Recently I had a conversation with a fellow camper in a town in NE Victoria who said he ‘didn’t know about climate change’ and went on to tell me that climate change had always happened and that we are just caught in a natural cycle.
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| Carol Ride from Psychology for a Safe Climate |
I told him of my respect for the knowledge of the 97% of climate scientists who accept we humans are causing climate change and that historical records show that the current warming is unprecedented in human history.
We talked further about my engagement with a group of psychologists helping understand the emotional struggle we have with accepting what the science is telling us. This focus piqued his interest. We talked and listened, and found common ground in acknowledging the enormity of the problem and the global changes required to address it. This man was a keen bushwalker who loved nature and was clearly troubled about the issue and the implications for change. He later told me our conversation had got him thinking. The next day as we farewelled he went out of his way to sincerely wish me luck in my work.
Read the piece by Carol Ride from Psychology for a Safe Climate - “A chance conversation on climate change.”
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