Even now, every local council is to prepare its own traffic reduction plan, and every party in Parliament is now committed to supporting a reduction in traffic growth - a huge turn around. Considering the conditions necessary for creating an ecological society, many seeds have already been sown. The taking of the moral high ground is nearly achieved so that greens can now set the agenda, as they are doing for traffic matters, for example. There is grey-green within the parties, and arguments between them as to who is the greenest. A 'crisis consciousness' is prevailing, a coming to terms with the reality of ecocide.
People can see what is happening, through freak weather conditions, for example.
A sense of urgency is generated by direct activists. The political will to make change happen is needed, and the political discipline that goes with it must be accepted. Our political culture is effectively an elected dictatorship and empowerment is required. This is more than the decentralisation of government that the Real World Coalition is asking for. The individualism versus collectivism debate is a waste as both are needed.