@aburka
oh gosh, so many tips...

@konosocio is right that starting small is great

But I think more in terms of "start local" — like right where you are, people are already doing things, just look then help

One framing I really like is the 3 Ts: Triage, Transition, Transformation

change work in all those areas is *important*

Triage is fixing immediate harms
Transition is working on moving to a known better way
Transformation is longer-term efforts to transform the entire system

@aburka @konosocio

This framing helps me see that, for example, my donations to ACLU are triage work, to fight the fascists in court. My installing solar panels (and talking about it!) is transition work, trying to get to a clean energy world: susankayequinn.com/2025/04/sol…

My support of circular economy consumption and farm share is a combo of transition and transformation, re-envisioning a better world: susankayequinn.com/2025/04/how…

SOLAR: How to Get Started and Why You Should

I put solar on my roof three years ago, and since then, I’ve helped plenty of solar-curious friends figure out the options—there are plenty (and you don’t need a PhD in Environmental En…

^{SUSAN KAYE QUINN}

@aburka @konosocio

My hopeful climate fiction storytelling is transformation work: it's fully about planting seeds for a better world by doing the creative labor to envision it and uplift to keep people engaged in the problem.

All 3 Ts (triage, transition, and transformation) are important work. All need someone working on them.

But we can't do everything (that way leads to madness and perversely not getting anything done). Pick 1 thing and focus there (2 at the most!).

And just *begin* 🫡

@aburka @konosocio

also for the "not letting it defeat you" part:
wandering.shop/@susankayequinn…

Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱

2025-08-20 14:13:57

@me As do we all, friend. But I've found that the doing of good things (and limiting the intake of the poison, ie newsfeed) is self-reinforcing. The more of it you do, the more it powers you up. If it's *not* working that way, then you might need to pick a different focus. And none of us can do everything. Really none of us can do more than one thing at a time. So pick something that's your focus and let other people do the other things. This is a group project.