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10 things we can do: Rebuilding civil society
It's not that individuals can't do anything about climate -- they just can't do it by thems |
David Roberts |
13 Sep 2007 |
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| I've been thinking about this debate over voluntary individual action and its place in the larger fight for sustainability (see here, here, and here). It's missing something. A huge gulf has developed in America between public and private life. This has put green activism -- all of progressivism, actually -- on the horns of a dilemma. On the one hand, private life has become all but coextensive with consumerism -- what we choose to buy. Shifting consumer dolla ... |
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| Topics: consumerism, grassroots activism, green living, politics (all these topics) |
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