Wow, great writing. I hear you. Actions are the only solutions if things are to change. Give up your car. I did. Mpls. has (or did have in the late 60's when I lived there) good transit. I took the bus to and from Dayton's downtown, then walked to the Washburn Child Guidance Center when I got a better job.
I haven't had a car since 2020. Think of the thousands I've saved without gas, insurance, and maintenance costs!
Luckily our senior center here in Southampton, NY offers free rides to doctors, dentists, and free, mostly meatless, meals 5 days a week. Plastic bags in stores were banned a few yrs ago.
Still millions of people don't even bother to recycle....something so simple and easy.
As for Mpls., I miss the wonderful old walk up apartments, strolling around the lakes, the Art Institute, Guthrie Theater, the mall downtown, bars, clubs, skyways, and more, but not those brutal winters.
If everyone in the world changed one habit there might be hope for the future. Plus the elephant in the room....population control, especially in third world countries.
In 1969, 56 YEARS AGO, I heard Paul Ehrlich speak about Zero population growth. Very few listened.
Can relate, down to the self-judgment about my meager efforts and how easily I get deterred. I imagine the climate movement like any movement takes an ecosystem, and I'm learning to find my little niche, and I think we all are. For me, I've learned, it's hands-on outdoors field work rather than protest, organizing, or NVDA (though a friend right now is risking arrest doing just that and I have so much admiration for her). Hope you find your spot, or a series of them!
Cute & Clever. Hey, the front lines are much more exciting! Chaining yourself to bulldozers, living in treetops, and getting arrested for occupying government offices. Not to mention all the lovely marches and protests. I was a street medic for a decade with the Movement. Eventually, my back got too old to carry the heavy medical pack and I got tired of listening to youngsters who didn't see me, discuss Marx for hours around a campfire. But it sure beats organizational meetings! Keep trying. There's a place for every personality.
I feel like the best action I can take beyond reducing my household footprint is avoiding AI as much as possible. It’s rough because so many “actions” and action meetings feel like they go nowhere.
Wow, great writing. I hear you. Actions are the only solutions if things are to change. Give up your car. I did. Mpls. has (or did have in the late 60's when I lived there) good transit. I took the bus to and from Dayton's downtown, then walked to the Washburn Child Guidance Center when I got a better job.
I haven't had a car since 2020. Think of the thousands I've saved without gas, insurance, and maintenance costs!
Luckily our senior center here in Southampton, NY offers free rides to doctors, dentists, and free, mostly meatless, meals 5 days a week. Plastic bags in stores were banned a few yrs ago.
Still millions of people don't even bother to recycle....something so simple and easy.
As for Mpls., I miss the wonderful old walk up apartments, strolling around the lakes, the Art Institute, Guthrie Theater, the mall downtown, bars, clubs, skyways, and more, but not those brutal winters.
If everyone in the world changed one habit there might be hope for the future. Plus the elephant in the room....population control, especially in third world countries.
In 1969, 56 YEARS AGO, I heard Paul Ehrlich speak about Zero population growth. Very few listened.
Can relate, down to the self-judgment about my meager efforts and how easily I get deterred. I imagine the climate movement like any movement takes an ecosystem, and I'm learning to find my little niche, and I think we all are. For me, I've learned, it's hands-on outdoors field work rather than protest, organizing, or NVDA (though a friend right now is risking arrest doing just that and I have so much admiration for her). Hope you find your spot, or a series of them!
Cute & Clever. Hey, the front lines are much more exciting! Chaining yourself to bulldozers, living in treetops, and getting arrested for occupying government offices. Not to mention all the lovely marches and protests. I was a street medic for a decade with the Movement. Eventually, my back got too old to carry the heavy medical pack and I got tired of listening to youngsters who didn't see me, discuss Marx for hours around a campfire. But it sure beats organizational meetings! Keep trying. There's a place for every personality.
I feel like the best action I can take beyond reducing my household footprint is avoiding AI as much as possible. It’s rough because so many “actions” and action meetings feel like they go nowhere.