My thesis is about taking action over just pointing at the problem - to change unenvironmental behavior. Thing is that who am I to say that unenvironmental behavior is bad, that's just my opinion. I came into the process with a pre-supposition of a negative. Is that smart? Is habit change really the problem?
Look if I were asked is environmentalism really worth pursuing if the world is not in a gigantic crisis, I would say yes. The way we're living may or may not impact future generations as severely as it is popularly advertising today, but we should live with respect for our fellow species. That means a change of ways, and a paradigm shift of thinking of our selves in relation to other Earth creatures. A change in our everyday behaviors can aid in living more symbiotically with one an other but it's most likely only with relatively minimal effects. What it does do is train people to consider and question their actions so that they may make better decisions with bigger choices. Like allowing the dumping of wastewater into lakes and rivers by factories.
Stopping people from doing the things they like doing is different from altering habits. One is open to desire, people act that way because they like to. Habits on the other hand
