Yes, we are causing negative effects to our environment on a daily basis. Yes, this has been going on to long, and we have to act now. But how can we do this? Only remarking what we have and are doing doesn't improve our situation, and actually discourages most people from acting, just because all they can do with this information is worry. Instead of only focussing on what has been done, we should focus on giving inspiration to everyone who might desire this. With inspiration come good ideas for improving our bad habits, and when spreading an hopeful message instead of something that drags us down, we can actually look forward, and start changing for the better.
Though many institutions, like our educational system and our newspapers now spread the word of the damage we have done, this can change. Though these effects should definitely be mentioned in the articles about our environment, what could be changed, and most importantly how should also be a great focus. As many inhabitants want to change something, but don't know how, this would cause more action in our own civilization, leading to the action we actually need.
With this in our minds and hearts we have set up some practical goals in order to achieve a better education on this topic: