I didn't feel that you were being critical, btw ...
My talk at Solaris 2007 was called "Green Footprints." My point in that talk was that it's going to be impossible to not leave a trace, but we can certainly lighten the load. And that we cannot let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
Once a person breaks out of apathy and becomes aware of and accepts the reality of the looming environmental crisis, it becomes too easy to trap yourself in despair. The problems appear huge and overbearing, and "what can one person do?" is a commonly heard from refrain.
We didn't get here overnight, and the problems we are trying to solve will not be solved overnight. I hope that our actions now build cultural momentum that ripples through society, and makes it feasible for the necessary changes that are yet to come.
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Date: 2008-02-21 11:57 pm (UTC)My talk at Solaris 2007 was called "Green Footprints." My point in that talk was that it's going to be impossible to not leave a trace, but we can certainly lighten the load. And that we cannot let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
Once a person breaks out of apathy and becomes aware of and accepts the reality of the looming environmental crisis, it becomes too easy to trap yourself in despair. The problems appear huge and overbearing, and "what can one person do?" is a commonly heard from refrain.
We didn't get here overnight, and the problems we are trying to solve will not be solved overnight. I hope that our actions now build cultural momentum that ripples through society, and makes it feasible for the necessary changes that are yet to come.