I am reading two books at once. They go perfectly together to remind us where we are now, in what kind of world we are living, and what is waiting for us in the future.
Highly recommended!
Aleksandar Janicijevic
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Less is More; How degrowth will save the world – by Jason Hickel

The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we must face up to its primary cause. Capitalism demands perpetual expansion, which is devastating the living world. There is only one solution that will lead to meaningful and immediate change: DEGROWTH.

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Brading Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge. and the Teaching of Plants – by Robin Wall Kimmerer

But in Native ways of knowing, human people are often referred to as “the younger brothers of Creation.” We say that humans have the least experience with how to live and thus the most to learn—we must look to our teachers among the other species for guidance. Their wisdom is apparent in the way that they live. They teach us by example. They’ve been on the earth far longer than we have been, and have had time to figure things out.