Shawn Westcott
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Shawn Westcott
@shawnwestcott.substack.com
Father and husband. Working to reawaken the interconnectedness between ourselves and the planet. My work focuses on #Wellbeing #Belonging #Awakening #Collapse #Transition #Adaptation #Regeneration #Leadership #Zen
We wake up in the morning to an alarm clock. The first sign in our day of urgency. We try to control. And then we seek comfort. And this cycle of "life" is devastating.

Urgency. Control. Comfort. Repeat.

#wellbeing #belonging #collapse #modernity #stress #healing #slowingdown
Urgency, Control, and the Illusion of Comfort
The Cycles of Modern Life
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April 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
While there’s much that is sad & broken in the world, there is also abundant beauty and love that can help us toward something better. Some reflections on how that's taking shape. #belonging #wellbeing #transformation #trauma #collapse #indigenous #wisdom #transition

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Shawn Westcott on LinkedIn: Remembering Our Way Home: A Call for Renewal | 20 comments
I feel unsure about writing long form like this, but I have been privileged to spend this year exploring the topic of ecological belonging and all that means… | 20 comments on LinkedIn
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December 13, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Beautiful piece from Pella Thiel looking at two metaphorical frameworks for understanding human civilisation: Earthcult and Skycult.

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Skycult & Earthcult
on the urgent need for balance
pellathiel.substack.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Reposted by Shawn Westcott
"“We live in an age that is under this illusion that the only path to truth is through metrics, through numbers, but it’s not so. We are the stories we tell about ourselves, we live within them and we’re created by them." Richard Flanagan, author of Question 7. #authors #Booksky #climate
November 24, 2024 at 9:43 AM
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The majority of earth's scientists now believe we are headed for at least 2.5°C of warming.

We're in a climate emergency. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables #go100re
November 23, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Reposted by Shawn Westcott
If you liked Part I, then here's Degrowth: Part II.

Economic growth will (and sorry if this is news to you) collapse. This is inevitable on a planet with finite resources. We can manage that in a life-improving way, or let the Far Right pick over the bones.

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November 21, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Reposted by Shawn Westcott
"While the general climate impacts were broadly anticipated, the behavior of climate extremes was not." #collapse www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
This spot will be key to the inevitable collapse of a key Atlantic current
New modeling research reveals that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is particularly vulnerable to shifts in the Irminger sea off Greenland from increasing Arctic meltwater.
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November 21, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Reposted by Shawn Westcott
I feel seen
November 24, 2024 at 4:56 PM