I recently read a provocative article on Orion by Derrick Jensen called “Forget Shorter Showers: why personal change does not equal political change.” In a nutshell, he argues that the system is broken, and individual action to minimize impact isn’t going to make a significant dent in saving the planet. Instead of taking shorter showers, we should be lobbying, restoring habitats, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘green consciousness’
25 Jun
Why the Greener-Than-Thou Attitude Needs to Die
A few weeks ago, Huffpost published an article debating whether men or women were the greener gender. Apparently, it’s a fairly heated topic: the article concluded that women do more ‘little picture’ things like make greener consumer decisions, while men do more ‘big picture’ things but don’t sweat the small stuff. Cue more debate. We’re [...]
3 Jun
Environmentalism Goes Cynical
A lot of this blog is devoted to the idea of fostering consciousness to combat climate change, and it rests on a few stipulations, namely: 1. However unwise humans are as a species, we as individuals are capable of making intelligent and conscientious decisions; 2. We act destructively at least partially because we don’t see or [...]
