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It's a good question. I've been working on this for years, it's a puzzle for everyone. I wrote the UN Environment Program Policy on sustainable consumption. resource.vision/unepbook.
I break down personal contributions into three active layers
Practical
Systemic
Systematic
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michael_nielsen
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Curious: what do you think you, personally (not others!), should do about climate change? How do you feel about your own answer - does it seem satisfactory to you, or unsatisfactory?
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michael_nielsen
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I realize it's tempting to say what others should do, but it's certainly not what I'm asking, nor what I'm interested in.
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michael_nielsen
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My own answer: I'm really unsure, and trying to figure it out. I'm also a little frustrated - I can get lots of good advice, but it feels very piecemeal, and often contradictory. So I'm still trying to figure it out.
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John Manoochehri
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Practical - all the classics which accumulate and send market + political signal, and limit impact.
- cycle/transit to work
- eat less meat
- holiday more locally
- insultate home, use heat pump/solar capture
- recycle especially food
- live in dense, efficient environment
etc
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John Manoochehri
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The problem with these solutions is they are extremely middle-class: they rely on you having time, money, information; and they even though to do accumulate, they don't per se flip systems, they can just be managing a deeper problem.
But it's not binary: these actions count.
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Ink Inc.
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Isn't anything 'sustainable' in an environment with finite resources an oxymoron?
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John Manoochehri
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If you mean this question seriously, I invite you to consider why you (and we all) seek a long and healthy life, even though we know we will die in the end.
Or as Steve Jobs put it: "No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. "
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Just some guy...
@2DoisToby
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Reverse the order pls
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