# A few inspirations amidst the insanity **URL:** \ **Category:** Outreach\ **Created:** [March 26, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/a-few-inspirations-amidst-the-insanity/499 "2020-03-26T16:20:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AnnEdminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@AnnEdminster](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/AnnEdminster)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/a-few-inspirations-amidst-the-insanity/499/1 "2020-03-26T16:20:17Z")
This short video, "[**Letter from the Virus**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5on3AZWdik)," is beautiful, moving, and powerful. That and **[this article](https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/coronavirus-uk-pandemics-environmentalists-warning-a9413996.html)** stitch together the pandemic/climate story in a way that’s much needed across the globe! Humans were evolved to be much better able to respond to acute as opposed to chronic threats; I believe this is perhaps the primary reason we have such a hard time making faster progress on climate – a problem that seems chronic on a human time scale despite being acute, when considered in terms of planetary systems effects. By contrast, the pandemic is an obviously acute event. I believe if we can use tools such as this video and article in a widespread, effective way, we may be able to FINALLY catalyze a response to climate chaos as an acute situation. I’m hoping this is something our messaging geniuses can figure out how to use! Meanwhile, for spirit lifting, MUST view videos: - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTPhHVWclow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTPhHVWclow) - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae6AMjMH8zA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae6AMjMH8zA) - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBByYjjvNzs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBByYjjvNzs) Viva Italia! Stay well, everyone! Thanks for this community.