That WAS one of the points of Gore's movie. He had a list of things regular people can actually do. Many of which we've touched on here.

The guilt thing is an area we need to avoid, though, imo. We can't be cute about it. We can't lean on it to motivate. It isn't my place to tell others how to live and vice versa. It gets almost everyone's back up when the shoe is on the other foot. I can see many a mother or father reading the post above about our children's future and sputtering: "Of course I love my children. Who the hell is he??"

It's an unnecessary distraction.

But we could focus on the idea of simplifying as a way to tie a lot of these ideas together. Our parents didn't have as much stuff as we do. We didn't have as much stuff as our kids. Or did we just have different stuff? Some of the stuff -- mine -- is good and necessary stuff, though. So we mustn't suggest getting rid of either of my PCs, for instance. And I may need another! But doesn't it seem like we should all be able to live without all this stuff?

Nance