I'm a 75-year-old Hoosier and remember those winters where we never saw a robin and all the seasons seemed more defined. I recall a harmony and predictability to nature. Now documented change and disruption is all around and STILL the general public doesn't seem alarmed. Polls don't seem to rank climate change among top concerns. And the…
I'm a 75-year-old Hoosier and remember those winters where we never saw a robin and all the seasons seemed more defined. I recall a harmony and predictability to nature. Now documented change and disruption is all around and STILL the general public doesn't seem alarmed. Polls don't seem to rank climate change among top concerns. And the MEDIA isn't helping.
I've read Silent Spring Revolution by Douglas Brinkley and several passages mention CBS News coverage of, even advocacy for, the environmental movement that the book chronicles from the 1950s to the 1970s. I've written and emailed CBS News/Paramount for nearly a year with my concerns about how they now cover climate change issues, and have never received a reply. If anyone knows an effective way to get their attention, I'd like to hear it.
As Greta Thunberg has said “how can we expect people to demand drastic change in order to safeguard our present and future living conditions if they don't know the reason why those changes are needed.” We need traditional, trusted media to consistently cover the background of climate change events and provide context.
I agree so strongly with your last point. At age 70 and frustrated by my lack of real understanding, though I have been reading about it for years (and joined 350.org 12 years ago), I embarked this January on a 3-month course (given by Coursera and the University of Western Ontario), called Connecting for Climate Change. What a lot I am learning, not only about how climate change is measured and caused, and by whom, but also about indigenous knowledge on the subject.. which is more and more being welcomed by EuroWestern scientists, for its deep historical connection with and understanding of the land and climate. Unfortunately, it hasn't made me feel any less depressed, when I read and hear reports such as this Bill's.
I'm a 75-year-old Hoosier and remember those winters where we never saw a robin and all the seasons seemed more defined. I recall a harmony and predictability to nature. Now documented change and disruption is all around and STILL the general public doesn't seem alarmed. Polls don't seem to rank climate change among top concerns. And the MEDIA isn't helping.
I've read Silent Spring Revolution by Douglas Brinkley and several passages mention CBS News coverage of, even advocacy for, the environmental movement that the book chronicles from the 1950s to the 1970s. I've written and emailed CBS News/Paramount for nearly a year with my concerns about how they now cover climate change issues, and have never received a reply. If anyone knows an effective way to get their attention, I'd like to hear it.
As Greta Thunberg has said “how can we expect people to demand drastic change in order to safeguard our present and future living conditions if they don't know the reason why those changes are needed.” We need traditional, trusted media to consistently cover the background of climate change events and provide context.
I agree so strongly with your last point. At age 70 and frustrated by my lack of real understanding, though I have been reading about it for years (and joined 350.org 12 years ago), I embarked this January on a 3-month course (given by Coursera and the University of Western Ontario), called Connecting for Climate Change. What a lot I am learning, not only about how climate change is measured and caused, and by whom, but also about indigenous knowledge on the subject.. which is more and more being welcomed by EuroWestern scientists, for its deep historical connection with and understanding of the land and climate. Unfortunately, it hasn't made me feel any less depressed, when I read and hear reports such as this Bill's.