Post by account_disabled on Mar 9, 2024 11:19:25 GMT
The truth is that we are not even close to admitting our addiction, much less quitting. We would rather rationalize our behavior and support hopelessly ineffective strategies like the Paris Accords (COP) or the CSR and ESG farce, rather than take the difficult steps to “clean up.” And what's worse is that, due to decades of delay, we have wasted the opportunity to solve this problem with incremental thinking.
Better questions get better answers
Now let's go back to the survey. Imagine Chile Mobile Number List that the question was not a vague option for a better world, but two direct questions.
Do you believe that the way we live our lives is incompatible with a stable climate and that urgent measures are required?
What cheap products and “conveniences” are you willing to give up tomorrow to protect yourself against the worst impacts of climate change?
Try it with a friend: you'll most likely get silence or rewarded rationalizations. Maybe one of these:
"I tried to be a vegetarian but it wasn't for me."
"I think it's great that people use public transportation, cars or bikes to get to work, but it's not practical for my job."
"I think it's good that people use reusable cups and water bottles, but I never know what my day will bring and I already have so much stuff to carry."
"I think it's good that there are people out there who repair their clothes instead of buying new ones, but I like new styles and I'm not willing to give them up."
survey. Can green leaders really exist in the midst of a capitalist system?
It's as if they are saying, "I totally agree that we should abandon environmentally destructive behaviors... as long as it doesn't bother me."
COVID-19 and the economy
It is interesting to see the similarities between those who responded in the survey that they do not want to return to "normal" and those who are beating the drum to restart the economy.
One group is not quite ready to give up their comforts, but they are fully involved when it comes to others doing so. And the other group, those with power in society want people to go back to work… as long as it's not them, or their children, who are putting their lives in danger on the front lines. In both cases... it's good that others do it.
This time it's different
The lie of capitalism is that we can solve our current dilemma. We can maintain profits and we'll figure it out as we go, after all, that's the way we've always done it. But this time it's different: time is ticking and our challenges are literally everything.
We need to change our transport system, manufacturing processes, farming methods and electricity grid in 10 short years, and even that does not guarantee that we can prevent the planet from exceeding 1.5 degrees of warming.
If you haven't noticed, rainforests continue to be cut down at an alarming rate and the Arctic is melting and absorbing more heat each day. We don't have the luxury of time: the crisis has already begun.
Antarctica. Can green leaders really exist in the midst of a capitalist system?
find peace
So what is it going to be? What are you willing to give up in the post-COVID19 world? That's really a trick question because it doesn't matter. Reducing the impacts of climate change is not about individual products or services. Stopping producing plastic bottles or coffee cups or carpooling to work or even riding a bike won't make a difference.
Climate change is not a problem that can be solved individually in the market. It is a global social problem that can only be solved with government leadership.
So what was the point of discussing the idea of giving up the products? The point is that we need to be prepared or better yet, at peace with giving up all those wasteful and polluting activities. Only then will we be ready to vote on the type of government that will strategize, plan and budget around climate protection programs and policies.
Better questions get better answers
Now let's go back to the survey. Imagine Chile Mobile Number List that the question was not a vague option for a better world, but two direct questions.
Do you believe that the way we live our lives is incompatible with a stable climate and that urgent measures are required?
What cheap products and “conveniences” are you willing to give up tomorrow to protect yourself against the worst impacts of climate change?
Try it with a friend: you'll most likely get silence or rewarded rationalizations. Maybe one of these:
"I tried to be a vegetarian but it wasn't for me."
"I think it's great that people use public transportation, cars or bikes to get to work, but it's not practical for my job."
"I think it's good that people use reusable cups and water bottles, but I never know what my day will bring and I already have so much stuff to carry."
"I think it's good that there are people out there who repair their clothes instead of buying new ones, but I like new styles and I'm not willing to give them up."
survey. Can green leaders really exist in the midst of a capitalist system?
It's as if they are saying, "I totally agree that we should abandon environmentally destructive behaviors... as long as it doesn't bother me."
COVID-19 and the economy
It is interesting to see the similarities between those who responded in the survey that they do not want to return to "normal" and those who are beating the drum to restart the economy.
One group is not quite ready to give up their comforts, but they are fully involved when it comes to others doing so. And the other group, those with power in society want people to go back to work… as long as it's not them, or their children, who are putting their lives in danger on the front lines. In both cases... it's good that others do it.
This time it's different
The lie of capitalism is that we can solve our current dilemma. We can maintain profits and we'll figure it out as we go, after all, that's the way we've always done it. But this time it's different: time is ticking and our challenges are literally everything.
We need to change our transport system, manufacturing processes, farming methods and electricity grid in 10 short years, and even that does not guarantee that we can prevent the planet from exceeding 1.5 degrees of warming.
If you haven't noticed, rainforests continue to be cut down at an alarming rate and the Arctic is melting and absorbing more heat each day. We don't have the luxury of time: the crisis has already begun.
Antarctica. Can green leaders really exist in the midst of a capitalist system?
find peace
So what is it going to be? What are you willing to give up in the post-COVID19 world? That's really a trick question because it doesn't matter. Reducing the impacts of climate change is not about individual products or services. Stopping producing plastic bottles or coffee cups or carpooling to work or even riding a bike won't make a difference.
Climate change is not a problem that can be solved individually in the market. It is a global social problem that can only be solved with government leadership.
So what was the point of discussing the idea of giving up the products? The point is that we need to be prepared or better yet, at peace with giving up all those wasteful and polluting activities. Only then will we be ready to vote on the type of government that will strategize, plan and budget around climate protection programs and policies.