All agreed, and taken in the spirit intended, with one caveat: not all shame is so bad. If we know that every tenth of a degree exposes 140 million more souls to extreme heat levels*, then every time one of us steps on a plane, effectively, we're giving someone, somewhere, at some point, heat stroke. I think this connection needs to be made very clear, and it's to your point that climate "change" is too anodyne and abstract a term. So is climate "crisis," if we continue to think in terms of panaceas, wait for solutions to come from "out there" and continue business as usual in the meantime. At this point, I've taken my last vacation, at least any that involve flying; I'd feel "ashamed" to do so now, given what I know. That shame is part of the same passion and power you mention.
All the best
TJ
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