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Cómo sentirnos satisfechos con la acción climática

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson |

TED2022

• April 2022

Todos podemos formar parte del movimiento climático si usamos nuestras habilidades, recursos y conexiones de formas que nos hagan sentir satisfechos, nos dice la conservacionista Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. Ella sugiere que hacer un Diagrama de Venn, respondiendo a estas tres preguntas: ¿en qué somos buenos?, ¿qué hay por hacer?, y ¿qué nos hace sentir felices y satisfechos? El punto medio, donde las respuestas se interceptan, es en lo que debemos esforzarnos con respecto al cambio climático. "Evitar la catástrofe climática es nuestro verdadero trabajo de vida", nos dice Johnson.

Todos podemos formar parte del movimiento climático si usamos nuestras habilidades, recursos y conexiones de formas que nos hagan sentir satisfechos, nos dice la conservacionista Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. Ella sugiere que hacer un Diagrama de Venn, respondiendo a estas tres preguntas: ¿en qué somos buenos?, ¿qué hay por hacer?, y ¿qué nos hace sentir felices y satisfechos? El punto medio, donde las respuestas se interceptan, es en lo que debemos esforzarnos con respecto al cambio climático. "Evitar la catástrofe climática es nuestro verdadero trabajo de vida", nos dice Johnson.

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, writer, climate policy expert and co-founder of the nonprofit think tank Urban Ocean Lab.

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