{"id":9957,"date":"2018-12-06T20:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T01:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=9957"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:15:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T21:15:12","slug":"climate-silence-what-you-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2018\/12\/climate-silence-what-you-can-do\/","title":{"rendered":"The Climate Silence and What You Can Do About It!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"End-Climate-Silence\"<\/a><\/h3>\n

Photo: Adam Welz<\/em><\/p>\n

People aren\u2019t talking about climate change enough.\u00a065% of people<\/a>\u00a0in the US \u201crarely\u201d or \u201cnever\u201d talk about climate change. Only 20% say they hear people they know talk about climate change at least once a month.<\/p>\n

Nearly 2 billion<\/a>\u00a0adults around the world have never even heard of climate change. One would hope that those who do know about it are at least talking about it.<\/p>\n

As Ezra Klein wondered back in 2010, \u201cCan we solve global warming without talking about global warming?\u201d<\/p>\n

What can you do about this?<\/h3>\n

Just speak up! Break that climate silence!<\/p>\n

This is\u00a0easy and powerful<\/i><\/b>.<\/p>\n

When you talk with a friend about the severity and urgency of solving climate change, it makes a real impression. When we hear something from someone we know and trust, it goes way farther than hearing the message from any other source. In other words,\u00a0you<\/i><\/b>\u00a0can reach the people you know more effectively than the rest of the world can.<\/p>\n

No need to get in an argument or anything, obviously \u2013 that doesn\u2019t do anyone any good. I think the sweet spot for talking about climate change is a balance of being realistic about our situation, non-judgmental, and optimistic through the fact that each of us can (and does, one way or the other) make a difference every day.<\/p>\n

I challenge you to have a conversation with someone\u00a0today<\/i><\/b>\u00a0about climate change and\/or sustainability. (I\u2019d love to hear about it too if you\u2019d like to share!)<\/p>\n

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Ryan Hagen writes to help reverse global warming and bring more sustainability into the world. He is the founder of Crowdsourcing Sustainability<\/a> and sends out an informative and uplifting sustainability newsletter<\/a> every two weeks.\u00a0This post was\u00a0originally featured<\/a> in the newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Read other content from the \u201cTake Sustainable Action<\/a>\u201d section or <\/em>see all sections<\/a>\u00a0of the What on EARTH?! sustainability newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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