David Attenborough

[dementedma]

If you do one thing, watch the new David Attenborough film on Netflix - his witness statement. Make your DCs watch it. And then decide what changes you are going to make to the way you live.
It makes you ashamed to be human. But there is hope if our next generation can bring about the change we need. It’s not too late.

I can't watch this because I read the science for my work and it's already affecting my mental health. I have had periods of getting panic attacks at night when my mind is racing over the enormity and senselessness of it.

I've been trying to raise awareness among friends who would reply with things like "you need to give a positive message to people, otherwise they won't bother with things like recycling". If people think recycling will sort it all out, we are truly fucked.

@paintmywholehousepink - what we can do: 1) vote for politicians who understand and prioritise these issues. Lobby your current representatives, at all levels of government. 2) stop buying things that are not necessary and look for the greenest possible version of what you do need to buy (and that you are able to pay for, of course), avoid next day delivery that might mean transport by airplane. 3) stop flying (sorry). 4) isolate your home, preferably using more environmentally sustainable methods, turn down the thermostat. 5) replace car journeys by bike journeys to the extent possible - electric bikes now make commuting by bike much more realistic over longer distances, and allow you to transport children/carry shopping. 6) eat plant based, seasonal and organic as much as possible. 7) plant things for the local bees and other wildlife - even herbs on a balcony help, grow some of your own food (this really helps put you in touch with nature and it's therapeutic too), stop mowing the lawn short (or replacing with astroturf!)...

I wanted to add: I'd really try to shield my children from watching this as long as I can - the knowledge is crippling enough as an adult. I am raising my kids to be environmentally aware and they are already passionate. But I disagree that we need to make them aware of what is in store for them. It is up to us to act, now, not for the next generation, because it is borderline on being too late already now.