But this «explanation» for our behaviour, put forward by German psychologist Andreas Ernst, says
more about environmentalism than it does humans.
Not exact matches
This isn't
about niche
environmentalism, it's much
more fundamental than that.
Two years ago — at the same event, but under much
more pleasant conditions — I concluded that Earth Day was «
about showing you care, finding community, and speaking out loud — it's the assertion that the values of
environmentalism are important and those that hold them are not alone.»
More options all the time When I first became involved in
environmentalism, I remember the «ethical» banks and financial products I came across were mostly
about negative screens: meaning avoiding putting money in arms, pornography, tobacco or maybe fossil fuels.
More importantly, second, it fires a shot across the bows of any liberal organ which dares to entertain a climate sceptic on its pages in much the same way as Martin Durkin's Great Global Warming Swindle (just 90 minutes of TV in a shedule jam - packed with
environmentalism) drew furious comments
about Channel 4 from the Great and the Good.
I don't think that the aesthetics of the
environmentalism movement should be the main driver of people's decisions with regard to the environment, any
more than the aesthetics of libertarianism should decide what people do
about their civil liberties.
Once you learn that CAGW is
more PR than science, that it has hidden agendas and that the research has been made to fit the conclusions, you begin to wonder
about the rest of
environmentalism...
To face retrogressive and mean - spirited
environmentalism, there needs to be
more than scepticism, and questions
about the scientific integrity of the IPCC, the Hockey Stick, and computer models.
But a closer look at the causes of the green bubble reveals a
more complicated story, not just
about the nature of
environmentalism but
about modern American life itself.
Perhaps they had been infected by Byer's enthusiasm, or the camaraderie of the crowd, but the «medicine,» it seemed, had become part of their lives,
more a vitamin than a cough syrup, and coming together on Earth Day was a means of solidifying their beliefs, renewing their determination, and finding companionship with people who may not speak loudly
about the importance of
environmentalism during the rest of the year, but offer their silent support nevertheless.
The DemandDebate website also sold t - shirts with the slogan «I'm
more worried
about the intellectual climate» and offered resource kits to parents and teachers, which appeared to consist of copies of documentary «The Great Global Warming Swindle», a film
about the «dark side of
environmentalism» and a book called «The Sky's Not Falling: Why It's OK To Chill
about Global Warming» written by Holly Fretwell.