the religion of climate change 2 - we need a green god

So, the second part of this (there will be three I think) is prompted by a question asked in the discussion after 11th hour (which is tanking apparently - in hindsight this makes sense). It will also be shorter I think and, indeed, hope.

The point is this - what does it take to motivate people to drastically change their lives in counterintuitive and short-term disadvantageous ways? What gets people to act in self-denying ways? And the only answer I can really come up with is religion. So maybe we need some green religion?

Any environmental cult leaders out there? Maybe we need them to step up to the plate & inspire some serious devotion, and devotional action.