I don't want to "FIGHT" the climate change. It is not a fight. A fight always divides people into 2 groups (For & Against). And we do have this division across the world right now which needs to be addressed first. Climate change cannot have anyone, not even a single child, man, women or our friends from the transgender or as I like to say (gender bias free) citizens in the "Against" team. Also, we cannot put a resistance against a natural calamity so it is not a fight of human beings vs. nature. It is just not a fight! It is a tragedy we all need to survive with our hopes intact and head held high.
As like any tragedy, an obvious reaction is "Denial". This is the challenge I want to address. The only problem is communication. The reason why a lot of people (including Trump) are behaving carefree is because of the general human tendency - "It is not in my backyard hence not my problem"
Let's be real here, if we burn all the coals and dump all nauseating elements in our environment, we will still hold good for another few hundred years. And most people who refuse to acknowledge the real threats of the climate change are people who probably don't care what happens to anyone after their lifetime.
Profit is a strong motivation and there are just not enough incentives to make people who don't care about the environment, start caring because we expect them to do so. Best analogy I can come up with, a person contemplating suicide will not change his /her thoughts if we just tell them or and brute force won't work. We have to mold their thoughts and that will take time and constant action involving a lot of direct contact.
Global warming and climate change is a discussion which firstly needs to be free of blame games. We are all equally responsible. Next, we need to stop expecting equal financial contributions from all nations and likewise equal sense of responsibility from all nationalities. Not everyone is actualized and a highly qualified person need not be socially conscious. Likewise a rural kid with no access to information might be more sensitive to our cause.
So in essence, I want to be a part of a team which understands the people we have to work with (which includes everyone who hates us), speak to them in the language they understand and provide enough incentives and information to change their mindset. We have limited funds and limited availability of people. I hope my message gets through. We need to be more aware of whom we are talking to and be sensitive to the language we use.
Best Regards,
Deboshree
Massachusetts, USA
As like any tragedy, an obvious reaction is "Denial". This is the challenge I want to address. The only problem is communication. The reason why a lot of people (including Trump) are behaving carefree is because of the general human tendency - "It is not in my backyard hence not my problem"
Let's be real here, if we burn all the coals and dump all nauseating elements in our environment, we will still hold good for another few hundred years. And most people who refuse to acknowledge the real threats of the climate change are people who probably don't care what happens to anyone after their lifetime.
Profit is a strong motivation and there are just not enough incentives to make people who don't care about the environment, start caring because we expect them to do so. Best analogy I can come up with, a person contemplating suicide will not change his /her thoughts if we just tell them or and brute force won't work. We have to mold their thoughts and that will take time and constant action involving a lot of direct contact.
Global warming and climate change is a discussion which firstly needs to be free of blame games. We are all equally responsible. Next, we need to stop expecting equal financial contributions from all nations and likewise equal sense of responsibility from all nationalities. Not everyone is actualized and a highly qualified person need not be socially conscious. Likewise a rural kid with no access to information might be more sensitive to our cause.
So in essence, I want to be a part of a team which understands the people we have to work with (which includes everyone who hates us), speak to them in the language they understand and provide enough incentives and information to change their mindset. We have limited funds and limited availability of people. I hope my message gets through. We need to be more aware of whom we are talking to and be sensitive to the language we use.
Best Regards,
Deboshree
Massachusetts, USA
