Now they're really leading...

Leading from the front

I wonder what it will take for there to be synchrony in what the leaders want for their countries and what the public wants and is willing to do. The biggest problem I foresee in the so called "green movement" is that probably at least half the people who are aware of the changes that need to be made in the majority lifestyle are not willing, or do not see the worth, in making those changes for themselves.
I am very happy that some of the world leaders are putting climate change at the top of their priorities because with the governments on board, educators won't be hushed or ostracized for saying things like 'climate change'. Maybe the facts will be more accepted and the public less critical. I think it is the 'change' part of the phrase that really gets people. Very few people seem to let their minds wander beyond the implied meanings of climate change to discover that in fact, climates do change regardless of human impact. Humans go into the climates and build on them and expect their structures to be so much more permanent than nature's, but we are no more permanent than polar bears. Humans just happen to have some technology on their side to find ways to live anywhere, and in giving up some of those technologies we would be humbled to realize we really don't hold much greater power than the forces of nature.