A genuine question:
What issue in the world is more important than protecting the resources we rely on for survival?
...
It took me nearly a lifetime to look at politics and do anything about the danger that it is. The power and control of our education, environment, international relationships, healthcare, infrastructure, agriculture etc etc etc - is in the hands of politicians and they are evidently prone to corruption, selfishness and greed.
How do we know this?
Enforced austerity that didn't need to be the answer, underfunding and privatisation of OUR NHS and other services (Post Office, transport etc) paid for by our parents and theirs... the use of war long before any real diplomacy has been tackled, the use of Private Finance Initiatives to trick our public services into debt for the profit of the lenders... and the biggest, most important evidence of all that politics and politicians as they stand today - have failed - is that our children are already gasping for clean air:
[The UK is currently failing to meet its current targets on limiting air pollution. This means that many pollutants that can affect asthma, such as nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and particulates - from traffic fumes, factories and industrial sites - continue to put people with asthma at risk.]
Our children are literally being choked and starved by politicians who are not succeeding or in many cases... even trying, to save them and their futures. Politicians who promote or turn a blind-eye to extracting more fossil fuels that we know can't ever be burned because what we've already got, if burned... will be too much for the atmosphere to handle.
Today saw children of YouthStrike4Climate unite with Mothers rise up to march in London and demand action. We've seen environmental groups, anti-frackers, anti-nuclear and NGOs demanding action in ever louder voices... yet here we are, watching Nigel Farage, fearing Tommy Robinson and chatting Brexit.
The media is another thorn in the side of our children - in denying the topics that need to be fully heard.
There ARE good politicians but they are lost in a sea of bad ones and at the whim of their parties that all prioritise economics and jobs in one way or another, over the environment.
I came to Green Party of England and Wales when I recognised the shared priorities and determination (they've been telling the truth and raising the alarm since their first day as a Party - unwavering, regardless of 'popular opinion' and doggedly attached to truth). This part of the introduction to the "Philosophical Basis of the Green Party" resonated with me:
[We believe that:
A system based on inequality and exploitation is threatening the future of the planet on which we depend, and encouraging reckless and environmentally damaging consumerism. A world based on cooperation and democracy would prioritise the many, not the few, and would not risk the planet’s future with environmental destruction and unsustainable consumption.]
No one party will ever be all things to anyone but this, for me... is as close as it gets for someone who can't get back to 'normal life' until we fix the environmental emergency and get an honest system of government that will give our children a voice and a chance.
Social justice, fair play, transparency and people who actively get things done... are other reasons I joined. The EU elections are coming up on 23rd May - I sincerely hope that we get more Green MEPs because in Europe, there are European Greens that form a powerful lobby for change and getting the environment to the top of the agenda.
...
The question I asked "What issue in the world is more important than protecting the resources we rely on for survival?" ...surely can't have any answer other than "none".
We can't do/care/save ANYTHING if we can't first drink the water and breathe the air. Whatever else we're doing - we need to be doing something to save our environment and nature... and that includes wrestling power from the corrupt politicians and putting it into the hands of the better people.
We'll also need to continue to be outside frack sites, on runways, in trees, in political chambers, in the press, on the streets, in the unions, in education and marching on a worldwide scale until change happens. What's the alternative?
What issue in the world is more important than protecting the resources we rely on for survival?
...
It took me nearly a lifetime to look at politics and do anything about the danger that it is. The power and control of our education, environment, international relationships, healthcare, infrastructure, agriculture etc etc etc - is in the hands of politicians and they are evidently prone to corruption, selfishness and greed.
How do we know this?
Enforced austerity that didn't need to be the answer, underfunding and privatisation of OUR NHS and other services (Post Office, transport etc) paid for by our parents and theirs... the use of war long before any real diplomacy has been tackled, the use of Private Finance Initiatives to trick our public services into debt for the profit of the lenders... and the biggest, most important evidence of all that politics and politicians as they stand today - have failed - is that our children are already gasping for clean air:
[The UK is currently failing to meet its current targets on limiting air pollution. This means that many pollutants that can affect asthma, such as nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and particulates - from traffic fumes, factories and industrial sites - continue to put people with asthma at risk.]
Our children are literally being choked and starved by politicians who are not succeeding or in many cases... even trying, to save them and their futures. Politicians who promote or turn a blind-eye to extracting more fossil fuels that we know can't ever be burned because what we've already got, if burned... will be too much for the atmosphere to handle.
Today saw children of YouthStrike4Climate unite with Mothers rise up to march in London and demand action. We've seen environmental groups, anti-frackers, anti-nuclear and NGOs demanding action in ever louder voices... yet here we are, watching Nigel Farage, fearing Tommy Robinson and chatting Brexit.
The media is another thorn in the side of our children - in denying the topics that need to be fully heard.
There ARE good politicians but they are lost in a sea of bad ones and at the whim of their parties that all prioritise economics and jobs in one way or another, over the environment.
I came to Green Party of England and Wales when I recognised the shared priorities and determination (they've been telling the truth and raising the alarm since their first day as a Party - unwavering, regardless of 'popular opinion' and doggedly attached to truth). This part of the introduction to the "Philosophical Basis of the Green Party" resonated with me:
[We believe that:
A system based on inequality and exploitation is threatening the future of the planet on which we depend, and encouraging reckless and environmentally damaging consumerism. A world based on cooperation and democracy would prioritise the many, not the few, and would not risk the planet’s future with environmental destruction and unsustainable consumption.]
No one party will ever be all things to anyone but this, for me... is as close as it gets for someone who can't get back to 'normal life' until we fix the environmental emergency and get an honest system of government that will give our children a voice and a chance.
Social justice, fair play, transparency and people who actively get things done... are other reasons I joined. The EU elections are coming up on 23rd May - I sincerely hope that we get more Green MEPs because in Europe, there are European Greens that form a powerful lobby for change and getting the environment to the top of the agenda.
...
The question I asked "What issue in the world is more important than protecting the resources we rely on for survival?" ...surely can't have any answer other than "none".
We can't do/care/save ANYTHING if we can't first drink the water and breathe the air. Whatever else we're doing - we need to be doing something to save our environment and nature... and that includes wrestling power from the corrupt politicians and putting it into the hands of the better people.
We'll also need to continue to be outside frack sites, on runways, in trees, in political chambers, in the press, on the streets, in the unions, in education and marching on a worldwide scale until change happens. What's the alternative?
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