I'm more of the Derrick Jensen mindset; that people have to lose all Hope before they stop praying and start looking behind the curtains. Take Sandy Hook: It turned into a discussion of guns, not the social psychology of fanatical competition that sell guns as a solution to mental deficiencies of humans.
We lament the consumption of resources, yet we don't ask what people contribute to the future of those resources: only who gets how much.
Our sense of existence in the environment that spawned us is actually backwards. It's not about the humans: and competing for human wants is antithetical to a symbiotic ecosystem that depends on real, physical contribution from all participants.
Humanity is a suicidal species that chose profitable extinction by comfort over sensible reality. Our leaders seek guidance from IMAGINARY BEINGS (gods, the invisible hand, love, Hope) for Christ's sake (sic). Civilization itself is a system of isolation from the natural world. Our language is full of inferences keeping people from seeing the massive ignorance privilege of unquestioned beliefs.