-Many think they can not do something as one person. They think it should be a responsibility for an organization to make a change. But they are also aware that organizations mostly do not make a change because there is no profit emerging for them. Additionally there is not everywhere an interest to actively participate in projects like the MUNICIPAL project
-What has become apparent from an interview, is that people generally know about the threats posed by the climate crisis. However, they choose not to act against them. Living truly sustainable in our system is close to impossible. To change this, individuals would have to give up on many luxuries, which makes it very unattractive.
-Many people are unaware of how interconnected certain mechanisms are and that small behavioral changes can go a long way.
– People wish for a better education in their surroundings.
-The biggest factor is energy generation. It’s a race between new technologies and entrenched interests. That the new technology is not taking over fast enough. That the ecological steady states are being massively disrupted and are not well enough understood to mitigate the problem. Mass migration driven mostly by localised collapse of food production will destabilize political systems, and encourage violence and war. These problems are rapidly becoming manifest.
-Another problem was a seeming distancing from science. Either because most people do not understand the science and are therefore inclined not to listen, or because they are too afraid of the consequences to realise them. It is an act of repressing fears.
Luisa, Simon, Tatjana, Ambra