I think that what worries many of us is that society and communities are not set up to make it fully practical to protect the environment. If one goes to a supermarket, most products are heavily wrapped in plastic, or even in metal and glass produced with much energy, and the food travels far (I limit myself to USA products now, although who knows about some ingredients - but even that is too far).

How can one get around without driving, when there is limited public transportation? Energy generation, heat, manufacturing - these continue on as before and account for a significant share of the problem of global warming. And underlying all this, even if we cut back, the population of the world keeps growing, most people continue on, oblivious, and it is not clear we as individuals can do enough.

My point is that we need new laws from our USA government, and worldwide we need massive awareness and action to begin. I feel as if I am holding my breath, waiting to see the mass of society begin first to get worried, and then to begin taking seriously what they do personally and who they vote for in elections.

People have a general idea of global warming now, and not much more. Little has changed in the USA with laws or with actions. And peak oil (energy supply) and resource issues (food, water) are even less in most peoples’ radar. Unless things move quickly in terms of awareness and mandatory provisions such as those during World War II, we will have a stripped-down, overheated planet crowded with… well, you know. We may have already passed a tipping point of global heating, and who knows how long oil and gasoline will be easily available and affordable.

That is sense of why we all feel this background level of concern. That is why we write and preach mostly to the choir. And, unfortunately, it is hard to think of much more to do, other than watch this slow-motion study in world sociology play itself out, while we each do the essential but relatively small amount that we can do.

How about addressing the moral and spiritual challenge of man-made economic system? The obvious truth is our so called democratic governments are not representing the people, they are doing the bidding of man-made institutions like central banks, corporations and financial markets dominated by few elites and entangled big boys networks.

There are far more critical and urgent man-made problems (which are actually responsible for climate change) that need our attention. The most critical is the man-made economic system falsely labeled free-market Capitalism based on an unsustainable debt-based usury based and fractional reserve based colonial money paradigm built on greed and artificial scarcity of currency maintained by centralized commercial banking system.

http://conscious-capitalism.blogspot.com

We cannot ignore the dimension of growing human suffering, war, injustice and inequality of access, opportunity and wealth distribution this man-made economic system is generating. The entire hierarchical elitist patriarchal powerbase and devaluation and marginalization of women and other minorities is build upon this debt-based usurious currency system. Socially engaged citizens of the world need to unite and address these issues that would not be addressed by mainstream media, academia or politics. A sustainable and equitable currency system designed by the people for the people would secure democracy and peace for us and our children and all life forms. Citizen journalism and conscious action can turn the table with a dancing revolution of joy and freedom that the world is ready to know. Browse some links on side-bar.

Cheers

In honor of Blog Action Day, I just started this new section in my blog, called Blogacts, for blogging + activism. I would like to invite you to be a guest blogger on my blog, and write about one of your blog acts, something you did or are planning to do, involving both writing in your blog, and following up with some kind of activist gesture in your community. Of course, I would link the post back to your site!

let me know if that is something you would like to do, I would certainly feel honored if you did.

marguerite
http://lamarguerite.wordpress.com