we endanger. And the animals we rely on to survive. And the nature we rely on to survive. (Trees are beautiful, surprisingly give us oxygen, and reduce flooding GASP). Why can’t we do both at the same time?

Because of dualism. We teach humans are separate from the environment. Sure, we shouldn’t feel guilt or blame. But, we shouldn’t push the blame to those whose faults it is. Doing that puts us at fault too.

I think we should care, and perhaps admit our species put our environment through a loop. Doesn’t mean we can’t turn that negativity into some positivity.

No one deserves a destroyed environment. Not everyone partakes in these practices either. Our environment was never pristine. However, saying our species destroyed the environment is including the billions of humans who lives we endanger, because they are apart of the environment. We are participating in wealth and capital as a species.

tl;dr: we’re the same as animals, the same as a blade of grass we eat and put back into our environment. we can do better for ALL OF US. not just the ~cute animals~ but our fellow humans, who are also ~cute animals~

#i am an environmentalist and believe in humanity #but pushing blame is not productive yo #all ur doing here is complaining but what are u going to do about it

i apologize for my behavior until this point. i started this blog when i was 14/15? (I'm 22 now). just came here to find that mannequin head dancing to mariah carey's all I want for christmas is you. but i can't