This blog is for you.

This blog is for you. You are going to change the world. (I tried, and failed, many, many years ago).
As I don't expect you to read the whole blog I will try and repeat the basic idea in the latest post occassionally.
The idea is to see if it is possible to change the world for the better starting at the bottom, or somewhere near the bottom, as we all know it is hopeless to change it from the top. You have only got to go back a few years to recall the slogan "things can only get better". Yeah, right. Well here's another nice mess you've gotten me into now. (Oliver Hardy).
Firstly we try and find out why politicians or local councillers or corporations seem to always do things that appear to be wrong to us and turn out to be wrong or at least don't really do any good for us, the people. Ok, so I think we know why! Not just whingeing or generalising or being nostalgic or sentimental or cynical. No, just questioning why things are done and for whose actual benefit if not for us. Once we have established this we look for the right way and use our collective power to influence the people above us. In this way those people can change or influence the people above them.
Maybe an example would help. And don't take this as an actual practice that does need changing.
Supermarket packaging; we all know about the proliferation of packaging. Why has it grown so much and is it a problem?
I would suggest that the food manufacturers and retailers are sourcing their product further and further afield and to aid transportation are having to use more packaging. They are doing this to improve their profit margin and in order to pay their shareholders bigger dividends. 1. Is the food cheaper (for them) or better (for us)? Can't we (in the UK) do without strawberries in the winter?Or any other exotic or not so exotic fruit or vegetable grown half way round the world? Is it sensible for the country of origin to export all that water when they need it themselves? 2. Why should we have to 'pay' to dispose of the rubbish? Ok, you may say we don't actually pay but our collection service is deteriorating and I suspect it will not be far off when we will pay on a volume basis.
So, as I said this is just an example to explain what I am getting at.
How could we change this? Do we need to change it? How much is all this packaging and transportation costing? Who's paying for it? Is the actual food getting worse to pay for the packaging?
So, DO WE CARE? We probably do but cannot be bothered until it starts to ACTUALLY effect us. Such as extra cost for that extra bin. By then it is to late, because it has been accepted as the norm. Just like the Banks giving us loads of credit a year or so ago and we didn't think; Hold on is this right? Where will this all end? Do you think we might have a problem in mid 2008? Yes, well, it's a bit too late now, isn't it?
Please comment just to let me know you are still out there.