Attitudes

OK, well I may have only waited about 15 min to publish my second blog but what the hey!

Whenever I go to Climate Change Events, there's always one message which I'm particularly keen to spread.

This is that its not just government policies that need to change but people's attitudes. At the present, people are far too willing to pay say a samll fee to a charit5y or organisation that does the work for them and that's it. This may be still achieving the same result, but as my Drama teacher says its not just the result, but equally the process. If people actually take action themselves, such as writing to MPs, schools, businesses ect then the actual companies/organisations will be given the public's exact opinions, rather than one charity or organisation. I know this may be a bit controversial, and I know that these companies that offset carbon ect are doing a brilliant job, but in the end the instinct for paying money to these good causes will not be passed on, but if people have a proactive attitude then this will be continued through the generations, helping to create a get up and go world which understands the personal sense of achievement of bringing about change. One such experience of this is being in my school's eco council, and instigating recycling. I would have got the same result if I had just supported the group in getting recycling, but now can truly appreciate what it feels and what it takes to instigate this, and am now more likely to use a system I set up myself.

Wander how other people feel about this?