It was great! Now it has begun. The people demanded action. Now the people must act. Once you take the first step there is no going back. Denial is not possible. Each of us has some real examining to do. Every moment we consume and feed the system that is destroying us.
The system is real. We were taught to think another way. Systems seems mystical to that way of thought. There were only individuals and pieces to a machine. The system is not a machine and the whole is more than and different from the sum of its parts.
The system is self organizing and self repairing. It will use today's march to feed itself and to keep us doing what we do to feed it. It has a kind of "mind". It anticipates and adapts. So we can demand action but what we must do is act. That is hard. Read on below for more.
Action will not be easy. We must stop feeding the system. We do it in so many ways every day. When I was on sabbatical in Germany in 1985 we generated as much trash in a week as we do in a day here.
I rode a bicycle to work all my working life. I take "Navy" showers...wet yourself...turnoff the water and soap up. rinse. Saves lots of water.
Eating meat consumes more of what is vital to us than giving it up. Gardens and local farms based on the use of grass to feed animals if you must and then their manure for fertilizer. Wendell Berry will show us the way.
Make things out of "waste". Manufacture things to last and be reparable. The list goes on. I can't profess to know the way. We have to do this together and show each other what we learn.
All I know is that we must follow through on what we committed to today. Demand action from yourself and the rest will follow.