TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY • July 27, 2022
You would think people would see all the signs and realize we need to get real about climate change. But instead, there’s a collective shrug. A New York Times/Siena poll that found only 1 percent of voters nationally believed climate change was the most important issue. In the book “Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change,” author George Marshall writes that unlike the typical heroes-versus-villains narratives, climate change has no tidy enemies to collectively focus on. A climate optimism approach focuses on highlighting positive information and individual actions, under the guiding philosophy that “terrible climate news can sow dread and paralysis, foster inaction, and become a self-fulfilling prophecy,” according to The New York Times. ~ Naomi Ishisaka