I really don’t think they are given the alarming number of people who support parties that actively work against climate action. If people were appropriately worried about climate change anything but a robust, clear and effective climate policy would be a political death sentence.
it’s not that people aren’t worried, it’s that they have immediate concerns (many of which are manufactured by conservative parties) and humans are remarkably short-term thinkers
Yeah, also paper plate and bottled water sales would be at zero if people were worried, so.many industries wouldn’t exist if we cared.
Everyone thinks it’s someone else’s job, everyone thinks it’s a problem for other people to solve. 'I only contribute a little, it’s the system thats the real problem…- ignoring that the system is just what we call the result of everyone’s individual choices
I feel you but if ‘everyone needs to make the individual choice to change their behaviour’ is your view on solving the climate crisis we might as well give up now.
The system itself is a lot more than the collective sum of all our choices, it determines which choices are available to you. A good example of this is plastic bags, they were optional and you could use re-usable bags for your groceries for a long time. Some people did, most didn’t. Then where I lived single use plastic bags were banned, overnight everyone is now using a reusable bag.
Individual action is a positive and commendable thing and we should be doing what we can but the reality is it is a systemic problem and requires a systemic solution. I think voting and doing what you can to influence the politics in your area is by far the most impactful thing you can do if that option is available to you.
I really don’t think they are given the alarming number of people who support parties that actively work against climate action. If people were appropriately worried about climate change anything but a robust, clear and effective climate policy would be a political death sentence.
And the people responsible for climate change want to make sure that this doesn’t change.
it’s not that people aren’t worried, it’s that they have immediate concerns (many of which are manufactured by conservative parties) and humans are remarkably short-term thinkers
Yeah, also paper plate and bottled water sales would be at zero if people were worried, so.many industries wouldn’t exist if we cared.
Everyone thinks it’s someone else’s job, everyone thinks it’s a problem for other people to solve. 'I only contribute a little, it’s the system thats the real problem…- ignoring that the system is just what we call the result of everyone’s individual choices
I feel you but if ‘everyone needs to make the individual choice to change their behaviour’ is your view on solving the climate crisis we might as well give up now.
The system itself is a lot more than the collective sum of all our choices, it determines which choices are available to you. A good example of this is plastic bags, they were optional and you could use re-usable bags for your groceries for a long time. Some people did, most didn’t. Then where I lived single use plastic bags were banned, overnight everyone is now using a reusable bag.
Individual action is a positive and commendable thing and we should be doing what we can but the reality is it is a systemic problem and requires a systemic solution. I think voting and doing what you can to influence the politics in your area is by far the most impactful thing you can do if that option is available to you.