10waystosavetheworld.net is a blog all about sustainability, climate change and environmentalism.
There are hundreds of ways to save the world but let’s remember what we mean by ‘saving’ and ‘the world’.
For a start, it’s not about saving the planet, that’s not going anywhere and has dealt with more than we can imagine over billions of years. The world is us, our cultures, our societies, which all rest entirely upon the natural world, its ecology and all other life on earth. And our world most certainly depends on how each of us affects one another.
When it comes to saving, well, maybe that’s not the best word but it sticks. It’s about stopping ourselves from doing nothing and destroying things we can’t get back once gone.
It’s about not taking things for granted and making things better where we can. It’s about not taking the status quo as immutable and omnipotent, instead seeing it as dependent on all of us determining what it is through the way we think about it.
With that in mind here’s 10 ways to save the world that will be running themes throughout this blog:
1. Reform our economic structures
2. Reduce consumption
3. Become less dependent on fossil fuels
4. Participate: get involved, be heard and listen to others
5. Question everything – be critical!
6. Reduce, reuse and recycle
7. Embrace co-operation, not just competition
8. Stand up for social justice
9. Fight for global fair trade
10. Remember that everything is interconnected
