Responsibility

I have longed believed the principle that if something is wrong and someone has the ability to do something about it, they have the responsibility to do something. Like the neighbor that ignores the occasional black eye on the beautiful woman next door, we are doing the same injustice to our planet and our legacy by simply meandering through our lives and waiting for someone else to take the action that we can and should do ourselves.
Many arguments can be made for the responsibility of large corporations and governments to take massive action against global climate change and destruction of our environment. And those arguments are valid and important. They need to be made and they need to be said. And we should all be active in getting those organizations to take that action. However, history has shown time and again that large organizations only take massive actions when they are forced to. Unfortunately, climate change is both subtle and palpable. While it will take quite some time for an extreme global shift in climate, the obvious signs are here now and are already having devastating effects. If we wait long enough for a large scale catastrophe, it will likely be too little, too late. But we can make massive change happen now. If we all start small, these same small steps will quickly add up to massive change.
As an example, adding some solar panels to your roof along with a small vertical wind turbine will greatly reduce your home's carbon dependency. Working to get your entire neighborhood to set that up is a bigger step. Once this is done, an entire community can participate. And then a city and then a state, etc.
And what better way to create a lasting legacy than building a truly sustainable community. This can and will easily lead to a sustainable planet.
Let's start with us. Let's start now.