{"id":338802,"date":"2024-08-08T15:07:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T13:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=338802"},"modified":"2024-08-08T15:07:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T13:07:42","slug":"psychedelics-for-climate-action-tripping-in-church-of-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=338802","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPsychedelics for Climate Action\u201d (Tripping in Church of Climate)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Master Resource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Robert Bradley Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cPersonally, when I take mushrooms, the last thing I want to do is think about climate change. But that\u2019s apparently what I should<\/em> be doing, according to \u2026 Psychedelics for Climate Action.\u201d (Emily Atkin, Heated)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

At the anti-fossil-fuel Substack Heated<\/a>, Emily Atkin outdid herself. \u201cI fell down the rabbit hole of Psychedelics for Climate Action,\u201d she confessed. \u201cThen I came back to reality.\u201d She continued:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Personally, when I take mushrooms, the last thing I want to do is think about climate change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that\u2019s apparently what I should<\/em> be doing, according to a new advocacy group. Psychedelics for Climate Action<\/a>, or PSYCA, argues that the use of mind-altering substances and Indigenous plant medicines\u2014like ayahuasca<\/a>, psilocybin<\/a>, ibogaine<\/a>, ketamine<\/a>, and LSD<\/a>\u2014can inspire people to help solve the climate crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PSYCA held its official launch at the Psychedelic Assembly<\/a> in New York City last month. I decided to attend, because frankly, I\u2019ve been pretty bummed out about the state of the world lately. I figured at the very least, going to this would be fun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was\u2014but it was also genuinely thought-provoking. So today, I\u2019m going to tell you how I fell down the rabbit hole of tripping balls for the planet\u2014and how I ultimately came back to reality.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Crazy is as Crazy does\u2026. Defacing Stonehenge. Throwing paint on museum masterpieces. Disrupting sporting events. Disrupting traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just Stop Oil<\/a> members commit crime and get prison sentences<\/a>. Justice served. Extinction Rebellion is now on notice too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final Comment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily Atkin faces a bleak outlook if she is at war against dense, reliable, affordable, consumer-driven, taxpayer-neutral, infrastructure-light, global-greening energies. And she is tripping to believe that industrial wind power, solar arrays, and battery packs are good for the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is past time for her to study the issues with an open mind toward human betterment. And then enter back to reality. And then fight back against the Climate Industrial Complex and the elitism behind it with her being a case study of reason over emotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cPersonally, when I take mushrooms, the last thing I want to do is think about climate change. 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