Putting Care of the Environment
at the Forefront of Our Minds
What might we do to help us put care of the environment at the forefront of our minds? Here are a couple of ideas:
- What if Tim Jackins and Diane Shisk led workshops only on this topic for the next two years?
- What if all Reference Persons (and other RC leaders) were asked to add “Care of the Environment” to the title of every workshop they lead for the next two years, and then we re-evaluate? For example, “Women’s Liberation, and Care of the Environment”; “(Name of Any Constituency), and Care of the Environment”; “Eliminating Racism, and Care of the Environment”; “Early Sexual Memories, and Care of the Environment”; “Healing from War, and Care of the Environment”; “Teachers and Leaders, and Care of the Environment.”
The titles alone would push us as leaders to learn more about care of the environment, discharge about it, and figure out how to lead on it. Most of us, myself included, feel utterly ignorant and unqualified to think about, much less lead on the topic. Most of us, myself included, are “completely inadequate to handle the challenges” before us. But, “fortunately or unfortunately,” we’re probably the best people for the job. [The RC Commitment against Pretense: “I am obviously completely incompetent and completely inadequate to handle the challenges which reality places before me. However, (fortunately or unfortunately), I happen to be the best person available.”]
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