Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk once said, “I can’t stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new age term that — it does a lot of damage.” He preferred the word ‘sympathy’. That is an insight.
At the moment, globally , empathy doesn’t rate highly.
Empathy isn’t to be trashed. It is a skill. It helps find that small piece of common ground between widely divergent stands, a starting point …
Concluding the previous post, it’s the legal obligations to the Sámi people that are being conveniently overlooked. The full report – in Swedish – with all of the illustrations can be seen here.
Hydropo’wer development is disrupting the traditional migration routes of the reindeer hearding Sámi people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula. These are some of the illustrations created for a report by Katarina Inga, the Stockholm Environment Institute. –
The impact …
Earlier posts on the Sámi: Sami impact, Sami reindeer hearding, Sami ‘development’
Not that it’s been brought up yet…
And out of exasperation, what is the explanation for this world-wide-throughout-history-but-more-and-more-these-days phenomenon?
Illustrations for Professor Ninis Gunhild Rosquist, Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography:
‘I have collaborated with Sami reindeer herders during the past 10 years with focus on climate impacts and as their adaptation to the effects of climate change is hampered by the cumulative effects of land exploitation it’s a challenge to communicate/illustrate the full impact.’ These two illustrations contrast the present developing situation (above) and the same scene pre-‘development’ and before increasing impacts from climate change (below).
An earlier post on the Sami is here.
Cartoons from the Alliance Building Day – Climate Impacted Communities Canberra Delegation – 25th March 2024, ‘For too long others have spoken on our behalf, or assumed what communities want and need.’ Preparation for the Advocacy Day on the 26th, ‘advocating in Parliament House for key asks that would improve the outcomes for climate impacted communities‘.
An alliance of: Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action (BSCA), Climate Action Network Australia (CANA), The Sunrise Project, The Grata Fund (re The Australian Climate Case), Sweltering Cities, Plan C, Reclaim Our Recovery and more!
Chris Ategeka has created a book of one hundred ‘one-liner jokes to survive the Road Trip of Life‘.
Here is a small selection from the 100 cartoons that illustrate Chris’s witty thoughts -with a few words from the jokes added just to give you a taste of his humour. To read more you will have to buy Puns and Chuckles, One-liner Jokes to Survive the Road Trip of Life! And to discover the more serious side of Chris Ategeka’s work click here.
Cartoons from Best -practice leadership in proactive prevention of workplace sexual harassment, University of South Australia–Our Watch, November 24th.
The big picture – making sense of it all graphic recording at the event was created by Elise Motalli…
‘Protesters at a government-backed housing project in Adelaide’s north have condemned the way Aboriginal ancestral remains have been treated at the site, after what the premier conceded was “one of the largest findings of this type” in the country.’ The remains of at least 29 people have been uncovered in a burial ground across the site. A good overview from the ABC here.
Simon Kneebone - cartoonist and illustrator 