Thank you for your thoughtful reply to my essay. I have to admit, I grossly oversimplified the “cultures” to make it less of a scholarly work and more of a motivational piece. So, I completely agree with you — there are likely many other forms around the world, some that might fit under the warrior or weaver umbrella and some that won’t. From an anthropologist’s point of view, I think it would be a fascinating and useful endeavor to look for and try to classify in some way the diverse array of what’s emerging culturally in response to the climate crisis.

Ways “to either look past, or to embrace the differences…”, etc. are a worthy pursuit and, to me, fall into a scholar-practitioner category of climate action. I’m reminded of the journal, Climate Risk Management, and others that are emerging as venues for both inquiry and sharing of methods, research results, and new perspectives/insights. Of course, “moving beyond judgment to inquiry” is the stock and trade of academic scholarship, so what I imagine you’re getting at is that this approach needs to be brought into the public sphere through citizen groups engaged in joint fact-finding, perhaps along the lines of what the political scientist Hélène Landemore suggests for resuscitating democracy.

Thanks again for making contact!

Cheers,

Michael