Green Fatigue

Time for an update...

Here are a couple of articles from the Independent news paper about 'Green Fatigue' - something we touched on in class. I hope you find them interesting.

The first article is from 2007 and examines why cynicism and disillusionment is creeping into some quarters of the arena of environmental action and goes on to suggest ways that this can be combated - essentially by keeping people enthused for the challenge at a local level where changes and achievements become tangible. It finishes by suggesting that the little-by-little approach to environmental action is simply not enough to keep people engaged and suggests that "regular" people are capable of (and ready to) make significant changes. All we need to do is invoke that action.

The second article is from 2010 which seems to confirm the increasing disengagement that was highlighted in the 2007 article and looks at the statistics behind it all. Interestingly the article finished with a claim from DEFRA that "the country is moving towards a more sustainable future", but i'll let you make your own mind up about that.