tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358909144843456502.post793906017767394085..comments2023-04-15T10:12:13.326+01:00Comments on The World of Gingerbreadgirl: Only a marriage of youth and experience will change the worldThe Gingerbread Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879583492791672753noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358909144843456502.post-75800520574045300082009-10-13T15:24:02.049+01:002009-10-13T15:24:02.049+01:00Good post Jane. I too am interested in working ou...Good post Jane. I too am interested in working out what I can do to have most impact. I haven't been to Climate Camp but I'm involved with a group of parents which does "stuff" around climate change - stalls at events, a bit of letter writing, etc etc. I think it's important stuff but I'm also very aware that it's not lighting my fire. <br /><br />In my work I talk a lot about activism and entrepreneurship - how I started down this road as an activist (hardly a radical one but an activist all the same) and have slowly focussed on being more entrepreneurial to deliver social change.<br /><br />I think I want to continue down that road. I'm not wholly sure what that means, but it probably doesn't mean spending my limited time writing letters to MPs. It may well mean a complete shift in the work that I do - to get more effective at supporting entrepreneurial approaches to tackling climate change. We'll see. I think the important thing - like both of us are doing - is to keep questioning.Rob Greenlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09247902820137854502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358909144843456502.post-23707061192575698362009-10-13T12:08:52.487+01:002009-10-13T12:08:52.487+01:00Well, you seem a lot more active than me! Whilst I...Well, you seem a lot more active than me! Whilst I will be <a href="http://www.stopclimatechaos.org/the-wave" rel="nofollow">marching in December</a>, I think the vast scale of climate change means individuals can do little themselves - <a href="http://blog.matthewcain.co.uk/climate-change-i-dont-care-enough/" rel="nofollow">Matthew's response shows that knowledge isn't necessarily enough</a>. We need to influence governments - I can't remember hearing any of the big three party conferences discussing climate change, but I heard a lot about the global economy...<br /><br />I do actually have a CRB check, but I am not sure what I would take into a school - as Matthew said, climate change is now part of the curriculum!<br /><br />But you are right: I really should be more active, and volunteer for a local group. It has been on my to-do list for a while...<br /><br />By the way, you may have followed the link in my blog, but if not, my post was in part prompted by <a href="http://francescaelston.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/how-do-we-change-the-world/" rel="nofollow">Francesca, asking how people who feel strongly about things should organise</a> - it might be of interest!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358909144843456502.post-75226541257844247252009-10-13T11:25:27.554+01:002009-10-13T11:25:27.554+01:00i think you've slightly misunderstood the clim...i think you've slightly misunderstood the climate camp, our aim isn't to influence companies to but to stop them directly and build a movement that is an alternative vision of society. The climate camp isn't about asking others to do things it's about doing it ourselves.<br />if you wanted to feel involved and make a contribution at the camp perhaps you'd have been better off emptying the composting toilets, doing the washing up or one of the other hundreds of jobs needed to build a strong grassroots movement, rather than telling us we are doing it wrong - have you read the news this week? victories for us (not alone but as part of broader movement) include Kingsnorth delayed for at least 3 years and not likely to ever happen, BAA backing off on the 3rd runway and a new coal threat at Hunterston called off before it even starts.About Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07884590509897579339noreply@blogger.com