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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? <br>
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One of the blogs that I follow the Climate Progress site led by Joe
Romm. In response to <a
href="http://climateprogress.org/2010/10/12/meet-pat-toomey-climate-zombie/">one
of Romm's posts today</a>, Jeff Huggins provided a disheartening
assessment of the current situation. <br>
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<p>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. </p>
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.<b> People are
motivated by actual progress</b>, 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</blockquote>
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I expounded a bit more on this<a
href="http://cagreening.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-to-do-after-10-10-10.html">
at my blog</a>. <br>
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