an inclusive climate movement.

I was inspired by the article below and a few other reads to share with you all my thoughts on the climate movement. This year has been a huge learning curve for me, about us and our place on this world. Books like Anastasia, 6 Degrees, and going to the climaforum in Copenhagen have inspired me so much and have lifted the gloom from my eyes, a gloom that we are told we can do nothing about. I think all these writers would agree that we can't carry on in the direction that we are going, if we are to protect our way of life we need to act now, with so much at stake why can't we all find a common bond?

I believe that we must stick together if we are going to make this work, like Ben west says in his notes, allot of the public are pissed off with the "political correctness brigade" and the belief that we have to go around smashing and vandalising things to get ourselves heard, after all nobody likes to be told what to do, it has to be a choice to make it work.People need a positive direction- reasons why not why not. We need to separate the "Them and Us" mentality on both sides, and the illusion of sides, and see that we are all after the same thing.

Is it the fate of our society to gobble itself up in one fatal gulp? I for one certainly hope not. We must not exclude people from the climate movement, if we are going to move forward, we need to show people that its going to have a positive effect on the way we live our lives. Looking at it from a one dimensional viewpoint isn't going to get us very far, we need to look at it from ALL angles and from all points of view. We need to have an inclusive climate movement if the world is going to take us serious.

Like Ben West says, " you don't have to be an environmentalist" it is more than this issue its about progressing forward to a bright and sustainable future for us all.