Far too many of us humans live insulated within a culture so disconnected from its literal landbase that we have to set aside one day a year to acknowledge the existence of the mortal coil upon which we dwell.
Planet Earth doesn't need a "day."
Planet Earth needs an army of informed, dedicated, and open-minded defenders.
It needs those of us who are not singularly focused on carbon.
For more, here’s an excellent look at carbon reductionism from Lynn Cady:
Also, something eco-related I wrote last year:
And this is about recycling…
It's another distraction. Another way to virtue signal.
A cousin commented that, as Canada has banned plastic shopping bags, we now carry out paper bags filled with plastic. To which I add...and buy kitchen garbage bags.
I do truly believe that we should not take more than we need, but we are so numb to the effects of marketing that I don't think that tge majority know what they need.
But by golly, paper straws and bread tags will save the planet
The environmentalism I used to know has largely become a bunch of neurotic cults. So many of them ignore the local in favour of broadcasting gassy, grandiloquent sentiments; all glittering generalities and vacuous sanctimony. Thankfully, there are plenty of people who are trying to keep things real. I had a great experience with one recently. Her group runs a school/retreat that teaches people how to make low cost input, environmentally regenerative market and kitchen gardens.