I suppose I am naive to be surprised that there are not more people who understand the fundamental seriousness of the dire environmental challenges, largely of humanity's creation, that we are facing going into the future.
   Thinking about the reasons for this lack of understanding, it occurs to me that one factor is the feeling/belief, perhaps fostered by some religious attitudes, that the world is as it has always been, and always will be; that it was created for our convenience and that we can do anything we like in it without any serious impact on its nature.
   I grew up in a very liberal religious environment, so had no obstacles to understanding and accepting the scientific, geographical and historical information which indicates very clearly that increased population levels, increased use of the planet's resources, and the ever-increasing use of new and drastically impactful technologies, has had for two centuries or more very significant effects on the environment in which we all live.
  For some their religious belief system leads them to expect dire events before the coming of the end of the world as we have known it, so any environmental changes that may occur are the signs of that end being near, so there is nothing human beings can, or need to, do, since that is all part of the divine plan.
   I think though there are also people who are just turning away from considering these environmental issues because they have not yet seen them effect their own lives, and are also struggling with the economic pressures present in much of the world. My own view is that the economic pressures will only begin to be alleviated when we accept that it is our current economic model and system which has been largely responsible for the current environmental crises. These are not separate issues - they are all part of the same enormous challenge we all face, of maintaining a planet habitable for human beings.