<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Fear and environmentalism: more]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/fear-and-environmentalism-more/ Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:15:42 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/fear-and-environmentalism-more/1 Don't give Bush too much credit

his handlers, the ones who's knees he sits upon, get all the credit. Bush is just the wooden puppet.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Help acquire and protect ecological hotspots, give to a conservation organization: http://www.saveourbiodiversity.com

]]> Don't give Bush too much credit

his handlers, the ones who's knees he sits upon, get all the credit. Bush is just the wooden puppet.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Help acquire and protect ecological hotspots, give to a conservation organization: http://www.saveourbiodiversity.com

]]> Comment #2 by Jonathan M Feldman http://www.grist.org/article/fear-and-environmentalism-more/ Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:06:54 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/fear-and-environmentalism-more/2 Fear and Environmentalism

This point about fear is a bit of a "red herring" because if Americans really feared global warming they would have addressed their reliance on gas guzzling automobiles, the distance between work and home, the ecocide of wars, etc. a long time ago.  The real problems rather are "denial" as Robert J. Lifton has argued and the inability to break through and expose a culture of nationalistic waste and self-indulgence.  Granted, the U.S. is divided on such questions, but there are very powerful interests that sustain these identities.  Fear is not sufficient for overcoming the problem, but complacency won't do either.

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This point about fear is a bit of a "red herring" because if Americans really feared global warming they would have addressed their reliance on gas guzzling automobiles, the distance between work and home, the ecocide of wars, etc. a long time ago.  The real problems rather are "denial" as Robert J. Lifton has argued and the inability to break through and expose a culture of nationalistic waste and self-indulgence.  Granted, the U.S. is divided on such questions, but there are very powerful interests that sustain these identities.  Fear is not sufficient for overcoming the problem, but complacency won't do either.

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