What do people with decades of experience advocating for climate action and the natural world have to say to younger people taking on that work? And what do young activists want to ask the people who are further along the road? We decided to get some inter-generational climate conversations going. These were recorded and edited by journalists Edel Coffey and Catherine Cleary.
And sure enough 41 years later we’ve lost half of all wildlife biodiversity. We’ve known the science of climate for 30-plus years. So yes, it’s terrifying. We’ve to be very careful not to just terrify ourselves and terrify our younger people.I think it’s okay to be frightened and actually if more of the generation above us were as frightened as we are we would have had more action.
I think firstly I would try to facilitate that educational journey among those who vote. I would invest a lot more, investing in the arts to bring people on that journey. It’s crucially important. I would put a huge amount more pressure and direct asks on the media to really engage with the science. Because if we can do that we will see all kinds of outcomes.
If the younger generation follows the lead of elders like Eamonn Ryan then the destruction of our habitable biosphere is assured. If we are to have any hope then the young must come to understand that there is no sustainable form of capitalism. ClimateEmergency
“Sorry for blocking Nuclear ☢️ Power.” Would be a good place to start.
The buck stops with large multinational corporations and governments which have created the world and the systems it uses
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