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>At the risk of sounding like fatalist... No, you sound like a realist. My wife has been an ardent environmentalist her whole adult life, but she has echoed th
by javajosh 7y ago
>At the risk of sounding like fatalist...
No, you sound like a realist. My wife has been an ardent environmentalist her whole adult life, but she has echoed this sentiment to me, to the extent she would rather people not even recycle. It is, she says, the security theater of environmentalism. Political action is needed.
In fact, I believe the populist movements around the world will soon meet with climate change environmentalism, and we will see a great voluntary contraction, supported by governments, that will indeed make a big dent on the problem. Until then, not using plastic straws and veganism is just theater.
- adamsea 7y agoThe one thing theater can do is raise the consciousness of those around the one performing and socially normalize previously “weird” behaviors, both of which are useful groundwork for effective political action.
- javajosh 7y agoMaybe, but I don't think we really know what a "good" global economic contraction will look like, or what behaviors will come with it. Although, it seems pretty obvious that gas-powered vehicles will become a rarity, and (I hope!) working from home becomes the norm, not the exception. (That last one seems like such an obvious change we could encourage NOW.)
- DonHopkins 7y agoWe should stop recycling our politicians, and throw away the old ones in a landfill.