Optimism and Pessimism Re: the Environment

The piece at left comes from legendary environmentalist Paul Hawken.

The way I simplify this in my own mind is as follows: We (progressives) have the people; they have the money.

The vast majority of people on this planet understand that our scientists are begging us to make wholesale changes in the way we live, in particular, in the way we consume resources.   A minority of extremely wealthy people probably understand this too, but simply don’t care, because of the intense level of comfort they enjoy.