Apparently, Guilt is a great tool for getting people to behave well.
According to this little study, there is a pretty decent correlation to how guilty people feel and how greenly they consume.
America, that cesspit of Satan's Society, cares, a little--about a quarter as much as Indians-- but is the least green place on the planet. Surprise. I suppose I might feel a little better here than in Germany. Though they actually consume a little more appropriately, they don't care too much about the environment.
The lesson to be learned from this: guilt your friends. Environmentalists the world over: play the guilt game. It has a good chance of helping out. At least in the short term. Point out when people buy something that was shipped 10,000 miles; tell your friends when they leave the window open and the furnace on that they are horrible, awful, no good, very bad people; berate people for driving a few blocks and tell them the stories of poor African villages being polluted; laugh at people stupid enough to belive Global Warming is a hoax like the moon landing; ask people if they like forests being plowed up for coal just because they can't be bothered to unplug/turn off unused electric appliances.
It may not be a good way to make friends, but maybe it'll help make a difference.
According to this little study, there is a pretty decent correlation to how guilty people feel and how greenly they consume.
America, that cesspit of Satan's Society, cares, a little--about a quarter as much as Indians-- but is the least green place on the planet. Surprise. I suppose I might feel a little better here than in Germany. Though they actually consume a little more appropriately, they don't care too much about the environment.
The lesson to be learned from this: guilt your friends. Environmentalists the world over: play the guilt game. It has a good chance of helping out. At least in the short term. Point out when people buy something that was shipped 10,000 miles; tell your friends when they leave the window open and the furnace on that they are horrible, awful, no good, very bad people; berate people for driving a few blocks and tell them the stories of poor African villages being polluted; laugh at people stupid enough to belive Global Warming is a hoax like the moon landing; ask people if they like forests being plowed up for coal just because they can't be bothered to unplug/turn off unused electric appliances.
It may not be a good way to make friends, but maybe it'll help make a difference.
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