> I think one of the problems with most of the climate change and environmental articles like this is that they focus entirely on the negative. This is because

> I think one of the problems with most of the climate change and environmental articles like this is that they focus entirely on the negative. This is because the news about the destruction of our planet is entirely negative - or more specifically, 100 pieces of bad news for every good one. > Meanwhile, you read an alarmist article We read an _accurate_ article. > [until] that shared narrative paints the picture of a better future where everyone can see themselves being happier, healthier, etc., bottom-up change won’t happen. Such a future does not exist, because we're going to have to cut down on our consumption dramatically to save the Earth. You are uninterested in hearing about the problem unless there's a solution which makes everyone happy, and since no such solution exists, you just want everyone to stop talking about. You and people like you are exactly why we will continue on our obsessive consumption until we're past the brink, if we aren't already.