Currently in Chicago— April 22nd, 2022
The weather, currently.
Takeaways for Chicago's weather:
- Friday Setback
- More Like Summer Saturday
- Wet End To The Weekend
After sunshine and highs near 70°F on Thursday, we fall back into the 50's for highs Friday along the lake and lower 60's further inland. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will wrap up the work week. Drying out for Saturday with partly cloudy skies and highs in the lower 80's, warmest in nearly six months. Some rain returns on Sunday, but it will still be relatively warm with highs in the lower 70's. A cooler pattern kicks in next week, with highs generally in the lower to middle 50's. — Tim McGill
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What you need to know, currently.
To face the climate emergency, we need "rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society" — starting with how we relate to ourselves & one another.
— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) April 21, 2022
Today's story from @anna_abrhm at @currently is an invitation to rethink everything.https://t.co/rGJklvIvKs
Today we published a piece by Anna Abraham, Currently’s Mumbai-based editorial fellow, on what non-monogamy can teach us about building community in the climate space.
“The climate fight requires radical new solutions,” writes Abraham, “This includes the way we connect and relate with each other.”
Abraham spoke with Dee, a queer polyamorous student from Bangalore, India, about how polyamory could serve as a potential model for radical new ways of connecting.
“The way we think about communities is family and kinship. Polyamory provides a more expansive and authentic space to create your own communities,” they said. “If four people share a space, they share responsibilities, they share emotional labor. That template can be difficult to carry out because within our normative patriarchal ideas of father, mother, brother, sister. I have always pondered on how freeing it would be to have a different version of community, away from the traditional family unit.”
Abraham makes a case that non-monogamy and making space for alternative relationship models builds resiliency.
“This isn’t to say that everyone should consider non-monogamy. It may not be everyone’s cup of tea. But the need for community exists everywhere, not just in the climate space. We are undeniably at the brink of multiple crises. In a world where countries wage war, there is always room for more love. It is the one thing that excites all of us while also uniting us. What we can all learn from non-monogamy is new ways of relating with each other, of sharing pains and laughs in an uphill battle.”
Read the full article: What Non-Monogamy Can Teach Us About Climate Advocacy.