We all know that things are happening with the planet, we hear of increased extreme weather events, increased disasters and destruction of our natural environment. We've heard about the consequences of global warming for decades. Some have brushed it off as 'not true' or 'a hoax' because the timelines weren't always correct. But this book is a wake-up call.
Lawrence has a way of explaining in the clearest, easiest to understand way, what is happening, how far from our necessary goals of zero-emissions we are, and what will happen if we don't act immediately. Unfortunately, many are still 'sleepwalking towards climate change' and could use a wake-up call. We cannot allow our leaders to ignore the problem anymore. We cannot ourselves do nothing and hope the problem gets better on its own. We all need to do as much as possible to tackle the problem both on the scale of our international leaders and also on the scale of our own local communities and individual homes.
It is not a rosy picture. It is not very optimistic. The future we look forward to if society and all of the stability we have now breaks down is terrifying. The one thing I can say is that as long as we're alive and things are good, we have hope. We still have hope to cut back on our emissions and protect the planet long enough to develop the technology needed on a large scale. And there is also hope that there could be some unknown factors that could balance things out and prevent the worst outcomes. I'm grateful every day that it's raining and snowing as it should be in winter.
Lawrence has a lot of advice for how to utilize the time we have and what kinds of actions we can take, as well as how to manage our own mental distress and go on after realizing the odds aren't in our favor. The picture he paints is bleak, but the purpose is a call to action, not to give up hope. This can even bring us together as one humanity if that's how we respond.
For anyone reading this, there are many things we can do to counter our own contribution to the problem. I've recently bought all silicone reusable ziplocks and store pretty much all my leftovers in them (they work for jewelry and other non-food items, too). These are available on Amazon, and one great way to cut down on personal plastic waste. My goal right now is to work on getting together with those in my local community and work on ways to grow food, store water, become as energy-independent as possible (a future goal), and find ways to create extra income as a group, which will cut down on commuting traffic and time and hopefully bring us together more as a community. I have also cut drastically back on eating meat, and am also working on cutting back dairy. Luckily, the vegan options available are amazing! This is in addition to a long-term goal of acquiring land and living totally off-grid someday. If more of us had these goals we could transform our communities and become much less reliant on oil and gas and the massive problem of greed and overconsumption, as well as set a good example for others to follow.
Please read this book, and take hope in the possibilities of how this planetary crisis can cause an amazing transformation into a greener, safer world for all of us. If things fall apart anyway and we do face extinction, let us do the best we can for each other and our future generations. Lawrence also has a website called
JobOneFor Humanity.org that has many more articles and ways to prepare for the worst and motivate us to do our best, and insight into things like the possibility of relocation and migration if that is necessary.
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