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''We all have had a [[long collective history]], but now | ''We all have had a [[long collective history]], but now this is all in [[Climate crisis|jeopardy]]. Some believe we as individuals can slow its progression by adopting better consumption patterns. Others believe we can look to our entrenched politicians for answers.This might take the form of recycling plastics or paying charities to reduce people's use of firewood is doing a disservice to the cause. However whether it is recycling plastics or lip service from lobbied politicians it seems neither is effective. By greenwashing ourselves it temporarily relieves the anxiety intended for a much bigger problem. This website serves as log of an expedition to find something better.'' | ||
In healthcare, when someone has a stomach ache, you can quickly ''treat'' it by going to a pharmacy. The pharmacist can address the immediate problem, indigestion = antacids, diarrhoea = loperamide, pain = analgesics. However whilst the acute symptoms may subside, you have just removed a key bodily warning system which might remind you that something more serious is wrong. The same is to say with our actions to save the environment, whilst well-meaning, not using plastic straws only helps relieve a symptom of a much larger problem. The science of third parties trying to convince you of these facts is not nefarious, there's no James Bond villain stroking his white cat. Its simply that we are living in a society which bases its success on profit. A classic example of greenwashing is when Volkswagen admitted to cheating emissions tests by fitting various vehicles with a “defect” device, with software which could detect when it was undergoing an emissions test and altering the performance to reduce the emissions level. | In healthcare, when someone has a stomach ache, you can quickly ''treat'' it by going to a pharmacy. The pharmacist can address the immediate problem, indigestion = antacids, diarrhoea = loperamide, pain = analgesics. However whilst the acute symptoms may subside, you have just removed a key bodily warning system which might remind you that something more serious is wrong. The same is to say with our actions to save the environment, whilst well-meaning, not using plastic straws only helps relieve a symptom of a much larger problem. The science of third parties trying to convince you of these facts is not nefarious, there's no James Bond villain stroking his white cat. Its simply that we are living in a society which bases its success on profit. A classic example of greenwashing is when Volkswagen admitted to cheating emissions tests by fitting various vehicles with a “defect” device, with software which could detect when it was undergoing an emissions test and altering the performance to reduce the emissions level. | ||
Revision as of 00:17, 5 November 2021
Hey thanks for coming, this site needs your help making sure that what is presented is accurate. This Wiki (much the same format as Wikipedia) been created to help compile figure one idea about how we might take a different tact and help formulate a way we can quietly nudge aspects of our society away from collapse.
This site has been created in the format of a to log and clarify some ideas about how these nudges might be done. As such I commit to reference any facts stated to robust regulated scientific papers, however, nevertheless this site will contain errors large and small. If you find a meaningful factual error, please register on this site and correct it. If you find typos, please let me know but I do not think I will pay you for those. Overall, please let me know either record a voice message below or type on the cryptopad, it is all anonymous. any feedback or suggestions on how I could make this more useful! This is a developing article, if you have time please give me some feedback.
Summary
We all have had a long collective history, but now this is all in jeopardy. Some believe we as individuals can slow its progression by adopting better consumption patterns. Others believe we can look to our entrenched politicians for answers.This might take the form of recycling plastics or paying charities to reduce people's use of firewood is doing a disservice to the cause. However whether it is recycling plastics or lip service from lobbied politicians it seems neither is effective. By greenwashing ourselves it temporarily relieves the anxiety intended for a much bigger problem. This website serves as log of an expedition to find something better.
In healthcare, when someone has a stomach ache, you can quickly treat it by going to a pharmacy. The pharmacist can address the immediate problem, indigestion = antacids, diarrhoea = loperamide, pain = analgesics. However whilst the acute symptoms may subside, you have just removed a key bodily warning system which might remind you that something more serious is wrong. The same is to say with our actions to save the environment, whilst well-meaning, not using plastic straws only helps relieve a symptom of a much larger problem. The science of third parties trying to convince you of these facts is not nefarious, there's no James Bond villain stroking his white cat. Its simply that we are living in a society which bases its success on profit. A classic example of greenwashing is when Volkswagen admitted to cheating emissions tests by fitting various vehicles with a “defect” device, with software which could detect when it was undergoing an emissions test and altering the performance to reduce the emissions level.
To resolve this we must look upstream ---->