Not More Productive
Where and how we work influence the stability of our environment.
The incredible creators at The Carbon Almanac published How Changing The Way Work Can Help The Planet not long ago.
They made a simple-and-obvious case for how things like working from home, lessening commute times, sharing office resources in co-work settings, and moving towards a 4-day work week can shrink a worker’s footprint without sacrificing productivity. Instead, they can spend that day hiking or whatever.
But damn, I wish they had mentioned that the mentality-slash-religious-belief of productivity itself is close to the root of large carbon footprints.
Productivity = do more to get more.
But why do we need more? And why have we convinced ourselves that more of something else deserves more of us?
Maybe it’s ok to make the case for shorter commutes and work weeks without talking about how more time in nature makes us more productive.
Because maybe more time in nature shouldn’t make us more productive at all.
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