To feel cross with humankind for the self destructive behaviour…

[Shamplade]

www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/21/apocalypse-now-the-alarming-effects-of-the-global-food-crisis

We have known for over 40 years that we needed to change our behaviour to limit climate change. Yet we continue. To buy too much. Eat too much. Travel too much. Vote for policies that prioritise profit over planet and people.

And now our children are going to suffer.

Even my most kind, thoughtful and socially responsible friends take flights for weekend city breaks. Knowing the carbon footprint and the impact.

We are so short sighted as a species, despite our amazing ability to think beyond the here and now.

Well I suppose the economic crisis and shortages of things will curtail some people's habits, but the rich will just carry on as usual. As a species, humans aren't intelligent enough to stop fighting and exist in a cooperative way with others and stop being selfish and destructive.

The thing is we are intelligent. So how come we are behaving so stupidly? Honestly. I despair! I feel like shaking people. We are sleep walking into such dreadful times. There is a lot that we can’t control. Despots starting wars. Viruses mutating. But we do have a chance with climate chaos. We can easily choose not to go to New York for the weekend for a shopping trip for the fifth bloody time in our life!! I am so disappointed by some of the people in my life that I used to respect.

Not everyone is intelligent though and they don't have the values needed to preserve the things that matter. A lot of people I see around me are just a load of selfish grunts dropping litter, buying crap, polluting the place and hurting wildlife.