Yes I see your point concerning grass roots movements – if you can call paganism that [its been around a while]. I did not say that religion should get involved in politics, but that philosophy and politics do mix and indeed most political systems may be regarded as based on philosophical approaches or models.
As I say all this is just playing with labels, in the end most pagans believe in environmentalism as a form of respect to the planet, it cannot be separated!
Interesting sidebar, I am sure we could make it uninhabitable if man really tried – how about a zero point energy bomb, one would do the trick, or a nano transformation virus – that would turn everything into, well whatever it was programmed to make! This is speculative of course but who knows what weapons of the future could do.
Regardless, of anything it is imperative that we should do all we can to protect our children’s future, and our planet. This for me is of primary importance. The greenhouse effect may not make the earth uninhabitable for man for some time, yet I often worry if we will glance past the point of no return – before we even know it. Not just that but the effects are with us now! It is going to take a dramatic transformation of human society to survive imho.
And this means a dramtic change in politics!
Z
