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Honestly that sounds like an excuse to do nothing, that you are not truly serious about it. The last best time was yestrday. The next best one is now.

bloopernova 7y ago
That cuts deep. It's very easy to put things off and believe that I'm helpless. Thank you for being blunt about it. I'll do something today about the climate and planting trees. I'm not physically able to plant stuff myself, so it will have to be something I donate to. I can also push my employer to start sponsoring climate disaster mitigation efforts.
- NeedMoreTea 7y ago
  You might want to consider donating to some of the groups that have sprung up. Two that have had recent visibility are: Extinction Rebellion, organisers of the civil disobedience protests in the UK and elsewhere - https://rebellion.earth https://rebellion.earth Client Earth, a legal charity aiming to repeatedly take governments to court on climate matters. Became much more visible when Dave Gilmour made a major donation recently: https://www.clientearth.org https://www.clientearth.org
  - RankingMember 7y ago
    Got any good US-based charity recommendations? Both of those seem Euro-centric.
    - NeedMoreTea 7y ago
      XR has a US site: https://extinctionrebellion.us https://extinctionrebellion.us They're not quite as established in the US yet as they landed there later, but are active and growing. The whole movement is only around a year or so old. They've achieved remarkable visibility and growth the time since the first UK demos. Client Earth has a US arm: https://www.clientearth.org/usa/ https://www.clientearth.org/usa/ though it doesn't look terribly active. I suspect there are better US equivalents that have achieved more stateside. I don't know who though, sorry.
    - adrianN 7y ago
      Maybe this https://citizensclimatelobby.org/ https://citizensclimatelobby.org/
    - NeedMoreTea 7y ago
      Update: Coincidentally I just saw a news item about a US equivalent of Climate Earth: https://earthjustice.org https://earthjustice.org who seem to have considerable history and track record. They just launched a law suit over the Endangered Species Act.

bloopernova 7y ago

That cuts deep. It's very easy to put things off and believe that I'm helpless. Thank you for being blunt about it. I'll do something today about the climate and planting trees. I'm not physically able to plant stuff myself, so it will have to be something I donate to. I can also push my employer to start sponsoring climate disaster mitigation efforts.

NeedMoreTea 7y ago
You might want to consider donating to some of the groups that have sprung up. Two that have had recent visibility are: Extinction Rebellion, organisers of the civil disobedience protests in the UK and elsewhere - https://rebellion.earth https://rebellion.earth Client Earth, a legal charity aiming to repeatedly take governments to court on climate matters. Became much more visible when Dave Gilmour made a major donation recently: https://www.clientearth.org https://www.clientearth.org
- RankingMember 7y ago
  Got any good US-based charity recommendations? Both of those seem Euro-centric.
  - NeedMoreTea 7y ago
    XR has a US site: https://extinctionrebellion.us https://extinctionrebellion.us They're not quite as established in the US yet as they landed there later, but are active and growing. The whole movement is only around a year or so old. They've achieved remarkable visibility and growth the time since the first UK demos. Client Earth has a US arm: https://www.clientearth.org/usa/ https://www.clientearth.org/usa/ though it doesn't look terribly active. I suspect there are better US equivalents that have achieved more stateside. I don't know who though, sorry.
  - adrianN 7y ago
    Maybe this https://citizensclimatelobby.org/ https://citizensclimatelobby.org/
  - NeedMoreTea 7y ago
    Update: Coincidentally I just saw a news item about a US equivalent of Climate Earth: https://earthjustice.org https://earthjustice.org who seem to have considerable history and track record. They just launched a law suit over the Endangered Species Act.