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 ## 2026-04-30
 
+### @{forget-me-not}
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+The climate crisis has already arrived, and it may soon be 'too late to turn
+back', we have only 11 years (from 2019, quo IPCC) to avoid catastrophe. But
+government action, COPs, IPCC, is all hot air. (Interesting mixture of
+catastrophe-then and catastrophe-now models.)
+
+Pavelle doesn't want you to panic. Panicked people make poor decisions. She
+wants you to go outside and fall in love with nature.
+
+The bees are disappearing, but you can help by planting flowers in a window box.
+
+Epilogue: I could write a utopia or a dystopia, but I don't want to, because
+both futures are possible. It's up to us to decide which we get. We need to make
+tough calls, lean on science, and have faith in ourselves.
+
+I like the move to restore relationships with nature, but I dislike the idea
+that 'we' (that mysterious 'we' again) get to decide. I as an individual can't
+decide whether we get a utopia or a dystopia, that's up to much bigger systems
+than I can control, there's a hidden appeal to big global institutions to save
+us, and an idea that you and I are somehow responsible for what those
+institutions do. Lean on science, I'm not sure how I feel about that narrative.
+
+It is an interesting book demonstrating that multiple rhetorical agendas can be
+overlaid in the same text. Should I restore my personal relationship with nature
+as the catastrophe unfolds, or should I work to avert the catastrophe? Should I
+take local action myself, or try to steer institutional action? Should I have
+faith in my own powers, or learn to accept and live well with my powerlessness?
+
 ### @{rewild-yourself}
 
 There was a theme of magic throughout. 'Magic trousers' are waterproof trousers,