Lets look at the above picture and use it as an analogy for our planet. What we have here is something that once was young, vibrant, and attractive. However after years of neglect, bearing children, and a loveless marriage she has fallen into a seriously sad state of affairs. However there is hope, as we all know ol' Brit here turned things around, shook herself up and came back looking good, physically and emotionally stable. But there is a threshold, a point of no return, and if we approach that threshold I'll have to start putting up pictures of Amy Winehouse instead of Britney Spears for our analogy. How do we get to that point, that head shake that I'm sure hit Britney over the head one day as she looked in the mirror and saw a fat, bald, greasy faced woman she'd become? Do we have to have things go so wrong, or have they gotten there already?
No I don't believe we have gotten there yet...soon I'm sure. But until that day happens is it too late to turn things around? Are we doomed to use liberal amounts of guilt like that of so many yo-yo dieters in order to keep ourselves from this horrible future? As of now yes, we are doomed to use guilt as our best means of protecting the planet and unfortunately it isn't working. Guilt can only go so far and like a starvation diet we as individuals find it more convenient to crack open a 2 litre and a bag of chips now and then.
So lets examine how guilt affects us in regards to environmental awareness. Lots of books, theories, articles and so on look at why the world is in the shape its in on a macro scale. Why governments aren't doing this and why businesses are polluting that. But lets look at ourselves and dig deeper into why with all we know we still drive that mile to the store, pack that one can into a plastic shopping bag, and throw that macaroni box in the garbage.
Next week's blog: What's the point?
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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