Anonymous wrote:VOTE

DEMOCRATIC

The generic act of voting, if done for a Republican, will do less than nothing to fix the climate crisis.

VOTE

I think the refusal of American republicans to assist meaningfully with global family planning will be considered one of the huge mistakes of the 20tj century. Population growth in poor countries is a big part of the problem, and many of these women would not have chosen to have that many children of they had safe and easily available options.

I think a lot of it depends some culture changes. For instance, why is it cultural normal for people to wear long pants to work in the summer (and even jackets!) and then a/c buildings to November temperatures? Corporate energy use is a huge part of the total.
How can we change the current American culture of bigger, newer, more (a culture we are successfully exporting to the whole world). 100 years ago Americans were mostly frugal and thrift. They bought stuff that lasted and then refinished or reworked it. Now if you look at the boards about fashion or home decor or real estate, there is such scorn for anything that looks “dated” and the attitude seems to be “if you don’t love it, trash it and get what you love! Life is too short!” Must we all really rip out our kitchens and redo them every 10-20 years? And replace all our curtains and furniture too? Our grandparents would live with the same curtains and furniture for basically their whole lives! They used practical things like armchair arm doilies so that the arms wouldn’t wear down as quickly — can you imagine the scorn of you did that now? We need to get back to that flinty mindset that Americans had until sometime after WWII….

PS I have an enormous bag of ripped clothing that I have been keeping until I figure out how to upcycle….

Make sure your kids have marketable skills. Ones with money will always survive.

Stop having kids. One kid per couple for the next generation should go a long way. Too many people on this planet. End of debate.

Anonymous wrote:I agree with PP's who say that our individual actions won't amount to much without fundamental supportive structural change in the economics of production, a change in our priorities as a society and overall global effort towards sustainability.

By all means you should do all the things and the stuff that are mentioned as they are models for what is to come. If nothing else it shows our kids that we need to make changes. Of course they already know how screwed we are.

We have to vote in people who will stand up to the polluters and put people and families first.

And by that I mean put the planet first in such a way that is supports people and wildlife. It all kind of works together. What is best for the planet is best for us and our animals, and whats best for our living inhabitants tends to be best for the planet.

I agree with PP's who say that our individual actions won't amount to much without fundamental supportive structural change in the economics of production, a change in our priorities as a society and overall global effort towards sustainability.

By all means you should do all the things and the stuff that are mentioned as they are models for what is to come. If nothing else it shows our kids that we need to make changes. Of course they already know how screwed we are.

We have to vote in people who will stand up to the polluters and put people and families first.

Reduce
Reuse
Repair
Repurpose
Recycle
Rot
Restore

An interesting article on this topic:
https://www.kimnicholas.com/responding-to-climate-change.html

My main to do: fly less. With Covid's help, achieved.

An interesting article on this topic:
https://www.kimnicholas.com/responding-to-climate-change.html

My main to do: fly less. With Covid's help, achieved.

It's all a waste of time. What we have here is a collective action problem, that cannot be solved by my or your miniscule individual actions.

As an indvidual, the most important thing you can do is vote for elected leaders that have the will to put in place global and societal solutions to this problem.

Reduce or eliminate meat.
Compost and revise yard maintenance practices (leaf litter, native plants, no round up, eliminate large swaths of lawn).
Recycle or, even better, purchase products that don't use a lot of packaging to begin with (if you can afford it; these things are not as mass produced so sometimes more expensive).
Reduce fuel usage (walk or bike where you can, carpool, telework if possible).
VOTE for people who are not science deniers and who support climate change initiatives. This is so important. I'm worried about the mess my kids/grandkids are going to inherit.

I disagree with some of the pps. I know that my avoiding the consumption of animal products will do little to change our trajectory. However, right now, the politicians are doing little to change the status. I believe that as fora like this and more media attention shines light on the problem, people will change. Guilt alone can effect change. I used to give my kids birthday parties with tons of plastic crap goodie bags. There is no way that I would do that now. Also, I have several friends who would not appreciate that. Things are changing, and people are changing. BTW, my lawn will be reduced this year by about 10%, plus we are cutting it much less often.

Not having kids is the biggest impact