[GPSCC-chat] What to do now that 10-10-10 has passed?

[Wes Rolley]

  There was a lot of feel good about participating in events on 
10-10-10, especially those identified by 350.org and Bill McKibben.  So, 
now that this has passed, what should we be doing?  And why were we not 
doing that before?

One of the blogs that I follow the Climate Progress site led by Joe 
Romm.  In response to one of Romm's posts today 
<http://climateprogress.org/2010/10/12/meet-pat-toomey-climate-zombie/>, 
Jeff Huggins provided a disheartening assessment of the current situation.
>
> Finally --- and maybe this is just the mood I'm in presently, or maybe 
> it's an early sign --- I am starting to deeply wonder whether my 
> comments are doing any good whatsoever. Indeed, or also, I spent 
> Sunday at three 10/10/10 events, and enjoyed them all, but I'm also 
> starting to wonder whether my activities in those sorts of things are 
> doing any good whatsoever. I do not get the feeling that the 
> movement(s) are thinking creatively, nor do I feel that any of the 
> movements are reaching out to me for ideas in any sincere and 
> interested way. The only things I hear from the movements are requests 
> to stick with it, requests for donations, requests to participate in 
> national listen-in conference calls (after which I have no idea 
> whether anyone even considered the ideas I submitted afterwards), and 
> encouragement to attend events that occur once every year.
>
> In short, I am beginning to "run on empty", both with respect to the 
> activities and (sometimes) with respect to my involvement here. And I 
> think that's a sign, potentially.* People are motivated by actual 
> progress*, by belonging, by feeling that they are being listened to, 
> and by feeling that their efforts are making a difference. And as I 
> said, I'm feeling like I'm running on empty, which isn't sustainable 
> of course

I expounded a bit more on this at my blog 
<http://cagreening.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-to-do-after-10-10-10.html>.

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