If We Want to Survive the Climate Crisis We Must Change | Environment | AlterNet

If We Want to Survive the Climate Crisis We Must Change | Environment | AlterNet

Either we build real community -- with mass transit and local food -- or we will go down clinging to the wreckage of our privatized society.

... really, we need to change our sense of what we want from the world.

Do we want enormous homes and enormous cars, all to ourselves? If we do, then we can't deal with global warming. Do we want to keep eating food that travels 1,500 miles to reach our lips? Or can we take the bus or ride a bike to the farmers' market? Does that sound romantic to you? Farmers' markets are the fastest growing part of the American food economy; really, we need to change our sense of what we want from the world.