Dr. Elizabeth Sawin✨Jul 7, 2023
I find I get this uneasy feeling in my belly every time earth system parameters hop outside of the limits of the last 125,000 years. You?
Show threadPauline von HellermannJul 8, 2023

@bethsawin
Yes. Was just staring at this graph.

I understand the argument that fearmongering doesn’t work, that (the majority of) people need positive messaging to be motivated to act etc. But: it is also not right that the vast majority are so in the dark about where we are actually at; that there is no serious engagement or messaging about this from political leaders. #ClimateEmergency

Show threadDavidBJul 11, 2023
@pvonhellermannn @bethsawin Honestly, I don't understand the argument for positive messaging at the moment.

If there is a moment to panic and to be scared as hell is now.

Positive messaging is surfing on the "slightly changing your daily habits can save the planet." Which is BS, always has been BS. Changing the entire fabric of the Western World can save the planet and only that at this point.
Show threadBensGreenGamingAc
@David @pvonhellermannn @bethsawin My positive is: “Theres still hope, but we have to act now and do what’s required.”
Jul 11, 2023 at 6:51amWeb
Show threadDavidBJul 11, 2023
@green_bens @pvonhellermannn @bethsawin What is "act now"? What is that thing that needs to be done?
If you don't spell it out, it's the same feel-good empty phrasing as before.
Show threadBensGreenGamingAcJul 11, 2023
@David @pvonhellermannn @bethsawin Touchė. I do follow up with a big list - people seem very attached to certain things (AGAs, flights) but seem to be much more open to insulation, solar + batteries and EVs. Cost is a major barrier, so is getting installers.
Show threadBensGreenGamingAcJul 11, 2023

@David @pvonhellermannn @bethsawin Our local council does seem to be doing the right sort of things to a degree but the local conservation group seems to oppose anything on roofs. (Save the architecture, not the planet. Good job we’re not at sea level or anything.)

It would all be a lot easier if the news was actually reporting this rather than doing the usual “Weather much nicer than normal for the 40th day, flooding in foreign lands.”