Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
In this clip from The Shoe Shop, writer and thinker Dougald Hine – author of At Work in the Ruins – reflects on what it means to live through a moment when the world many of us grew up with is disappearing. Rather than imagining an ending, he suggests that we and our descendants will remain here for a long time, living with the consequences of the systems and habits that shaped the last century.
Hine speaks about the long timescale of ecological recovery – the centuries it takes for old-growth forests and mother trees to return – and how this long view reshapes our sense of responsibility. He invites us to see ourselves as beings who can once again take part in the ongoingness of the world, contributing to the slow work of repair.
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#DougaldHine #AtWorkInTheRuins #TheShoeShop #ClimateCrisis #Ecology #OldGrowthForests #EnvironmentalPhilosophy #LongTermThinking #ClimateChange #Regeneration #Rewilding #CollapseStudies #MotherTrees #DocumentaryShort
In this clip from The Shoe Shop, writer and thinker Dougald Hine – author of At Work in the Ruins – reflects on what it means to live through a moment when the world many of us grew up with is disappearing. Rather than imagining an ending, he suggests that we and our descendants will remain here for a long time, living with the consequences of the systems and habits that shaped the last century.
Hine speaks about the long timescale of ecological recovery – the centuries it takes for old-growth forests and mother trees to return – and how this long view reshapes our sense of responsibility. He invites us to see ourselves as beings who can once again take part in the ongoingness of the world, contributing to the slow work of repair.
If you want to support the creation of films like this, you can help make future work possible by becoming a supporter of Campfire Stories here: patreon.com/mattiasolsson
And/or join this channel:
youtube.com/channel/UChttQ_atRLhOMKwAMzdDAeg/join
#DougaldHine #AtWorkInTheRuins #TheShoeShop #ClimateCrisis #Ecology #OldGrowthForests #EnvironmentalPhilosophy #LongTermThinking #ClimateChange #Regeneration #Rewilding #CollapseStudies #MotherTrees #DocumentaryShort
