I’ve never been a big one for new year’s resolutions – the thought of being really bad for the year apart from the week or two after new year seems like a terrible way to live your life – but after wracking my brains making a list of six things that every person on Earth needs to do in order for this planet not to buck us off in a fit of biochemical rage, I had to put it on the Internet for everyone to use. The list encompasses the key areas of activity by which we have the most impact on the Earth, along with two things that we don’t do enough of:
CONNECTING
CONSUMING
EATING
LIVING
TRAVELLING
EDUCATING
None of the changes are easy, unless you are already part (or all) of the way there, and they are continuous: 2030 may be the hypothetical cut-off point, beyond which our changes, if not sufficient already, will only slow the rate of catastrophic change; but even if we have changed enough to save our future, then we have to keep changing to integrate ourselves fully with the planet that supports us, to make us worthy of an existence on this world.
6 Things You Must Do is published on The Earth Blog. It should be published everywhere.
Keith Farnish wishes you a Happy New Year!
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