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Can We Kick The "Waste" Habit?
noimpactman.typepad.com — One of the big challenges in transitioning to a sustainable culture will be changing people's attitudes toward waste. Can we learn to not waste? Or are just plain too selfish?
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- weirdralph, on 11/07/2007, -0/+6I particularly liked this comment, because it reflects what I've been saying for some time: "Maybe, instead of trying to scare people to death with images of far-away polar bears, we should convince them of the benefits they would personally accrue from living environmentally--the money saved, the health gained, the community rebuilt. These are some of the benefits. I know because I've been living this way for nearly a year."
The fact of the matter is, we simply don't know how our wasteful behavior is affecting the environment. And because of that, it's going to be tough scaring people with a hellfire-and-brimstone enviro-sermon. So instead of the threat of hell, it makes a lot more sense to offer the promise of heaven. Tell people what you're going to do to make them happier, and they'll listen. But tell them you're going to make life difficult... they're going to block you out.- mentol, on 11/07/2007, -0/+2Exactly what I meant to say, great comment.
In regards to "if we can do it" I think people become lazy every minute ...
- mentol, on 11/07/2007, -0/+2Exactly what I meant to say, great comment.
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