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That's a good point, and maybe a solution lies in it. When I read other comments about birds obscuring the sky, fishes you could caught by hand, etc. It seemed
by sametmax 8y ago
That's a good point, and maybe a solution lies in it.
When I read other comments about birds obscuring the sky, fishes you could caught by hand, etc. It seemed unreal, almost magical. A fairy tale on some Westeros-like world.
If we can use this narrative to astonish people, and make them get perspective on what should be, it can be a powerful message.
"Eat less meat", "recycle", "use less the car/plane" are not really sexy. They are constraints.
"Look how amazing things used to be before we did this", however, is much more inspirational.
- NeedMoreTea 8y agoMy normal at 18 saw summer trips that included stops to wipe the wildlife off the windscreen or visor. I can't remember the last time I did that - sure there's a few bugs, after a hundred miles or more. I think it needs a multi-pronged approach. Inspiration is a great start, but it's fairly weak against a marketing machine spending billions inventing more nonexistent problems and needs. We need to rediscover collective action, activism of the get off facebook and into the street to make someone's life difficult variety, regulation as a good thing (food safety laws, clean air acts, child labour laws etc), and stop pretending the market has the solution to everything. That's a slightly challenging wishlist especially if we don't want to give up all the lifestyle in the process. :)