Sipdown!
I finished this off last night after coming home from watching Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior in the theatre. The theatre near us is doing this “digital film festival” thing and bringing a bunch of old classics to the screen. So yesterday my hubby and I watched both The Road Warrior and Ghostbusters in the theatre. In a few hours we’ll be watching Labyrinth, so I can bask in the wonder of David Bowie’s Magic Pants Dance.
I don’t know, but The Road Warrior really bummed me out last night. It was a fun movie, and it definitely had a spark of something interesting in it, an authenticity and uniqueness. But it also acted as a trigger for a source of anxiety I don’t talk about very much: climate change. Thinking about stories set in a post-scarcity world always freaks me out because I can’t help thinking we’re close to the cliff’s edge, about to catapult into such a world, and I think that if only I had turned my lights off more or used less plastic, we’d be a bit farther away from that cliff.
Anyways. What I mean is that I really wasn’t in the best frame of mind when finishing this tea off last night. Thinking about the fate of the world and the possibility of living in a scarred, ravaged landscape doesn’t really go well with herbal tea.
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Actually, it’s the people who worry about turning off lights and using less plastic who are the solution, not the problem. :-)
Well yeah, but those are the easy things. Do I invest in green energy companies? No. Do I write to my local representative to advocate for certain pieces of legislation? No. Do I donate my time or money to environmental initiatives? Not really. Small changes surrounding personal consumption aren’t really enough to turn things around.
Actually, it’s the people who worry about turning off lights and using less plastic who are the solution, not the problem. :-)
Well yeah, but those are the easy things. Do I invest in green energy companies? No. Do I write to my local representative to advocate for certain pieces of legislation? No. Do I donate my time or money to environmental initiatives? Not really. Small changes surrounding personal consumption aren’t really enough to turn things around.