What is this? The easy red staples button?

I truly believe that we need, as citizens of the world, to stop acting like children and given the easy way to save the earth. Like hello, we have an easy time destroying the earth with our consuming ways. Not saying that consuming is bad, but we do need to pull back and make a better effort to protect out earth. We need to make a better effort to educate our young about the cause and the effect, and the footprint that we leave on this planet. “We’re treated like children by environmental elites and political leaders too timid to call forth the best in us” as Prof. Maniates said.
I agree when it comes to protecting the environment, many are politically scared to clamp down on the pollution or the foreign oil dependence because of fear of retaliation in votes or special interest groups. So instead of pulling teeth, we are treated like children and told to take the “easy way” out. What is this, STAPLES? Where all we have to do is push the easy button to get the best “results” We need to do better and that means looking for “Fundamental change in our energy, transportation and agricultural systems rather than technological tweaking on the margins”

In the way he challenges the mainstream environmental movement, I think right now we are at the tip of the iceberg. People know about global warming and climate change. That’s the tip. Now as we continue to “move down the iceberg” we need to do a better job of change. We need to look past easy and move towards a more coordinated individual but concise plan. However, the exact plan needs to be planned before we make any real progress. As I learned from reading, the United States is the lead emitter of carbon dioxide, and as a result, the United States, yes thats most of us, needs to be the leaders of change.
We never had a problem being the leader of change when pointing our fingers, clicking our tongues and placing sanctions for other countries for "doing wrong" The government never had a problem leading in global affairs, so it makes me wonder when will the United States and many other countries, decide to be the leaders in the mainstream environmental movement instead of waiting for others to take the lead and "following"?

So the question I ask myself now and everyone else is- " What difference can we make to make sure our government makes a difference in the fight against climate change" Petition, scream at each other at townhall meetings and have every news channel show it live? I don't have an answer..yet. But I know it is not pressing the red Staples button, that i see in the Staples commercial.