Buzz buzz go the buzzwords in the air, flying from lips to your ear to bring fear… or direction towards hope? Climate change, fossil fuels, sustainability, carbon neutrality, renewables. All these are the trigger vocabulary that have our creatives on edge, because we experience life differently. We may or may not be scientifically savvy enough to know that the human constructs are contrary to nature’s fundamental cyclical design. We may or may not notice the world around us shift faster and faster, not just between generations but within our own. We live in a time of information and knowledge, all answers at our thumbs but no solutions we are willing to solidify.
Buzz buzz go the buzzwords in the air, flying from lips to your ear to bring fear… or direction towards hope? Climate change, fossil fuels, sustainability, carbon neutrality, renewables. All these are the trigger vocabulary that have our creatives on edge, because we experience life differently. We may or may not be scientifically savvy enough to know that the human constructs are contrary to nature’s fundamental cyclical design. We may or may not notice the world around us shift faster and faster, not just between generations but within our own. We live in a time of information and knowledge, all answers at our thumbs but no solutions we are willing to solidify.
Climate change is the human induced change in our atmosphere due to emissions generated from human activities. This is a definition only recently pinned down, ensuring people know it’s not natural, not the known seasons or volcanic eruptions or due to any process of the Earth. It is the fact that humans are a catalyst for everything on this planet, making everything go faster and less friendly for the current lifeforms on the planet.
Climate change impacts are sea level rise, sea temperature rise, air temperature rise, acidification of the water cycle and changes in chemical composition of natural processes, many of which we can only estimate. How does that affect creatives? Heat stress on our already stressed minds, hydration is already an issue. Quality of food and access to good food at affordable prices, can’t be a starving artist twice. Flooding, storms and the associated issues of vector bourne disease and bacteria aside from the physical damage are difficult to prepare for and more difficult to recover from. All this crushing worry leaves creatives numb or struggling.
It’s all very scary how disconnected we are from nature, forgetting that our basic needs of food, water, shelter and all our conveniences come from it. The artists feel the impacts of climate change in physical and emotional ways. It’s important to first seek to understand in order to manage this stress. It also helps to plan ahead. We know things are getting hotter, so we can adapt by planting more trees, using air conditioning that is powered by renewable energy sources among other solutions.
Our craft can also be positively impacted by climate change and make us more resilient, adding value and sustainable development of our lives. All in all, change is inevitable,but with the correct tools we can adapt and thrive.
