I'm going to, for this thread, assume a few things. Please take these as assumptions I'm making for the benefit of the argument, I may or may not actually believe any of the following:

1. Global Warming is occurring.
2. The Warming that is occurring is largely anthropogenic.
3. We can change the warming that is occurring.

"?The roots of the problem of climate change are essentially cultural.   The solution must be too.?  - Marcel Cano (University of Barcelona)"

What's the best instrument with which to modify culture though? To say that the problem is cultural is obvious. Must the solution also be entirely cultural?

My vote goes to economic forces as being the most prominent player in changing at least the American/European cultures. Eastern countries will most likely be relying on the guidance of their leaders (communism is well engrained).

As for Latin America and Africa, I'm not worried as much about their carbon footprint at this point.

The other behemoth to consider is India, however I don't know enough about the culture to make much of a statement on the forces that should galvanize them. They seem to be in an odd transition right now and can go multiple ways.


I don't consider myself as having much of a religion, so I will abstain until "religion" is more properly defined. I will say this though. This question was brought up briefly in one of my classes and we had a few people in the room who felt that "God gave man dominion of the plants and animals, so we can do what we want with them."

It drives me crazy to hear people say that.  I believe that God asks us to be "good stewards" of what we have and are given, be it money, possesions, the earth, even people. I think we should each do what we can to take care of the earth.