The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it.Climate Scientist Katharine Hayhoe
digitalprojects.davidson.edu/earthday2020/climate-change/
digitalprojects.davidson.edu/earthday2020/climate-change/
The problem is that we do not often see the true ugliness of the consumer economy and so are not compelled to do much about it.
The distance between shopping malls and their associated mines, wells, corporate farms, factories, toxic dumps, and landfills, sometimes half a world away, dampens our perceptions that something is fundamentally wrong.
David OrrOrr, David. 1999. “The Ecology of Giving and Consuming,” in Consuming Desires: Consumption, Culture, and the Pursuit of Happiness (Roger Rosenblatt, editor). Island Press, Washington, DC
The distance between shopping malls and their associated mines, wells, corporate farms, factories, toxic dumps, and landfills, sometimes half a world away, dampens our perceptions that something is fundamentally wrong.
David OrrOrr, David. 1999. “The Ecology of Giving and Consuming,” in Consuming Desires: Consumption, Culture, and the Pursuit of Happiness (Roger Rosenblatt, editor). Island Press, Washington, DC
The problems of today should be understood and dealt with
at a developmental level
John Bowlbyen.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bowlby
at a developmental level
John Bowlbyen.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bowlby
Remember when we got out of school at 5 PM and we wouldn’t hear from our teachers until the next morning? That freedom no longer exists for our kids. Schools — from teachers to group mates, from gossip to bullies — now have access to our kids 24/7. Just like our work often does. And, that’s pretty bad.Benito Vergara
medium.com/@bvergara/an-open-letter-to-parents-we-need-to-get-our-kids-off-the-screens-b272b452a036
medium.com/@bvergara/an-open-letter-to-parents-we-need-to-get-our-kids-off-the-screens-b272b452a036
Climate change will surely get worse before it gets betterAstronomer and climate activist Bernadette Rodgers
nature.com/articles/s42254-023-00649-1
nature.com/articles/s42254-023-00649-1