Neil is a regular kind of a guy -- whose business is marketing. We met at 350.org meetings, here in Philadelphia -- and, in spite of all the drama and pessimism he is optimistic. Read more in YOUR STORIES.
I’ve attended a lot of meetings with environmental groups. What strikes me is the pessimism and victim mentality about climate change: “It’s too late, we don’t have enough money, we’re losing the p.r. battle.”
From the perspective of my life experience, I respond: “So what?”
I’ve attended a lot of meetings with environmental groups. What strikes me is the pessimism and victim mentality about climate change: “It’s too late, we don’t have enough money, we’re losing the p.r. battle.”
From the perspective of my life experience, I respond: “So what?”
- When I was a kid, there were neighborhoods we couldn’t move into because we were Jewish. My father, who graduated at the top of his class, couldn’t get a job at most accounting firms for the same reason.
- People were scared to death of homosexuals, who they thought were perverts and child molesters.
http://www.elder-activists.org/your-stories/the-secret-of-my-optimism-neil-greenberg1
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