Greta Thunberg and David Attenborough may turn out to be the catalysts for change, but only if we wake up and act both as individuals and collectively. The election defeat for progressive parties (south of the border) wanting to address climate change is a significant step backwards; the middle aged and old putting our present comforts or despair ahead of hope, against the interests of our clearer-sighted children.
I have pasted below the links to the excerpts from the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, in which the two talk, linked between London and Stockholm, and also the interview with retiring Bank of England governor Mark Carney. The interview with a spokesperson from Shell does not appear to have been posted by Radio 4. Shell’s perspective appears to be that activism is good if it changes consumers’ opinions which in turn creates markets for green energy and so will drive green investment in a capitalist economy; in other words, when the local neighbourhood is burning, reluctant punters might decide to switch provider.
Greta says “Read up. Inform yourself about the actual science and situation… Be an active democratic citizen… Democracy is not only on election day, it’s happening all the time”.
Of these sketches, the one immediately below was done outdoors from my bike. The rest were from photos, practice at expressing a landscape and sky with black and brown lines, bleeding ink, wash and conte crayon. I finished with the drawing that headlines this piece.
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Lovely work – and I really like the drawing done outdoors. Thanks for the links – this is a time when progressives have to try to make change happen and not lose heart. In Australia we have bushfires destroying huge parts of the country and the government denies that there is a climate emergency! It is just awful!
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Which is why consumer climate activism will fail. Our own neighbourhoods will burn and even then people might not change their behaviour. We need state and international action.
I should have said, I hope you and yours are safe from the fires.
I was interested in the Australia bush fires and found this interesting story on what actually starts the fires. Seems like the bigger emergency is getting people to stop causing the fires. https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/science/2019/11/20/how-most-bushfires-start/
Far, far better than a previous R4 guest editor’s comments….
Who do you mean? I didn’t hear them but last two were judge Brenda Hale and Grayson Perry.
I missed those two, both folk I’m sorry I missed. No it was Thatcher’s biographer.