Tory McCagg reflects on her life in off-grid living with chickens and the complexities of human-animal relationships. She ponders the balance between care and control, especially in a world grappling with climate change and societal issues. Her experiences lead her to question human complicity in environmental degradation, emphasizing a need for a collective effort to reduce harm and heal both humanity and the earth. McCagg’s insights highlight the challenges of living sustainably while addressing moral dilemmas associated with domestic animals and nature.
Without us, the chickens wouldn't have been hatched. With us, they must live by our rules. And we, by theirs.
Complicity and complacency. They are strong words, judgmental in their way. Since I moved to my husband's and my off-grid home... I thought a lot about those two words and their meaning in today's world.
Climate change. A coronavirus pandemic. Demands for a complete and just restructuring of our social and economic system. It's all so bracing, exciting, challenging, isn't it?
The absurdity of human's 'domination' of the earth would strike me - even as species died off, the earth raped, oceans poisoned, all by human (in)action.
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