The truth is that right now there are more actions done than in previous years. Let's talk about the 80's, for example, there weren't many things. All where political causes. But it was fine, the final result of a hard political era was the destruction of Berlin wall. This era belongs to environmental changes and the fight to prorect earth. Which will be the ending? Hopefully, one similar like the Berlin wall falling.
In our country, the creation of the ministry of environment was a huge step. As we have many diferent climate conditions, biodiversity, etc. it was needed long time ago. There is also a spread of ecological NGO that deal with issues such as improving the use of all things we buy (giving them different uses), protecting animals, forests, glaciers, water resources, etc.
But perhaps a key issue where we could directly act is in spreading the word about how to optimize our energy use and not use use it unproperlu¡y. Saying how to contaminate less.
Some institutions and people are doing things... but perhaps the message has not reached everyone yet.

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