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.
My uncle just sent me a message that involved an offhand comment about a 45-minute car trip he took for Krispy Kreme. So I hear you: some lifestyles will not change easily.
The game reaches a demographic that wouldn't read the book, but Half-Earth Socialism thoughtfully outlines global solutions. We need political policy and (for public participation) tax incentives.
Ontarians were actually *really* good about eco-upgrades when tax credits came with them. Guess who stopped those?
@MLClark p.s. - put a hold on that book which is at my local library 🤓
@Astro_yyz Woo! Glad it's on hand. Happy reading - though I don't think it's going to make you any more of a "hit" at parties. 🤣
@MLClark Yeah, it's always the Tories ....