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Originally Posted by thymebalm
Why would you assume I just want to gripe and don't want to make any actual sacrifice? If I didn't care, I wouldn't have posted anything at all. But I do care. I do want to make an impact, insignificant as my pockets may allow for, I still want to stand where I feel morally sound in doing so.
I know how easy it is to just make a snarky response like yours. But I want to do something. that's why I posted. Maybe I don't know how to fight back, maybe I don't know the best way to influence things right now. But it least I can be thankful I don't have an attitude like yours. You don't need to #### on my worries man.
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If you want to make a difference, join a political party. Doesn't matter which one.
And then write letters (not emails but actual letters) to local, provincial, and federal politicians and candidates. Tell them that you are a party member and that you will be voting based entirely on environmental issues. Write members and candidates from other parties, and tell them that you are a member of another party but will swing your vote on environmental issues.
Go to Town Hall forums on environmental issues.
Make the environment your political issue, and vote on it.
You can do all of this for about 1/4 the price of the crappy new 3rd jersey (which, of course, I wouldn't suggest buying anyways, its just an example).
The world is run by those who show up.
Big business doesn't sway government because they have money. They away government because they are engaged with the system full-time, not for half an hour one afternoon once every four years.