I totally get the anger and frustration regarding the climate change issue. I occasionally get angry about this because as a “world collective” there’s a high probability on our current trajectory that we’re messing up my future, and it’s frustrating because it can be difficult to get people to recognise that we’re probably screwing up their future as well (assuming we continue to fall short of scientific advice).
Although there is a time and place for showing our emotion, letting our anger and frustration get the better of us can be counterproductive. For example, we’ve come to the controversial conclusion, that standing outside BP’s Head Office and calling everyone who comes out a “Twit”, isn’t the best way of getting them on board.
No matter your thoughts on them, groups like Extinction Rebellion have helped put climate change on the map, but we believe we need to move away from their more hard hitting tactics, which alienate many people, and move towards more reasoned discussion.
I’m also concerned that we may be alienating some of the people we need on board the most (i.e. the rich and powerful). For example, I can’t imagine world leaders were overly enamoured by Greta’s famous “How dare you?” speech.
For those of us that are passionate about this topic, it’s important that we make a conscious effort to control our emotions. Otherwise we risk people thinking “well I would look into the science, but I don’t want to turn out like you, so I’ll pass thanks”, which isn’t the result we’re after.
Although there is a time and place for showing our emotion, letting our anger and frustration get the better of us can be counterproductive. For example, we’ve come to the controversial conclusion, that standing outside BP’s Head Office and calling everyone who comes out a “Twit”, isn’t the best way of getting them on board.
No matter your thoughts on them, groups like Extinction Rebellion have helped put climate change on the map, but we believe we need to move away from their more hard hitting tactics, which alienate many people, and move towards more reasoned discussion.
I’m also concerned that we may be alienating some of the people we need on board the most (i.e. the rich and powerful). For example, I can’t imagine world leaders were overly enamoured by Greta’s famous “How dare you?” speech.
For those of us that are passionate about this topic, it’s important that we make a conscious effort to control our emotions. Otherwise we risk people thinking “well I would look into the science, but I don’t want to turn out like you, so I’ll pass thanks”, which isn’t the result we’re after.