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

[Gerry Gras]

Wes,

I am sympathetic to what Higgins says, and I agree with
what your blog says.

Gerry


Wes Rolley wrote:
>   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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