(hit 'return' for a paragraph - oops!) ...I do not exempt myself. I am as prone as anyone to the anxiety of rocking the boat. My partner is sometimes my excuse as while we agree in general about climate matters her real love lies in other things. It's partly an excuse but also partly a real issue of caring for another and I do worry about the possibility of it becoming a choice. I also have a cautious streak alongside a more impetuous one. But always I have friends and family who in extremis would be a lifeline. As Gianluca said he is sufficiently privileged to be able to take a stand and not fall into the abyss. So many do not have that safety net yet still make a stand. That is not choice I have yet had to make and I cannot censure anyone for considering their circumstances and deciding not to. But it is something that we all have to consider.
It is a question that we all need to answer: what are we prepared to lose to make a stand on what we believe to be right. It is perhaps a question that everyone to some extent has already asked themselves be it deliberately and reflectively or, more likely, fleetingly acknowledging what you might have to give up to drive less, eat less meat, afford a solar panel installation instead of a couple of holidays, right up to challenging friends and employers about their assumptions and expectations. Such acknowledgements are often barely conscious and usually mean that we are not willing to contemplate the deprivation we imagine.
Yes Rachel, the outcome of the UK elections will determine the future of Democracy, in OUR Blighted Islands. Furthermore will probably affect the battle for Political Sanity in the USA, Which in turn will influence the speed of either Global Disaster..... OR...... it's Reversal.. This is the responsibility we all must now carry. I urge all who read this to restack your words. Peace, Maurice
Hey, you can find both outbound and inbound itinerary here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b5HWD1AymF3A1Pse7knvpViWLxN_yV5RZEj2vHA-ZgM/edit?usp=sharing . The inbound took 72 days. 34 days only to travel by ships and ferries from Bougainville to Singapore (which takes 8 hours by plane). There was a lot of waiting. Then Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Turkey, Greece, Italy, and finally Germany.
(hit 'return' for a paragraph - oops!) ...I do not exempt myself. I am as prone as anyone to the anxiety of rocking the boat. My partner is sometimes my excuse as while we agree in general about climate matters her real love lies in other things. It's partly an excuse but also partly a real issue of caring for another and I do worry about the possibility of it becoming a choice. I also have a cautious streak alongside a more impetuous one. But always I have friends and family who in extremis would be a lifeline. As Gianluca said he is sufficiently privileged to be able to take a stand and not fall into the abyss. So many do not have that safety net yet still make a stand. That is not choice I have yet had to make and I cannot censure anyone for considering their circumstances and deciding not to. But it is something that we all have to consider.
It is a question that we all need to answer: what are we prepared to lose to make a stand on what we believe to be right. It is perhaps a question that everyone to some extent has already asked themselves be it deliberately and reflectively or, more likely, fleetingly acknowledging what you might have to give up to drive less, eat less meat, afford a solar panel installation instead of a couple of holidays, right up to challenging friends and employers about their assumptions and expectations. Such acknowledgements are often barely conscious and usually mean that we are not willing to contemplate the deprivation we imagine.
Yes Rachel, the outcome of the UK elections will determine the future of Democracy, in OUR Blighted Islands. Furthermore will probably affect the battle for Political Sanity in the USA, Which in turn will influence the speed of either Global Disaster..... OR...... it's Reversal.. This is the responsibility we all must now carry. I urge all who read this to restack your words. Peace, Maurice
Would be interested, in the exact itinerary from Bougainville to Germany.
Hey, you can find both outbound and inbound itinerary here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b5HWD1AymF3A1Pse7knvpViWLxN_yV5RZEj2vHA-ZgM/edit?usp=sharing . The inbound took 72 days. 34 days only to travel by ships and ferries from Bougainville to Singapore (which takes 8 hours by plane). There was a lot of waiting. Then Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Turkey, Greece, Italy, and finally Germany.
Thank you!
If you are interested in my journey, director Paolo Casalis has made a road-move out of it. It's available here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/researcher