As many commentators have opined, the COVID-19 pandemic has occasioned a “Great Pause,” a “fertile suspension” that opened up “bountiful space and time for deeper wakefulness.” 2 We saw such wakefulness evidenced in the contemplation of community and injustice, the creation of mutual aid networks, and the resurgence of Black Lives Matter. And we sa... See more

get was a slow accretion of awareness that was unlikely to achieve critical mass until our most vital time windows had closed. Then along came Covid. No, it wasn’t a climate event per se, but it was a global cataclysm that we all experienced together, viscerally, in our bodies and in our daily lives. Many of us lost loved ones. Millions died. (Over

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