Luckily, with high numbers of people, also comes more intelligence, influence and power, we just have to realize that our individual choices and actions collectively matter in the long-run. It's possible and necessary to shift our current, consumer-based, convenience-driven habits toward a much more conscientious and sustainable way of living. The shift starts with you and me, with those of us who already understand, and from here it only spreads.
If we have children, we should be extra sensitive to how the choices we make now will determine the quality of their future (not to mention that they learn about how to live from our example). The youth of the future will be inheriting a world that the we're creating today, so it's essential they are not only prepared but that they have all the advantages they can get. Each and every one of us has control over what we think, say and do, so there are no excuses to be made for continuing to take unconscious, destructive actions on an individual level. Recognizing our unsustainable habits, changing our consumptive ways, making less-impactful choices, leading by example, educating and inspiring others, pushing ourselves to be more innovative in long-term planning, these are ways to begin an ECO-MAD movement.
If individual actions seem irrelevant, think about an entire town, city, state or country of people collectively taking the same action and it becomes much more significant. This has never been more true than it is in the reality of our current world, where the collective actions of billions of us are causing negative consequences on our surroundings. Whether it's cigarette butts, plastic, over-packaging, over-processing, littering, food waste, resource depletion, or anything in between - we can help solve the issues if enough of us choose to be aware and conscientious of our decisions. Just because we may be able to avoid much of the turmoil in the world by turning a blind eye, that doesn't mean we should, because there will always be ways we can improve the global environment and society with our actions. Our power in numbers is especially important in a time where legislation may not act to protect the future of our natural world, those of us who care must step up to the task. We are the solution to the problems humans have created.
We, human beings, are the only creatures who have power in our choices and in every action we take, to create the sustainable future that all life on this planet deserves. We just have to make the decision to go ECO-MAD; EXERT CONSCIENTIOUS OPTIONS - MAKE A DIFFERENCE. It may begin with a few of us, but it can become a movement of many, a movement of purpose and progress, a movement for our future.
**Put It Into Practice**
Take some time to connect with yourself, to comprehend the magnitude of your individual choices and actions and the impact they have on others and our environment. How can we lessen our impact? How many ways can we tweak our habits and practices to make them even a tad more sustainable? There's a post on this blog that gives examples, but don't stop there, you're extremely intelligent and you can come up with your own solutions, too! It's going to take us all, trying our best, spreading the word, and working together, to really make a difference - a movement - and I know we can rise to the challenge.
