Isn%26#039;t it time to redirect most efforts to climate change and lessening the effects, rather than focussing on the preserving a small number of endangered species whose specific habitats are threatened? The not in my backyard efforts to halt projects like the one against Cape Cod wind farms, for save the manatee sea lanes, or even assorted ski slopes and housing developments would seem to just destroy a lot of enviromentalism%26#039;s credibility and divert resources and attention away from the real species killer, climate change.
Isn%26#039;t it time to start practicing triage?
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Explaining why we are overpopulating. This is mathematical link, but the maths are very very simple. 1 of 8
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If we are to achieve broad public support for the substantial changes we will be asking of people(see permaculture) we need to bring them along with the little things. If you remember the events leading up to the ban on DDT,a very important pesticide then, it was the bald eagle that sold the people even though the effects were bad for many species including humans. We need those symbols for motivation. The polar bear and the penguin are to be the sign that we have done too much damage and must give up things we now can%26#039;t seem to live without.
The wind farm is a good example of what we should be doing but my favorite is to go back to a less than 2000sq ft house for every family. 0% 0 Votes 11% 1 Vote -
Yes you trully know what your talking about.
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Land managers are way ahead of you. They are already addressing the impacts of climate change in their decisions, using projections to guide them. You give a number of examples, but unfortunately lump together the acts of environmental activists and scientists and government agencies in a way that isn%26#039;t realistic.
The triage has been going on for a century now. But as more solid information is produced regarding the impacts of climate change on our environment, land managers will be better equipped to incorporate future impacts into the decisions they make. Sometimes decisions are based on science, sometimes an emotional public, sometimes money, sometimes all of the above. But to walk away from efforts to preserve %26quot;a small number%26quot; of species is a step in the wrong direction, which not only won%26#039;t help but could hinder efforts to address the problem of climate change. 11% 1 Vote