Thoughts for Tomorrow
Happy New Year?
It's not started off very well has it? 2026 could have seen governments accepting at last that climate change is no longer on the horizon. Instead, the power of law is becoming the law of power and climate change is pushed into the long grass. Now, governments, billionaires and much of the media, seem obessed with their own places in a new and more brutal world order.Inevitably, the present situation will become worse as climate change accelerates, threatening any living being that's unable to adapt quickly enough - and of course that includes us! We humans are all too aware of how we connect with each other in families, tribes, peace, war, economically, politically and so on, but we're rather less aware of our essential connection with the natural world.
The entire planetary ecosystem in all of its complexity, may be beyond our understanding, but we are connected with nature in obvious ways that we don't need to understand. Look at our multilayered food chains for example. Nature provides the bottom layer for our agriculture but for how long if we don't mend our ways?
So what can be done? I think it's up to 'ordinary' people now. Yes, argue relentlessly with the powers that be, but I doubt that much will be done until there's a groundswell of opinion the world over, forcing attention followed by real action. Whether you just eat local food, grow your own veg, educate others, cycle to work or engage in protest, it makes little difference by itself but suppose hundreds, thousands or millions of people do the same?
Any positive contribution to climate action by an individual may not seem very much but there's always potential for widespread repetition by others. Let's all be stubbornly optimistic and have a really happy 2026 by doing the right thing for the planet and all the life that's on it. Whatever you can do in harmony with the natural world to change the way we humans live, do it! Ordinary people acting together can do extraordinary things!
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