Morning CoSo. 🗺️☀️
Today for #OnlySky, something a little different.
In this piece on eco-activist thinking, I look at how resource-management gaming can remind us to hold ideas in tension, and that responsible climate change policy is far more complex than it can sometimes feel from our armchairs.
We need *huge* cultural changes--but how do we move the dial as everyday citizens, when our nations show so little will to act?
#Humanism #Environment #ClimateChange #Gaming
https://onlysky.media/mclark/how-to-be-a-better-armchair-activist/
@MLClark I think about this a lot. I have made significant life choices around lowering my carbon footprint but some folks won’t even do bare minimum/don’t care about others.
I feel like I need to study this phenomenon more (many examples of this lack of societal empathy elsewhere eg during Covid etc)
In the piece, I note the difference that cultural norms make. It's easier to live low-imprint where I am than where I was in Canada. Are the folk here "better"? No. They're just moving in systems that make certain low-imprint options easier.
For instance, a car only seems necessary if we've failed to build cities effectively for alternative & less overall transport.
So we need enough groundswell for systemic changes--but we also can't wait for everyone. Some will adjust later on.
@MLClark I'm no fun at parties; I understand the science, and cultural positioning, and while I do what I can do, the frustration comes with knowing the most vulnerable (who didn't contribute to climate change like the global north did) will be affected the most, and some in the Global North go blithely on.
Toronto has the ability to to that, as long as you're not in a suburb!
I admit I have no patience for computer games though.
Comes back to education - bring on the groundswell!