Are we getting somewhere here?

I have dedicated a great part of my adult life to study climate change and I haven’t even experienced in my own body and mind any climate state of any region in the world. We are all fighting to stabilize the temperature somewhere around 2°C by 2100, and most of us won’t be even alive anymore to see if we accomplished it. Everything is abstract in this issue and that’s the main reason why taking action it’s so difficult, because we don’t perceive it and something inside us tell us it’s not real or somehow is inconceivable.

It would be amazing if we were able to see with our own eyes how a molecule of two Oxygen atoms attached to a Carbon interact with radiation generating motion and hence increasing temperature. Or what about buying a brand new pair of shoes accompanied by a huge box containing the real greenhouse gas emissions released during their production process. All of these would make us perceive and actually feel parts of the climate change.

The purpose of this blog is to shed light over tangible impacts of climate change and shift our way to visualize the problem. So by now, whenever we think about climate change we should not imagine complex graphs made by a group of scientist or a poor polar bear over a melting ice-block. We should start thinking about closed roads, empty coffee pots, our houses in danger or the decision about using public transport or an hybrid car to move around the city.

So yes, we are getting somewhere here. Keep sharing this thoughts and do your part in the climate action, you are the only one who knows what can you really do to contribute to the solution.

About the video: this is a fragment of an amazing movie called "Waking Life" which shows in the most mind-blowing way a lot of philosophical theories and their implications on the way we think as a society and as individuals.