I have shied away from writing a piece referencing the movie, Don’t Look Up, because so many climate and environment writers have already been doing so. However, the recently-released report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) pulled it out of me.
Great, great movie satirically(?) summing up the utter insanity that the insatiable lust for money and power that intentionally blinds nearly everyone, top to bottom to the reality to the truth of the catastrophic future we are already, in my opinion, inextricably locked into.
However, now that I’ve shamelessly articulated my prophecy of doom, I’m here to applaud your own expressions of hope and solutions. As always you’re perspectives and passion are cause for even a cynical skeptic like me to pause and reconsider my rote, hopeless prognostications. In this kind of scenario, all you can initially hope for is exactly that, to force by your words and actions to plant a seed of hope. For me, you have always had a unique ability to do that. I’m certain I’m not alone.
Great, great movie satirically(?) summing up the utter insanity that the insatiable lust for money and power that intentionally blinds nearly everyone, top to bottom to the reality to the truth of the catastrophic future we are already, in my opinion, inextricably locked into.
However, now that I’ve shamelessly articulated my prophecy of doom, I’m here to applaud your own expressions of hope and solutions. As always you’re perspectives and passion are cause for even a cynical skeptic like me to pause and reconsider my rote, hopeless prognostications. In this kind of scenario, all you can initially hope for is exactly that, to force by your words and actions to plant a seed of hope. For me, you have always had a unique ability to do that. I’m certain I’m not alone.
Thank you for all that you do.
Ron