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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
– Jane Goodall
Dear Reader,
Doesn’t the world right now feel enormously, profoundly … messed up? Which is not to minimize the heartbreak and devastation of war, of cuts to research and aid, of U.S. climate policy rolling back to the dark ages. But it is to say that many of us are fighting the urge to pull the sheets over our heads and ask someone to alert us when the world feels sane again. What’s more, a lot of us look around at the news and feel alone in our concern for the planet.
But putting our heads in the sand, Jane Goodall made clear, is a dangerous impulse. And it overlooks the truth that there are actually legions of us who care. We know, from the work of Covering Climate Now, that 89% of people around the world want urgent action taken on behalf of the climate. And Earth911 recently reported that a Gallup poll shows that more than half of Americans are deeply concerned about the quality and availability of fresh water, and just under half are concerned “a great deal” about global warming, while two-thirds of people worry “a fair amount.”
And 57% don’t think the U.S. government is doing enough to address the crisis.
These numbers should get us on our feet. They should remind us of just how many people around us care about the same things we do — clean water, clean air, conservation. And what so often gets lost in these conversations is the fact that we can have all of this and address the affordability crisis, too. “EVs, heat pumps, and green power can cut household energy bills in half, putting thousands of dollars back in the pockets of working families. That’s not a climate argument; that’s a kitchen table argument, and it’s the one that wins,” wrote Toby Heaps, publisher of Corporate Knights.
Let’s focus on where we’re seeing positive change. And then let’s roll out of bed, roll up our sleeves, and join in the solutions.
Energetically,
Dot
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