Mindful Direct Action, Part 1

I mention climate change in [some of my past] essays. I forgot that I have been concerned about it since the early 1970’s because now, in 2020, my concern is so strong it is almost of a different order. How have we succeeded all these years in being so casual about an emergency so drastic? As of this moment it seems that we have the know-how and the economic capacity to completely eliminate the burning of fossil fuels on our planet within a matter of decades — which it seems we must do if we are going to avoid the worst and most nightmarish scenarios of climate dystopia. Our rhetoric is heating up quickly, which is a good thing, but so far serious action is not following — not to anything like the extent and the speed needed. I have hope, however, that this will change.

Norman Fischer
from When You Greet Me I Bow; Notes and Reflections from a Life in Zen

To be continued . . .