My family of four children lives in the suburbs of a mid-sized city (older kids are off at college now). Both my husband and I work. Our kids have more screen time than I would like, but we didn't let them have smart phones until they were 15-16. They built a lawn mowing business from the ground up and have passed it from one brother to the next. We maintain a decent garden that all of us work in and we usually pickle some peppers, make some tomato sauce for the winter, etc. We buy large quantities of fruit in season and preserve it, as well. Finally, my husband and kids hunt together, we butcher and preserve the meat together, and my boys very literally put the food on our table. We always point out who got the elk or deer we are eating that night and express gratitude for that child and for that animal and for the amazing place we live that provides these opportunities. We're pretty normal people but we've worked intentionally to connect our children to the land, to each other, and to our broader community. It's our way of life and we hope our kids see the value in it and continue this same connection for the next generation.
I think that would be something like community work - actually handing out food at the food bank, etc. Going to church or temple - having a communal experience on a regular basis. Gardening - at your home or a community garden - or just cleaning up the community, trimming overgrown areas, picking up trash, etc.
I think you're on to something. The premise seems to be that electronic devices are driving teen depression but I' m of the mind that it is boredom and the resulting depression that is driving their use. One of the intriguing comments in Caleb's essay was the requirement that they chop FIREWOOD to generate heat. For a generation that has been indoctrinated to believe that weтАЩre all going to incinerate in ten years if we donтАЩt abandon carbon as a source of heat and energy, being not just allowed, but required to facilitate CO2 emitting fire without being scolded that he will be responsible for the next hurricane must have been a truly liberating moment. Not only was Caleb given the responsibility of wielding an ax to chop the firewood needed to warm his mates, he was also given PURPOSE. And it seems to me, he was given the opportunity to give a figurative тАЬfuck youтАЭ to a nanny state that has increasingly deprived him of both purpose and the joy it begets.
Yes, but wood fires are surface carbon, not fossil carbon.
I suppose all carbon circulates in three circuits:
1. CO2 to plants to CO2 with the decay (composting) or burning of the plants.
2. CO2 to seawater to Calcium Carbonate (limestone), exhumed, eroded, does the CO2 get released? Perhaps by plants.
3. Deep burial of organic matter to produce hydrocarbons, despite being sequestered for perhaps millions of years, all of which are eventually exhumed and burned. Though some hydrocarbons are probably buried so deeply that they are oxidized in-situ, and return via hot springs.
My family of four children lives in the suburbs of a mid-sized city (older kids are off at college now). Both my husband and I work. Our kids have more screen time than I would like, but we didn't let them have smart phones until they were 15-16. They built a lawn mowing business from the ground up and have passed it from one brother to the next. We maintain a decent garden that all of us work in and we usually pickle some peppers, make some tomato sauce for the winter, etc. We buy large quantities of fruit in season and preserve it, as well. Finally, my husband and kids hunt together, we butcher and preserve the meat together, and my boys very literally put the food on our table. We always point out who got the elk or deer we are eating that night and express gratitude for that child and for that animal and for the amazing place we live that provides these opportunities. We're pretty normal people but we've worked intentionally to connect our children to the land, to each other, and to our broader community. It's our way of life and we hope our kids see the value in it and continue this same connection for the next generation.
I think that would be something like community work - actually handing out food at the food bank, etc. Going to church or temple - having a communal experience on a regular basis. Gardening - at your home or a community garden - or just cleaning up the community, trimming overgrown areas, picking up trash, etc.
I think you're on to something. The premise seems to be that electronic devices are driving teen depression but I' m of the mind that it is boredom and the resulting depression that is driving their use. One of the intriguing comments in Caleb's essay was the requirement that they chop FIREWOOD to generate heat. For a generation that has been indoctrinated to believe that weтАЩre all going to incinerate in ten years if we donтАЩt abandon carbon as a source of heat and energy, being not just allowed, but required to facilitate CO2 emitting fire without being scolded that he will be responsible for the next hurricane must have been a truly liberating moment. Not only was Caleb given the responsibility of wielding an ax to chop the firewood needed to warm his mates, he was also given PURPOSE. And it seems to me, he was given the opportunity to give a figurative тАЬfuck youтАЭ to a nanny state that has increasingly deprived him of both purpose and the joy it begets.
Yes, but wood fires are surface carbon, not fossil carbon.
I suppose all carbon circulates in three circuits:
1. CO2 to plants to CO2 with the decay (composting) or burning of the plants.
2. CO2 to seawater to Calcium Carbonate (limestone), exhumed, eroded, does the CO2 get released? Perhaps by plants.
3. Deep burial of organic matter to produce hydrocarbons, despite being sequestered for perhaps millions of years, all of which are eventually exhumed and burned. Though some hydrocarbons are probably buried so deeply that they are oxidized in-situ, and return via hot springs.