What if climate change is not the problem, but the message?

In this opening episode of Rewrite Reality, Gregg explores what climate change really represents. This is a gentle and reflective moment to pause, breathe, and look beneath the headlines. What does this crisis reveal about our relationship with each other, with power, and with the world around us? And what becomes possible when we listen to the deeper story instead of the noise.

About this episode:

Recorded on 20 June 2024

Republished with updated intro on 17 September 2025

Tags:

Rewrite Reality, Gregg the Artivist, Climate Justice, Collapse Aware, Meaning Making

“What does it mean to stay human in a society that numbs us? How do we hold on to compassion, curiosity, and honesty in a world that rewards the opposite? And where do we rediscover our sense of self when the system keeps pulling us away from it.”

“We are living through a time when the impossible becomes ordinary faster than we can process it. What does it mean for our humanity when disasters, inequality, conflict, and surveillance become things we just shrug at. And what changes when we stop accepting the unacceptable and begin imagining something different.”

“We are surrounded by questions every day, yet so many of them are shaped by headlines, politics, and systems that do not reflect our lives. What happens when we slow down and start asking the questions that actually come from us, our communities, and our realities. And what changes when curiosity replaces certainty.”

“Collapse is already shaping our lives in quiet and uneven ways, revealing what no longer works and what we can no longer pretend. What if the unraveling we fear is also the beginning of something more honest, more connected, and more alive. And what becomes possible when we treat collapse not as an ending but as a chance to begin again.”

“We spend so much of our lives chasing certainty, yet it rarely brings the clarity or comfort we expect. What if uncertainty is not a problem to solve but a place where truth, imagination, and possibility begin. And what changes when we loosen our grip and trust what is unfolding.”

“Many of us feel like our imagination has faded, when in truth it has been pushed aside by systems that benefit from us staying stuck. What if imagination is not a luxury but a way back to connection, creativity, and possibility in our everyday lives. And what becomes possible when we reclaim the parts of ourselves we were taught to silence.”

“Feeling anxious about the climate crisis does not mean something is wrong with you. It means you are paying attention to a world that is changing and you are responding with honesty rather than denial. And what becomes possible when we stop trying to feel less and start trusting what we already feel.”