Like Andrew pointed out, I remember when Buen Vivir was taken by the Socialismo del Siglo XXI movement. Buen Vivir indeed is based on some great principles, but hearing it in the voice of political leader make the word feel co-opted.
Thanks to the work of Andrew, now more people around the world can find this beautiful concept and hopefully, find a way to connect with their local culture to create more Buen Vivir and seguir viviendo bien 🙂
Love his enthusiasm, but is really can't be. 😰 Still, if you are interested in knowing some real efforts to climate change ala Social Ecology, you can check out:
For those interested on why this will totally not happen: there's this great book called Capital as Power: The Study of Order and Creorder that's covers why the creed of capitalization discounts people and environment from their books.
Spoiler: Its because of how power over creation works and its motivated to accumulate power.
It helps, that's for sure. Is just that, as an effort, is insufficient. I just want the readers to not lose focus on the origin of the problem, which is the system of power.
You can't ask the butcher to stop killing, his business is butchering. I understand what you are saying and, of course, keep up the good work fellow solarpunk. What I'm trying to say is that: making political demands to the state of capital has serious limits, and we need to keep on doing that WHILE pre-configurating socio-political organizations. That way we can make resonant means and ends.
Please, do keep in mind that this point of view is created in a "let's hurry" context. Since houses all around where I was born are affected by landslides and overflowing rivers. And waiting for those politics to work will mean death, or at least sickness or famine for us.