Jane Rawson's 'Human/Nature' demonstrates a heartfelt yet self-deprecating approach to the pressing issue of climate change. Despite a previous practical guide co-authored with James Whitmore, Rawson reflects on the stark realities and resistance faced a decade later in minimizing fossil fuel pollution. The book challenges the notion of human superiority over nature, emphasizing a collective struggle with old narratives that hinder progress. It captures the urgency of redefining our relationship with the environment amidst growing existential threats and societal inertia.
The danger of self-deprecation is that it can be thrown back in your face. I don't mean to do that, so much as to ask: what is it about this heartfelt book that moves its author to dismiss it, even in passing, as ridiculous?
Ten years later, the stuttering movement towards reducing fossil-fuel pollution continues to come up against resistance from vested interests. With evidence the threshold of 1.5 degrees warming may have been exceeded, it is hard not to feel paralysed in the face of the many assaults on reality.
Many artists and writers are exploring ways to confront and break through the old stories and power structures that seem to have us, collectively, in their thrall.
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