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Most people do not care about nature
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Everyone does not care about everything. Already in two environmental chats at once, they recently discussed the same topic: people do not care about nature. Most people ... activists do not count: they just suffer from this spitting, but most citizens really agree to everything, if only they wouldn’t strain once again for free for some kind of nature.
It is sometimes easier to achieve an understanding from the statue than from neighbors ... However, this is not news, and what to do is generally known. Awareness of the problem is only the first step, but it is impossible to freeze in it forever - in the comfort zone among the same activists who also love nature. This practice does not lead to an increase in the community who are not indifferent to nature, and existing activists cannot do more than they already do. Well, that is, if we want the community of those who are not indifferent to grow, we will have to communicate with people outside it (this is how this group has formed). Unfortunately, this is a common thing that initially people in the system of values do not have a point "Nature". Family, work, hobbies, their personal property - it is, but there is no nature. Just as it may not be the points “Ballet”, “Football” or “Embroidery with a cross” - in the end, it is impossible, to be interested in everything in the world ... But this is not the end, but only the initial data of our tasks. In order for something to change, you have to explain (possibly for a long time), tell and show the dynamics of processes. People themselves either do not guess or guess very soon, when the scale of the disaster becomes such that the favorable environment will not be returned. The most sad, but the most important thing in our business is the understanding of the fact that education is the task of activists. Our task is with you ...
Nobody needs it anymore, real. No one else will go to do this: since they still have not gone, it means that the situation is generally suited, they are used to it. Accordingly, each of us has a choice: either to get used to living in a hogweed and not to twitch, or nevertheless, to devote part of his time to social activities - to pester everyone who turned up by the arm. Help:
- personal conversations;
- explanations in social networks;
- paper ads on poles;
- lectures and classes for children and adults;
- training games about hogweed;
- creativity motivating to the struggle;
- interviews of the media;
- interaction with the authorities;
- And in general, everything that seems appropriate.
Visual manuals for educational activities are posted on the site in the corresponding section: antiborschevik.info/visual_mat ... - this is free, you can take and use. To promote the environmental position - it is by no means useless. It really works. Remember: after all, about 15–20 years ago, for example, no one thought about sorting garbage, and very few people heard about the hogweed at all. But it has changed! This is how the accumulative effect works: a person who has heard about the problem several times begins to pay attention to it, even if he initially did not react at all ... The threshold of sensitivity is different for everyone, but we do not need to engage all exceptionally, we only need the number of people sufficient for the struggle. This is much less than absolutely all. It makes sense to engage in work with people, even if you do not see an instant effect.
If it’s scary, then you can “practice cats” in advance - play with relatives, friends or other Borschelists in the “argument” , and work out all potentially unpleasant situations. The game is ridiculous, and that is funny - it can no longer be scary. If you can’t explain something, send people to the group: here we will certainly deal with all questions by the forces of the collective mind. Or maybe it will be enough just links to some of the articles of the site Antiborschevik.info , where the question of interest is already laid out on the shelves. And in general, when a person with some regularity begins to read about the hogweed - he will gradually get used to the idea that fighting the hogweed is as normal as brushing his teeth in the morning. In general, why is it all ...
You all have already become Borschel. But now you can try to "be born" in a new capacity - to become a public activist - Borschel. This is not at all as terrible as it seems at first glance: there will simply be another role in life, in addition to all those that already exist. Methods of reporting information to people are listed above, they do not work instantly and not 100%, but still work. The more people are doing this, the faster the effect is noticeable, but even if you are generally alone in your village, then you can slowly, step by step, start changing the situation, and not just suffer from the indifference of others.
(There is another option not to suffer: to lose sensitivity and get used to living surrounded by a hogger-but this is somehow not very ...) Nothing will change in the area of the Borscheboga. If you do not like to live, how we live, if we want something else, we will also have to act differently. And even if the neighbors will not run away from our explanations, but someone will still think, and someone even eventually move from the category of sad people to the category of the actors. Maybe this will not be your neighbors at all, but completely different people living for hundreds of kilometers - nevertheless, there will be more territories under control, so there are more benefits of public work in any case, and engage in this very public work - good and correct. Let in the new year of the brave Borschelmen who are not afraid of even people (not like hogweed ...) will become more!