Courtesy of Grist
footage by Stephen W Thomson
words by Bill McKibben
From Eradicating Ecocide by Polly Higgins page 17:
“An international conference [about pollution] was held in 1911 and American reformers joined their British counterparts. Information, reports and scientific data were shared and disseminated. Conversations about strategy, tactics and insights stoked the fire of reform and change.
Industry argued for efficiency and technological fixes. Jevons’ paradox was quietly ignored and engineers were put to the task of researching and inventing more efficient installations.
The government faced two choices: ban the use of coal or impose further restrictions.”
Here we are, exactly 100 years later —
and absolutely nothing has changed.
Get ready for Moving Planet.
When:
September 24, 2011
Where:
All over the world.
Who:
Everyone.
Ha, our paths cross on YouTube! All the way to Tom Lehrer’s song linked down in your comment, I left this which you probably won’t see:
Hi Wibble!! I had forgotten all about Tom Lehrer – of course, I was all of 13 when that song came out. Pollution didn’t seem like a real threat then. I wonder how people who really understood how this will play out years ago have been able to make peace with ecocide…or do they think they can eradicate it?
“Here we are, exactly 100 years later –
and absolutely nothing has changed.”
Nothing has changed…except it’s TOO LATE NOW.
It’s a small world, Gail… and getting smaller all the time.
As for it being too late: you may be right. Borrowing a .sig from a friend:
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” — Dr. Seuss, from The Lorax
That YouTube video and the quote from The Lorax are both inspirational – thank you for posting them.
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