Global warming has been a big issue for a long time. We now are more accepted to the fact that if we keep going the way we are going, our planet may be damaged beyond repair. For many decades people believed global warming was a “joke” and many that spoke or did anything to address global warming were considered “quakes”. They are now respected but that doesn’t mean what they are doing by starting movements doesn’t end them up in some trouble. Bill McKibben is an environmental activist that started the 350.org website and organization with a few students from Middlebury Collge. They all had a common desire to change the global problems that we are facing. As McKibben states “There’s always stuff to be done and more of it all the time and that’s what movements look like.” (22:16) One of the biggest issues with people not wanting to accept or start something is because they think they are only one voice. I myself have this feeling. I also have a feeling of hopelessness when I see things like this video. I think when we all accept the fact that something like this is going on but it is so large that we can not do anything right now to fix it, a sense of hopelessness takes over. But as McKibben said, there is always stuff to do. This is similar to the change that Duhigg talks about and how he discusses that not just one person can make a difference. It is about who we know and the ties that we make or already have. It is also about starting somewhere and sometimes we have to fight for what we believe in. In that, we can change what is being done as Rosa Parks fought against the system saying that she needed to move to the back of the bus. Bill McKibben has been arrested many times for standing up for what he believed in. Sometimes that is what it takes.
