I remember being very concerned about the hole in the ozone!!! And littering and pollution. And just coming together to do good things. What happened? - ThreadSky

karenattiah.bsky.social • 9 days ago

I remember being very concerned about the hole in the ozone!!! And littering and pollution.

And just coming together to do good things.

What happened?

Reposted from Jay Marose

We wrote letters to Pierre Trudeau to stop clubbing seals & to the epa about Chlorofluorocarbons in 4th grade, walked doors for Carter in 5th.

The pop culture was all about coming together. Every major sitcom had an episode about an old butch buddy who comes back as a female. No one rioted.

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birdpoof.bsky.social•9 days ago

Humans actually managed to fix the ozone hole, product of our own mess, which amazes me to no end.

lagerwhat.bsky.social•9 days ago

The GOP joined up with Jerry Falwell and decided to fuck everyone over instead.

chicagomstie.bsky.social•9 days ago

I don't know the root of it, but the chosen one narrative overtook teamwork and found families in fiction aimed at younger readers, probably reacting to that same social shift.

jen-from-redriver.bsky.social•9 days ago

Same- and global warming, even 40 years ago. I was sure we'd fix it because humans are smart, and we solve problems, and the children are our future! Now we're back to trying to convince half of us that the Earth is round. 🤦

bethannewills.bsky.social•9 days ago

A black man was elected President. Racists and bigots came out from under their rocks. They could not let it stand that we just might be a tiny bit progressive as a nation. America First means fuck you, I got mine. That’s our national shame and it runs our country now.

yonatanlibbie.bsky.social•9 days ago

I organized the first Earth Day observance at my high school in 1970. The principal refused to approve . The student body and two teachers walked out of classes. The principal relented. We all banded together. I've kept a toe in organizing since. But it's so much harder today. Why?

ncirving2.bsky.social•9 days ago

The bad people were always there. They were just waiting for a Moses to lead them out of the land of Egypt.

Then Trump came.

grahamclester.bsky.social•9 days ago

I remember when pollution was bad and vaccines were good and virtue was a virtue.

fionacielo.bsky.social•8 days ago

i’ve been screaming free gaza as long as I was saving the whales and rainforests. maybe we need another fern gully

guesswho2-0.bsky.social•9 days ago

Whatever happened to Earth Day? People would gather to pick up litter or perform some other positive act toward improving the environment.

jaymarose.bsky.social•9 days ago

And we fixed that!

kxraja.bsky.social•9 days ago

We had *ONE* Black president. One.

karenattiah.bsky.social•8 days ago

Basically.

bobmorris.bsky.social•9 days ago

We can still do good things. And this fight has just started.

jaymarose.bsky.social•9 days ago

Diring the holidays we had a Band AID lesson. At first, upset that this is still an issue, but aware that world hunger is down 25% from then.

They built a focused foundation. George Michaels Last Christmas rights were donated by the artist so no matter which is #1, double win.

Institutions.

makuatherton.bsky.social•8 days ago

A bunch of rotten shit under the surface, perpetrated by both sides of the political aisle. The post 9/11 environment gave them their opportunity to bring it out in full.

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