Nice that CBS News is thinking about it, but the “expert” they interview has only weak-sauce answers. Kids are right to feel seething anger. Giving them something positive to work on is a great idea, but I don’t think bike lanes are going to get to the root of that overwhelming anxiety. From my perspective, having spent a lot of time at local meetings where these issues are discussed – having young people show up and give an informed perspective on why they are concerned, and what the solutions should be, would be impactful. I’ve only seen it once, but it made an impression.
4 thoughts on “Don’t Talk Down to Kids About Climate”
I agree with Peter, this interview was a lost opportunity. We need to teach kids about ways they can make a significant difference in their everyday lives as well as to begin to advocate for changes which will make a difference in their communities.
Tom Porter
They’re not only weak sauce answers, they’re grossly ineffective tu quoque deceptions. Typical of Drawdown, though they have a lot of excellent ideas. Bizarrely, they also focus on population, the definition of a three quoque non-solution. (Have 1 fewer kid? Seriously?) They lump together or split apart solutions & then treat those sections like gospel & wildly misjudge the importance & hierarchy of solutions based on them.
Personal action is crucial in many ways, but this crisis will only be solved by political action: huge, sustained, radical direct action as part of a peaceful revolution to remove the lunatic right wing from power (& its interchangeable commodity, wealth) & replace it with progressive government.
I agree with Peter, this interview was a lost opportunity. We need to teach kids about ways they can make a significant difference in their everyday lives as well as to begin to advocate for changes which will make a difference in their communities.
Tom Porter
Sadly, I broke my own rule and read the YouTube comments.
Curious, I did too. Sweet Ceiling Cat, dumbfounding, gob smacking, and very disheartening.
They’re not only weak sauce answers, they’re grossly ineffective tu quoque deceptions. Typical of Drawdown, though they have a lot of excellent ideas. Bizarrely, they also focus on population, the definition of a three quoque non-solution. (Have 1 fewer kid? Seriously?) They lump together or split apart solutions & then treat those sections like gospel & wildly misjudge the importance & hierarchy of solutions based on them.
Personal action is crucial in many ways, but this crisis will only be solved by political action: huge, sustained, radical direct action as part of a peaceful revolution to remove the lunatic right wing from power (& its interchangeable commodity, wealth) & replace it with progressive government.