Our hiking group used to just enjoy being outdoors but now every trip turns into arguments about whether we should feel guilty for driving to trailheads or if posting nature photos is performative environmentalism. We've lost the simple joy that brought us together and I don't know how to get back to just appreciating being outside.
More people experience this than they realize.
Environmental consciousness has paradoxically destroyed the group's ability to experience the very thing they're trying to protect.
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