The concept of 'restriction' is a promise of possibility, pleasure, and connection, not to mention a foundation of bigger, needed, change.
Alicia Kennedy via CirlcleAround
"Consumption as we know it, based on the endless growth that capitalism demands, attempts to abolish alternate possibilities for regionalism and new ways of living. While the crisis of climate change has undoubtedly been caused by fossil fuel companies, it is also the responsibility of those living especially in the United States and other rich nations to change our lifestyles to fit in with the environment’s clear demands for us to tread more lightly. And it’s ever more important for those who have economic ability and cultural capital to model behaviors that make treading lightly seem easy and desirable, to show that what has been proffered as 'restriction' actually houses possibility for pleasure and connection, as well as a foundation for bigger change." - Alicia Kennedy
Article: Restriction as Possibility; Lifestyle as Politics