Week 15 – Community

A true sense of community is one of inclusion, common purpose, and safety. I had never truly experienced this sense of community until late last year when I joined a community group.

In our society we are schooled in fear from early childhood. The news paints a picture of a horrifying world at our doorstep. So we lock our doors and rarely even speak to our neighbours. We disconnect from the people around us. It’s not that we don’t care about them, we are just scared.

I think that this lack of community creates such isolation, a feeling of being so alone. Which when confronted with problems such as climate change makes it seem like such a hopeless task.

 

Here enters Community Groups!

The buzz of excitement, the enthusiasm, the motivation! When you get a group of like minded people together anything is achievable!!!

It terms of climate change the need for grass roots community movements that build solutions from the ground up is paramount.

The feeling of fear and hopelessness is suddenly gone, replaced with a support network of great people in your community group.

 

Join a Community Group

There are so many groups you can get involved in from environmental, gardening or charity groups.

Put yourself out there, attend an event and get involved 🙂

Our local council has a Geelong directory of community groups, when I last checked it had 153 groups listed under environment and sustainability in Geelong!