"want" is how we make #sustainabilty a reality. More people have to truly want to mitigate climate change. More than they want, for example, to drive cars with combustion engines or electric motors, or to want to fly on jets or eat red meat.
Some people, so many people, believe they're honestly wanting to mitigate climate change (a story they tell themselves). But, many people don't change their own lifestyles so as to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (e.g., they don't quit eating red meat or flying on jets). Perhaps they're assuming that someone else will mitigate climate change (e.g., the politicians & industries) or that some future technology will mean they can simply, for example, buy an electric car and everything will be fine.
Some people, so many people, are not honestly wanting to mitigate climate change. But they tell other people a different story. In other words, climate virtue signaling is a very common form of social greenwashing. Maybe they think sincere people are stupid. Like we can't see that their words don't align with their behaviors (activities).
Who is going to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if most people don't try to reduce their activities that are causing greenhouse gas emissions?
Sincere people that want to mitigate ecological degradation therefore climate change will want to live an ecologically low-impact lifestyle https://qoto.org/@Empiricism_Reloaded/110511036586999020
"want" is how we make #sustainabilty a reality.
It's not ethical to wait until more people want to mitigate climate change. Therefore, we must nurture that want. And mitigate the merchants of doubt that try to make people feel that mitigating climate change is difficult or hard.
It's evidently not hard to develop political policies that promote a more self-sufficient, low ecological impact lifestyle within a more local economic context. https://qoto.org/@Empiricism_Reloaded/110565446073239160
The don't want people - make it hard because they promote & hang onto unsustainable ways of life #Greenwash
#ClimateChange doesn't care about their BS!
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72% believe that global warming is happening, but only 35% discuss it.
That's a real silent majority situation. If we can double the number of people talking about it, we can see that we already have consensus.
https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/visualizations-data/ycom-us/
I have noticed locally an uptick in the number of people that at least acknowledge that climate change is a "thing" (i.e., most local people just hear about it on the news, etc).
However, talking about it isn't action.
Walking the right path towards a sustainable culture. https://qoto.org/@Empiricism_Reloaded/110571803882077626
"Worry" can cause apathy. Real solutions can mitigate anxiety.
It reminds me of a Cartoon graphic that was about humans & mitigating climate change. "We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!!
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I think inflation gives a good roadmap. Like climate change, there's not a single cause nor a single solution. People talked about it all last year and demanded that governments, businesses and individuals do something to limit inflation.