Our third genus contains the Dragons of Social Comparison and Social Norms.
Every aspect of who we are is mediated by these Dragons: we adjust to the norms of our communities – the people we interact with, and the people we consider to be our peers around the world. As with everything, these norms are subject to change. Their flexibility is based on our collective willingness to share, and to listen.
When it comes to the climate crisis, community conversations – in whatever form they may take – are integral to our ability to adapt.
Visit futureecologies.net/dragons to learn more about the Dragons of Inaction (including their names, descriptions, and phylogeny).
You can hear all of Scales of Change on its own dedicated podcast feed.
Guests: Robert Gifford, Cate Sandilands, and Kay Gallivan
See also: the Wasteland Climate Anxiety Haunted House, and the Storying Climate Change Project
Music: Loam Zoku, Meydän, Vincent van Haaff, Aner Andros, Hildegard’s Ghost, and Sunfish Moon Light
Other Recordings: infobandit, eric5335, plivesey, adriann, Roulaine, InspectorJ, djtiii, RTB45, gnuchoi, craigsmith, DigestContent, CalGre
Citations:
Sandilands, C. ed. (2019). Rising Tides: Reflections for Climate Changing Times. Caitlin Press. ISBN 9781773860183
Sandilands, C. (2014). Acts of Nature: Literature, Excess and Environmental Politics. Critical Collaborations: Indigeneity, Diaspora and Ecology in Canadian Literary Studies. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. pp.127 - 142