The 11th Hour movie is out. Lots of buzz in the press, including a great article in yesterday’s San Francisco Chronicle. That’s good, and I also wonder how much more can be accomplished from more great people sharing more great stories, and more images of doom being shown. The article ends on a quote from Leila Conners Peterson, one of the two filmmakers: ‘We live in this kind of bubble of denial, and the consequences are kept from us. I believe when you see the consequences of your behavior, then you adjust your behavior. It’ not about climate change. It’s a human story. It’s about all of us.
While I agree with Conners Peterson, that we live in a bubble of denial, I disagree on her interpretation. Seeing is not believing, and even less so changing behavior. What we are seeing is too removed from our every day experience to make an impression, that is powerful enough to scare us into changing the way we live. That is the biggest part of the problem, in my mind. And I am the first one to attest to it. The link chain between the evidence, and me is just too long. The Arctic is a great metaphor in that respect. What is happening in the Arctic is so far removed from me geographically, that it touches me big time intellectually, but only faintly in my physical core
What I need is a way to experience the problem in a very real way, in my physical surroundings. My hunch is technology may have a role to play there. We are a plugged in society, increasingly relying on the power of the networks. The Web 2.0 revolution may well hold some of the keys to our current predicament, in the same way the industrial revolution got us into it. I am a big believer in the power of technology, bad and good.
La Marguerite 
the company I work for was approached by the producers of 11th hour asking if we would mind being listed as a green clean resource, very cool. We are are right on their website! I love it!! We don’t spend a dime to advertise and yet our reach in particular this last year thanks to *you know who* famous female TV host and her ability to fuel an entire economy with endorsements, recommendations and such – it’s a nice way to get the word out
Notably our convention next year is in New Orleans. Not only will we bring in a spare 15,000 or so tourists . Take over the entire city – you should have seen us converge on San Fransisco last year – but we will totally offset the footprint we leave behind and more. It was mentioned that we as a group will have opportunity to arrive early, stay late or that even part of the convention will be directed to cause and helping with community needs that may present themselves next summer. The city is rebuilding and we want to be a part of that. I know I do. But then and like you I tried to imagine what that might actually mean. I have been thinking about it ever since.
just finished previewing a way cool book that ponders the idea of the next renaissance http://www.rengen.com – she emphatically discusses the internet as a major tool in fostering that specific generation, I think of myself and my ideals of being principled, art and beauty minded – including the natural beauty around us and fueled also by knowledge – she appealled to almost every part of me – I was surprised that I fit into the demographic – I think you’d enjoy this book
got sortof long winded here —yikes
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