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The best formula for social change begins when we understand amongst ourselves what climate change actually is and what future damage can be done. Climate change can be a very delicate subject. Some people believe it’s real, some don’t believe it to be real, and some people believe it to be real, but they just chose to ignore it. If we ourselves aren’t educated on what climate change is and how we can help it, how can we impact others?…

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After reading Kathleen Dean Moores interview, she very strongly expresses her concerns and beliefs about what it takes to create societal change. Climate change, better known as cultural aggression is destroying us and our planets most beautiful creatures. The potential damage of climate change leads to damaged food supplies and spreading disease. Moore believes we are to put the blame for the current state of our planet to the parents of our generations. Moore states, “The only thing we have…

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Both Duhigg and McKibben have very strong beliefs that societal change can happen when create relationships with communities beyond our most immediate.  McKibben believes that to begin to develop a societal change we need to step outside our comfort zone and push our limits. He says, “Make a little noise. Be a little uncomfortable” (1). It’s the idea of pushing ourselves in addition to our peers to create a developing change or societal movement. When dealing with an issue that…

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Bill McKibben is a powerful individual who believes he needs “to go against my sense of who I’m most comfortable being. It seems like it’s the thing that’s required now” (1). Bill McKibben was one of the eight individuals to begin a movement in 2008 called 350.org. This organization wanted to try and create global organization regarding what is considered the first and largest issue that our planet has ever faced. The central problem being faced is that our planet…

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Charles Duhigg explores how strong relationships combined with more distant connections have the ability to motivate larger groups to come together to work towards one large, common goal. Duhigg believes “strong ties, or close relationships, combined with weak ties, or distant connections, have the power to mobilize large groups toward a singular goal.”  It is true that these ties are what it takes to reach a common goal. The strong ties are what connects us to the weak ties. Combining…

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Reading the article on Charles Duhigg was really eye-opening. Duhigg explores how strong relationships combined with more distant connections, have power to mobilize large groups towards one large, underlying goal. The way he refers to the connection of these relationships is through “strong and weak ties”. Duhigg uses text-to-world visuals throughout the passage to convey how these ties connect. Duhigg speaks about Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. There were many people before Rosa Parks who refused to stand…

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