Blog Action Day 2009: Climate Change
by V.E. on October 15th, 2009
I signed up for Blog Action Day 2009 back when I thought I might have half a mind to talk about climate change. I’ve found, however, that personal life, school, and OCD are making my world smaller and smaller by the day. I’ll do what I can, but this entry won’t be the best, or even my best. Sorry in advance.
This window has been open on my computer since two this morning, and I’m still not really feeling the climate change vibe. There’s too much on my mind, and it makes me wonder if that’s why people haven’t already done something about climate change. That is, maybe everyone’s too caught up in their own worlds that nobody’s even thinking about the… well, the world around them.
Even the stuff we, as humans, have done as a positive act to fight climate change has been couched in terms of how it will benefit us. Going “green” is always about how we can benefit, not really about how good it is for the planet. And really, what do we even know about what’s good for the planet anyway? I mean, what we want is what’s good for us on the planet. Future generations and all that.
I’m all for it. I mean, if climate change is your thing, then awesome. I support you. But, honestly, it’s not my thing. It’s never even been close to being my thing. I’m for social change. I understand when someone says, “But if we have no planet, social change will mean nothing!” and I agree. But, it’s just not in me to care as much about the earth as I do about people.
I’m contradictory. I believe people are like cockroaches: irritating, gross, annoying—and really hard to kill off. We may be killing the planet, but if the planet decides to bitch slap us, I have no doubt that some of us will survive and adapt to really hot or really cold, or whatever else Earth deems necessary for us to learn our collective lesson. And if we don’t survive, well then I won’t be around to worry about it, will I?
Humans are more devious and self-preservationist than we give ourselves credit for. When we have a common enemy, we come together very well to squash it and maintain what we know.
