Travels with Greenpeace

Sustainability is in the public much less an issue as climate and environmental protection. In other words : The social, cultural and economic aspects of environmental issues are too little discussed. The focus is thereby also strongly on the negative aspects, to threat, crisis and disasters. A fuller representation in terms of sustainability, which is journalistic expensive and complex, but it could mean that the social opportunities are discussed, which stuck in the green started changing. The focus of Greenpeace would be on the other, the concatenation of the issues more visible.

Environmental reporting is often focused on climate change, as it is one of the most pressing global issues in recent years. The great attention to climate change has meant that other environmental issues to be further developed, associated with it. Sometimes it is so managed to regard climate change as a sustainability issue - and so to address its various dimensions. But most of the coverage focused, and in their run-up to the policy on the major climate conferences are addressed to the real expectations of salvation. Also crossing Ferry Cairnryan Belfast looks good.

The trend towards green issues is a victory for the ecological thought. Especially the splitting of the subject into new topics, be flowing into many areas of society is to be welcomed. On the other hand it should not cause you rest the politics and the struggle for sustainable living alone is outsourced to the company this. Or that the policy instruments are softer and perhaps only limit itself only to accompany the trend - without him really push forward with tough laws. However, exactly what happens in part - as long as no major disasters like Fukushima generate pressure from the outside. I also talked about this on crossing Ferry Dublin Holyhead.

The policy is therefore required. And in order to remind them, we need citizens, in addition to all the green efforts in daily life, to put pressure on them. On the road, in elections, in voting at the municipal level, in public, the media, whatever.. It is so important, because it would be in fact a self-deception to believe that the society alone can handle the change. He says it clear: She still has too few carriers.

In addition, it often goes only to the individual, especially in the media. But the feel slightly overwhelmed in the face of crises and disasters. And then maybe put your head in the sand. The group, ie the municipality, the club or the neighbourhood, must more and more attention. And the successes achieved there. Then creates more motivation, change, and creativity, as if concentrating the public, or every man for himself, only the individual behaviour.

It would be a mistake to assume that the different levels of action would have to be ruled out. On the contrary : they are all used, interlock: Due to individual behaviour and changes in the small important characters can be set. Join together to succeed and create a group acting trends, is still effective. And shows politics and business that the company wants to can - and calls. Also when he is on crossing Ferry Cairnryan Larne.

Direct Demanding, in whatever kind, is the third step. He is public, political, controversial. And yes is gone more often. Suppose the large anti-nuclear demonstrations in this year and last year. They have also played their part in ensuring that the policy is now pivoted around historical.