Sublime

Reen’s story opens the door out of the house of anything we might think of as politics, and into the big wide world where we can see Citizens working away at the edges to change pretty much every aspect of society. In any other sector or industry or even organisation, be it a public institution, a charity or NGO, or even a business, I could have

counter-democracy—taking civic action by monitoring existing institutions and holding them responsible—

Her claim, rather, is that citizens of a democracy are collectively responsible for what their society foreseeably and persistently allows; that they have a special duty toward those it systematically fails;

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A central message is we cannot keep extracting from the earth energy systems for the profit and short-term gain of the predatory elite. Mother Earth needs the love and care of people to maintain Country, Living Waters, and multispecies justice. The sustainability of all life in our universe requires implementing Indigenous traditional knowledge and