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Auntie, Sister. Grandmother, Great-Grandmother,
Mother and Wife of German Descent
I've lived in Australia since 1959 together with my husband Peter. We have four children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. I started blogging because I wanted to publish some of my childhood memories. I am blogging now also some of my other memories. I like to publish some photos too as well as a little bit of a diary from the present time. Occasionally I publish a story with a bit of fiction in it. Peter, my husband, is publishing some of his stories under berlioz1935.wordpress.com
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The resistance is perfectly natural in the western world we lead comfortable and pleasant lives . Turn on the central heating , run me a hot bath , see what’s in the fridge , put the bacon and sausage in pan I’ll have two eggs , don’t forget the buttered toast and marmalade. I’d better run the car so it’s nice and warm for my journey to work ; never mind I’ll be home at 5 o’clock and next week we met off to Spain to Sun ourselves on a hot sandy beach.
Greta has attacked those values she tells us we must turn back the clock of progress and live with much less. She cannot be faulted since her life is frugal.
Her message won’t disturb those who scavenge for food on the rubbish tips in the third world they are the true Hunter Gatherers.
Flawedman, yes, Greta says, that we must live with much less and you say the western world resists this and this resistance is perfectly natural. Of course, you’re right, we want to continue leading ‘comfortable and pleasant lives’.
In an article, that was published more than 8 months ago, Chris Martensen points out that the Collapse is Already Here and that enormous changes are coming. Recently I quoted Chris Martensen here:
https://auntyuta.com/2019/08/26/enormous-changes-are-coming/
Chris Martenson says that enormous changes are coming, and he shows us how there are only two likely paths:
“Nature is warning us loudly that it’s past time to change our ways. That our “endless growth” model is no longer valid. In fact, it’s now becoming an existential threat
The collapse is underway. It’s just not being televised (yet).
From here, there are only two likely paths:
(1) We humans simply cannot self-organize to address these plights and carry on until the bitter end, when something catastrophic happens that collapses our natural support systems.
(2) We see the light, gather our courage, and do what needs to be done. Consumption is widely and steeply curtailed, fossil fuel use is severely restrained, and living standards as measured by the amount of stuff flowing through our daily lives are dropped to sustainable levels.
Either path means enormous changes are coming, probably for you and definitely for your children and grandchildren.”