Terry,
 
TR> Greta is just white noise and a waste of time.
 
Let's not throw away the child with the bathwater ... the message has merit.
 
At some point during a meeting with politicians, learned individuals,
stakeholders of a different nature, the question was asked to raise the 3 most
important environmental problems.
 
The politicians looked away because it was up to them to fix anything they'd
identify. The academics went-off on incredible monologues of very complicated
matters.
 
When it was my turn I said "War, poverty, human rights and empowerment of
women" and at the same time I appologized for not being able to count. The
politicians and the scientists looked on in disbelief "What's he talking
about?", representatives from most of Africa, parts of south-east Asia, the
Indian subcontinent agreed.
 
It's very simple, there will be no improvement in countries which are under a
blanket of war, where people are poor, where there's hunger, lack of human
rights and where women are not on equal terms with men because these folks have
other priorities than dealing with plastic bags from shopping outlets or
drinking through plastic straws. It's a global thing, not just local in Sweden,
or Belgium, or Honduras or whatever. There are totalitarian regimes oppressing
people and religion ... "any" religion ... is playing a dirty role too.
 
TR> Now imagine if the press actually published pracital changes from
TR> credible sources, then perhaps change will be possible.
 
Change has to be global. I doubt I will see any significant change during my
lifetime...all wars need to come to an end first, no more human rights
violations, erradicate hunger ... before people will start thinking with their
head not having to wonder what they will be eating that evening ... if there
will be food at all.
 
 \%/@rd

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