Thank you, Christyl. My feelings exactly, both about living in alienated Suburbia and the imminent collapse of our civilization and biosphere alike. ( you might wish to check out my latest post here on Medium, entitled "Suburban Alienation and the Promise of Garden Guilds.")

I have no idea whether humanity, or in fact any multicellular life as we know it, will be able to survive what has already started--the accelerated spike in global heating, the methane "burp," and their catastrophic global consequences. This could be a great extinction event as decisive as the great meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, or the Permian/Triassic cataclysm that wiped out some 94% of all life on Earth.

But I could be wrong. Perhaps some of us will survive--a saving remnant, as it were. To that end, I am promulgating my own "pet idea" of catalyzing the formation of neighborhood garden guilds, where near neighbors overcome their habitual alienation by meeting periodically to teach one another how to grow their own food. My proposed slogan (and agenda) is as follows: "Grow Gardens, Grow Community, Grow Awareness" through learning, teaching, healing, and creating. It is an invitational approach to neighborhood organizing that builds on hopes, rather than paralyzing people with fears and anxieties. Check out my stuff (Put "Tom Ellis" in the Search Engine on this site).