Pretty concerning video from @maxigan. Deforestation and steeling the water from the people is a problem all over the world. It's the extremely hot and dry places that suffer from the consequences more so that no-one can say that it's just people imagining things. And yes, I think it's always best to look at what's happening in your own country first and try to do something about that, but it's also vital to support people taking action in other countries because we are all citizens of this world and deforesting in Australia or for instance Brazil, affects me here in Finland too. But as I said, there are problems in Finland too and I need to do everything I can to that.
Sad thing about climate change is that after we've excluded people who do not even believe in it, or do think it's true but do not consider it as an urgent problem, we are left with those who do know better (or say they do) and agree that climate change is problem number one.
But. There's always a but. Of those people left there are the ones that are not willing to actually do anything else than perhaps few meaningless donations, sing for saving the climate around a bond fire made of empty promises and polish their appearance talking about that we should do something about the climate change. They say that they are doing anything they can, but aren't. Because it's much more easier to continue with the life they now have, do no drastic changes, not except the fact that everything we do, each of us, affects the world and the climate. In good or bad way. And it's escalating. Everything that changes things for the worse for the environment, causes more bad things that cause more bad things that cause more bad things. What we are doing is putting out the candles while the whole roof is on fire. Figuratively speaking in this case.
If you can do something to help with problems in another country then I agree, it should be done. Unfortunately, getting distracted whining about them when they're beyond your control doesn't do much good, especially if it's distracting you from doing something useful in your own country. That is what's frustrating me at the moment. Everyone's so busy arguing over who's fault it is and whether or not you should believe climate change is real, even if your solutions are the same. It would be great to see people move beyond that and see whether they could actually do something helpful. No two people are ever going to agree with everything, so it would be nice to see them focus on what they do agree with instead of trying to make everyone into an enemy.
This is what I've been saying for a while. Do I believe in human-caused climate change? Yes. Do I particularly care if everyone does? No. Why? Because I'm betting everyone still wants clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, not to die in wildfires and floods, etc., etc., and the solutions are the same. Whether you're against fracking just for health reasons or also climate, as long as we're fighting together, it's all good to me. Arguing about how we must all have the same reasons is just what the billionaires want, as they laugh all the way to the bank as we delay stopping them.
This. And it's not only the climate change. Every bigger problem ever. Smaller problems sometimes too. There are those who believe the first thing they have to do is to find out who was responsible of this all. Who started it. Who's fault.