It seems you can find a scientist to support just about any future projection in regards to planetary outcome in the near and distant futures - from 'hard proof' that we are heading to extinction to 'hard proof' that everything is business as usual on planet earth.
We don't know what the outcome is going to be, but between carbon emissions and bank bail outs - it certainly doesn't look like business as usual. I think we can agree that our world is being polluted, and that there is much inherent suffering created by the lifestyles we live in the US.
No matter what you believe, most people seem to want change (we voted for it - even if we didn't get it!). What stands in our way is the idea that we believe that we must wait on government to make change, or that there needs to be immediate economic benefit to our efforts.
Colette and I have found, along with tens of thousands of other people around the world, that inspiration begins in our own backyard with what we can do today, and communities are already reaping the rewards of their efforts.
I really recommend the following 50 minute movie created by the Transition Movement to get you thinking in a new way about a positive, and possible future: http://www.transitionnetwork.org/support/publications/transition-movie
After that, check out these links (see below for movie recommendations) for more great info:
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
http://c-realmpodcast.podomatic.com/
Movies:
The End of Suburbia
Crude Awakenings
The Power of Community
An Inconvenient Truth
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