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Let’s begin with the reason this corporation was created in the first place. There’s a lot of problems in the world today. So many problems in fact, a new category of problem is now destined to become household language. That is, the metacrisis.

 

In short, the metacrisis is a combination of, overlapping of, and multiplication of multiple different challenges facing humanity today, coupled with the underlying psycological and sociological drivers. The way in which this situation is different than any individual challenge alone, is in the way each problem overlaps and affects one another.

 

Solutions to some crises inherently create worse conditions in others. For the first time, all the global systems are intrinsically tied in a way that is apparent in an unprecedented way. It truly is a pickle. Below is a visual representation of this concept, produced by the World Economic Forum.

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“That’s an enormous undertaking,” one might think. It’s easy to get overwhelmed with the apparent mountain of change that needs to occur. For Dirtbag Climbing Corp, it’s easier to think of the mission as only tackling one sole issue, the poly-problem.

 

Let’s pull the lens back. First of all, there are geopolitical aspects of this topic on which there will never be influence from a strictly local level. For example, terrorist attack prevention is obviously not advertised as a mission of this company. That being said, in moments of ultimate chaos, crisis or when faced with complex challenges, it's easy to focus simply on increasing outputs from whatever system we currently operate. It’s easy to want to build or work our way out of the problem. However, it is Dirtbags core belief that the solution lies in re-imagining a new way altogether. In addition to this, though it is a global problem, it requires a vast diversity of local solutions. Rather than reducing the scope of the problem - down to just the environment, economy, housing, social cohesion, food security, transportation, kids, elders, or any other individual part of the greater situation, there is another approach.

 

Dirtbag Climbing Corp intends to demonstrate alternative lifestyles that promote all aspects of a better world, and promote those lifestyles through stewardship and mentorship of the wise and the young, the wild and the suburban, the new and the old. Afterall, you can’t have community without community. This is not executed exclusively through programs and services, it is also implemented through the way the business intends to exist. The business, itself, strives to live with the integrity it would expect from any of its community members. This is to be demonstrated through multiple ways, including the way employees are cared for, trained, housed, fed, and compensated fairly. Down to the way any resources, necessarily consumed, strive to be in some way, a net benefit to the planet and its inhabitants or, at least, the local community and region. All this, reigned in by integrated concepts of reciprocity and multigenerational thinking. The goal is not to have large scale or global impact on one problem, but small scale, local impact with a web of interconnected solutions. Let it be heard that Dirtbag is the first to admit there is a long way to go, both as a company and as a society.

 

In the least amount of words possible, Dirtbag Climbing Corp looks to solve the problem of our current way of thinking: infinite growth, money over all else, virtual disconnections - with embodied experiences of intentional community and new ways of living with a specific focus on good food and good fun.

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