It's pretty ridiculous how we can't handle ourselves and are destroying the environment at an alarming rate, according to BBC News. What I found most interesting about this article was the quote about materialism being the new religion, which is entirely true, and that the US's ecological footprint is over its biocapacity, but Canada's is the reverse. Once again, Canada gets it right. As long as we in the US have a population apathetic about the planet's future and a government unwilling to wake up, to realize what we're doing to the environment, then we're going to keep getting it wrong.
Cutting our energy use, recycling, using public transportation or walking or driving a fuel-efficient vehicle (which doesn't have to be a hybrid: my car is 11 years old and still gets 30 miles/gallon): these things aren't difficult! I always hearken back to Agent Smith's quote in the Matrix about how human beings are not mammals, but viruses: instead of coexisting with our environment, we destroy it.
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I saw that article many days ago. I find it very disturbing. At this point, as individuals, all we can do is
1.) educate our friends and neighbors.
2.) live by example - cutting use of fossil fuels, go green, etc.
3.) keep on our elective officials. e-mail, e-mail, e-mail. Tell them what you want out of them and don't give up til you get it.
4.) take care of ourselves, our children and prepare for the worst (see my blog post: http://www.progressiveu.org/153753-paranoid-maybe )...
Rachael
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