| > I assume Karachi isn’t that bad yet. Weather or climate? Weather is incidental. In terms of climate, further increases for decades are locked in from past emissions we can't change. For the present, at each moment, we can choose to contribute to further suffering or not. As you mentioned, it's becoming life-threatening. Exactly two things work: reducing our consumption and reducing our birth rate. Mechai Viravaidya in Thailand showed how to reduce birth rate in the opposite of China's One Child policy or eugenics -- that is, voluntary, noncoercive, even fun -- as did Costa Rica, Iran, and several other countries. Most Americans can improve their quality of life by lowering consumption. I reduced mine over 90% with just life improvements. I estimate most Americans can reduce theirs 80% or more without sacrifice, just improvements. The most polluting can probably reduce theirs 99%. Systemic change begins with personal transformation. Government and corporations will follow individual action, as they historically have. Personal transformation enables us to lead others. Leading others has the biggest effect because it multiplies. To act here and now, the most important thing we can do is to learn leadership skills to lead ourselves and others. |