Quarantine, home office, remote work:
Corona virus, climate change, wildfires, reduction of biological diversity, plastic oceans, air pollution: How may you contribute to next level of society? Here is a quarantine exercise in 4 steps:
1)Health first. Stop spreading corona pandemy
2)Exercise your creative problem solving brain network
Congratulations: Your human brain is fabulous to create, find solutions and improve! Now is the time to use your creative talents. Start with a blank sheet of paper. Go back to start. Back to zero:
First you need to yawn several times, stretch super slowly, relax, de-stress, observe and be aware feelings and thoughts and body sensations that flow through your body and mind. Observe and be aware them without judging, defending, resisting. Write them down.
When you are in this relaxed state, ask your creative problem solving brain network (part of your imagination or Default Mode brain Network) questions like:
*Is it a good idea to go back to the old business as usual - global system? Do we have an opportunity to do things in a better way? What may be better alternatives?
*Is it a good idea to technical fix each symptom – and continue as usual? Or is it a good idea that system errors – have to be solved by change at system levels?
*What are better ways we may organise material circulation between human and nature? The communities circulation of matter between human and nature?
*How may human society learn from nature? Corona virus, climate change, wildfires, reduction of biological diversity, plastic oceans, air pollution: Is it like nature «fight back» or expose the boundaries of nature, planet, ecosystems? Do we have to respect the laws of nature? Does nature, organisms and ecosystems have their own value that human has to respect?
*Respect nature and use precautionary measures:
Is it a good idea to concentrate wild animals into tight markets and sell at crowdy human market places and virus might jump from wild animals to human?
Is it a good idea that people and goods travel globally in all directions without borders at a so large scale that corona virus is difficult to stop spreading - and CO2-emmission is creating climate change?
*Is it a good idea to continue to measure progress in gross domestic product – in stead of human well-being, UN World happiness report, index?
*People need jobs and income, yes. But all jobs are they really ecological and social sustainable? Many companies may be competed out, closed down, og bankrupt. But people need income to survive and thrive.
*Reduce economic equalities – corona measures with social justice:
Is a ground basic wage to all a good idea? Debt cancellation for the poor?
Tax some of the money from tax heavens, the super rich 1-10%, 25% of military budgets in the 10 richest countries, carbon tax, tax on finance speculations?
*Reflect on creating new jobs by learning from ecosystems and their local recycling, succession, evolution and development:
Diversity increases survival of the ecosystem and its individs.
Small scale local economic cycles, cooperation, webs, networks, relationships, helps, shares, co-creates.
Recieipts and information may be accessable and spread globally – while production, resources are locally.
*Giant investments to next level sustainable development jobs for people’s basic needs first – in stead of throwing money into saving business as usual black holes, old level finance, banks, air transport, ship transport, tourism, plastic overconsumption goods, built in wear and tear consumption products?
3)Accept you have primary emotions of fear, grief, rage.
Go further than that: Access your primary emotions of seeking for positive solutions, for lust, care and play. Based on care, including and respect – there will grow trust in common solutions. Hope and optimism spreads enthusiasm. Let these come into your creative problem solving process. Write down your good ideas.
4)Access your think logical brain network - is it something of the good ideas that may be realistic and a solution to current pandemy?
Find faults and waeknesses in facts, evidence and theory.
Wholeness balance your findings between thoughts and feelings.
Make a plan and test it. Locally in small scale together with friends and collegues. Learn from your experience.
Do you want to experience a uncommitted session of your creative problem solving – please contact helge.christie@gmail.com
Resources:
My book on creaticvity: Kreativ i ekstremvær:
https://www.helgechristie.com/butikk/helge-christies-15-bok-kreativ-i-ekstremvr-e-bok