Member-only story
I’m doing a lot. Are they the right things? Is it enough?
I’ve been doing many things in an attempt to move the needle, to save the biosphere from the 6th great extinction. This current extinction was triggered by ongoing climate-abusive activities by humans. By destroying their own habitat, humans are destroying themselves.
More accurately, a small band of authorities are committing ecocide while the billions of victims feel powerless to save themselves or their children.
It’s clearly not a time to remain passive, obedient or silent. I have been trying to do something about this. I’m pretty confident that the framework I’m following — something called A Climate Declaration — is the right way to go.
But I’m not sure that I’m being disciplined enough, or tactically smart. Or perhaps I’m actually doing exactly the right things, and just need to keep at it. I don’t know and perhaps all one can really do is take your best guess and go with it.
What I’m Doing
I’ve been doing everything I can think of: writing online, writing directly to authorities and influential people, protesting in front of landmarks, looking for like-minded people and working with them, podcasting, writing fictional stories envisioning how we…