Peace And Strength In The Elm Dance By Joanna Macy

Section 8 of The Impossible Will Take a Little While diverged in its discussion. As opposed to discussing victory and triumph in the face of adversity, it discussed how peace and strength can still be found in the absence of the fuel typically required by hope: success. In “The Elm Dance, Joanna Macy describes how the people of Novozybkov come to peace, despite the damages of the Chernobyl disaster, through simply discussing their pain. Directly afterwards, David Roberts discusses the importance of moving forward in the fight against climate change, regardless of how irreversible or impossible the fight may increasingly seem. Due to the actions of the Soviet government in order to prevent massive amount of radioactive particles from affecting Moscow, the majority of the radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster was concentrated in Novozybkov, Russia. For the people of this region, the effects have been horrific, long-lasting, and devastating both personally and culturally. Diseases such as cancer became …show more content…
Climate change has increasingly become a hopeless subject of misery, desperation, and an apocalyptic future. Such factors have made it a subject that people would prefer to ignore in favor of happiness and living in the moment. Yet, we often forget, that remarkable change can come about suddenly, quickly, for better or worse. Although we do not know when or even if these changes can come, we can encourage them to come through our own choices, our own actions. Regardless of whether or not we can bring about a true victory in the battle against climate change, it is a worthwhile fight in the here and now. Victory might not be completely plausible, but limiting casualties is entirely probable, and a cause that is worthwhile for us to come together and fight for. (Is There Hope on Climate