I'm 70 years old. Many of my followers here are seniors, like me, or are at least middle-aged. Most of us are angry and probably grief-stricken about what capitalist industry is doing to the biosphere.
But what must it feel like to be a young person in your teens or in your twenties and be looking toward a future of near-certain disaster, the collapse of society, the destruction of everything you hold dear? I can't imagine the pain.
It would be understandable if they reacted by simply giving up. Or perhaps by lashing out in anger. But some of them, showing incredible courage and determination, have formed movements to change what they can and to save at least a vestige of the civilization they are inheriting.
I stand in awe of these selfless, dedicated young people.
One such person is part of a local sustainability group I’m involved with. She’s great as she reminds us vociferously that we don’t have time to mess about. We need to start acting and NOW, or she has no future.
I’m old & I'm furious. I’ve been trying to reduce & reuse my whole life only to find out companies have been doing the complete opposite. My 30+ yr old children have informed me they won’t be having kids because of the climate crisis. As much as I’d love grandchildren I support their decisions. I can’t imagine what sacrifices the newer generations will have to make. What a mess. Absolutely breaks my heart.
I am 60 and I am working furiously to leave something useful for our descendants. And I am really baffled by the fact I am alone in it (except for much younger people). #WeTheBoomers #DeadLine2050
> So take matters in your own hands. Go vegan, car-free, clean energy, green banking, slow fashion, organic food etc. or go extinct.
@onreact You can and should do these things as much as you can, and encourage others to do the same, but it won't solve the collective action problem. As long as our corporations are allowed, they will keep increasing CO₂ output year by year, and people's actions overall will encourage it.
Anger is not a negative thing if used right. Anger spurs people to action and sends a message of urgency to others, just channel it to make it's useful action and that the message has a clear call to action.
@onreact Respectfully, you can't individual action your way out of systemic problems. Obviously we should all do our part, but when 70% of GHG emissions since 1998 can be attributed to just 100 companies worldwide we need to address that as well if we want to significantly reduce the problem.
The 100 companies myth is just an excuse to keep polluting. Who is the customer of these companies? You are! Stop assigning blame elsewhere. Stop polluting yourself.
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in reply to Bread and Circuses • • •Anger does not help, it makes things worse.
Also protesting and asking others to fix the climate for you does not work. Politicians work for those who fund them.
So take matters in your own hands. Go vegan, car-free, clean energy, green banking, slow fashion, organic food etc. or go extinct.
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in reply to onreact • • •> So take matters in your own hands. Go vegan, car-free, clean energy, green banking, slow fashion, organic food etc. or go extinct.
@onreact You can and should do these things as much as you can, and encourage others to do the same, but it won't solve the collective action problem. As long as our corporations are allowed, they will keep increasing CO₂ output year by year, and people's actions overall will encourage it.
Anger is not a negative thing if used right. Anger spurs people to action and sends a message of urgency to others, just channel it to make it's useful action and that the message has a clear call to action.
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Respectfully, you can't individual action your way out of systemic problems. Obviously we should all do our part, but when 70% of GHG emissions since 1998 can be attributed to just 100 companies worldwide we need to address that as well if we want to significantly reduce the problem.
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