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What is the perfect “recipe” to start a nationwide movement towards protecting the planet from climate change? The perfect recipe to starting a nationwide movement towards protecting the planet from climate change is education, connections, and refusal. Education is a very important step in order to really start a movement. In the climate change movement it is very important for people to understand what is really happening. A great person that really educates is Bill Mckibben. His movie is called…

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Best Formula for Social Change:  I believe that the perfect recipe for social change in regards to climate change is through action and refusal. In general I agree with both Mckibben and Moore. They both believe that climate change does indeed need to change, and they both express different ideas on how this can be accomplished. Both experts have been spreading their ideas to many people which I believe is the first step towards change. By continuing to fight and…

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“If Your House is on Fire” is an interview focusing on the environmental efforts and ideas made by Kathleen Dean Moore. Moore has a strategy for social change, and it is very interesting. Moore believes that if the ethics and culture of a community change, overall things can lead to a huge social change. Moore states “If the culture forces us to live in ways we don’t believe in, then we have to change the culture. Given the urgency of…

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The ideas that Duhigg and Mckibben have about social change are very similar. Duhigg believes that social change occurs through connections that people have, and how the connections work towards a main goal. Although Mckibben does not outwardly express this idea, it is shown that he thinks in a similar way through the movie “Do the Math”. Duhigg states “A movement starts because of the social habits of friendship and the strong ties between close acquaintances” (87). This shows that…

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