People's Climate Rally in Montpelier

[dawn_felagund]

Bobby and I went to the climate rally today that was held in Vermont's capital city of Montpelier. Oh, it was tempting to try to go to DC again! But I decided against it. I have a lot going on right now, and I always try to remember the advice I read when reigniting my political activism that one has to take care of oneself ... so I kept it local

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[oloriel]

It's a bit better here - there was a first (?) big wave of climate change awareness as a result of the ozone depletion in the early 1980s, so a lot of people who were our age back then are already pretty aware and quite willing to take counter-measures. Private individuals, at least - but it does have the positive effect that if a lot of people want aerosol cans without CFCs, fridges that don't need quite so much electricity, and cars that make more mileage out of less gas, companies are eventually going to provide. (Which doesn't stop them from the occasional asshatteries, of course. >_>)

For my generation, who grew up with all the scenarios about how "if we don't change things now, we will only feel the results in 30 years but we WILL feel them", the alarm of the past years has either been serious annoying (YES WELL THIS WAS PREDICTED 30 YEARS AGO!) or, unfortunately, has a bit of a numbing effect (WELL WE'VE BEEN WARNED FOR SO LONG NOW THAT WE NO LONGER CARE) and gives rise to a bit of a YOLO attitude.

But at least, the sceptics - aside from a minority - tend to be of the grandparental generation, so we all get to shake our heads in unison at those dumb 'mericuns (present company excepted) who just don't get it. ;)