A third of North America’s birds have vanished
One thing I dislike the most about these problems – and the information/media/activism around them – is the "solutioning".<p>Yes, we should recycle and reduce carbon emissions and learn to live in a more integrated fashion with earth. But the problem is so diffuse and requires substantive work against powerful forces (government, business, apathy).<p>What I'd like to see more of, when presented with these sorts of problems, is viable solutions proposed that can be implemented bottom-up, and in the following hierarchy:<p>1. Regular Individuals like me e.g. "build a bird-friendly yard"<p>2. Influential individuals like architects, urban planners,<p>3. Small groups, e.g. birdwatchers, Boy Scouts, churches, schools<p>4. Small towns & neighborhoods, e.g. "build bird friendly parks"<p>All too often the "solutioning" defaults to the highest concentration of power, e.g. government/regulation – but that obviously isn't working at the speed it has to, and I suspect its because it's very easy to say "they should/we should" instead if "I will/we will".