Out of the climate scientists on here, my voice is one of the most desperate and the most like the scientists in #DontLookUp. I plead, I curse, I make myself vulnerable. I point steadfastly to the meteor. Ironically, this limits my access and exposure in the mainstream media.
I call for big changes to our social, economic, and human systems in response to climate and ecological breakdown. I see both political parties failing on climate. I see a need to rapidly change the status quo. But most people in the media don't want to platform these views.
This is why I felt seen when I watched the movie. I hope it signals a sea change in mainstream climate storytelling. We desperately lack climate stories, and this void is being filled by things like "carbon capture" and "we'll go to Mars" and "COP26 was a success." (it wasn't)
First come the stories. Then the big (truly big) grassroots movement. (So big it makes what we have now look tiny - a billion climate activists.) This unlocks meaningful policy and big systemic change. And then, a sense of solidarity and gratitude, and a new outlook for humanity
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