The Work of Wind: Air, Land, Sea Program Guide

<p>We live in a time of accelerated global warming, environmental degradation, and radical transformations in the Earth’s ecosystems to the extent that life for future generations is becoming increasingly difficult. Despite our insight into the destructive effects of human impact on the Earth, we seem unable to act in accordance with this knowledge. One reason has to do with the abstract quality of scientific data, which tends to make it impalpable. Another has to do with the temporal character of the data; it seems that since the damage has already occurred it is too late to act. In addition to this, the perspectives of climate change are overwhelming in their demand for a radical transformation of the way we think, live, act, and breathe. Confronted with ecosystem collapse we seem to be at an impasse between the impossible and the inevitable. Rather than demand political action and change our everyday praxis, we often experience a sense of powerlessness in relation to it. The totality of disaster overwhelms us to such a degree that pacification results, which suggests that instead we need to change our perspective, detect the openings in this seeming impasse, and generate possibilities for collective action and strategic engagement…</p>