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In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at what you can do about climate change using individual, personal, and collective actions. This video, however, is not a simple list of the best things a person can do to change their lifestyle and shrink their carbon footprint, instead I start by looking at the way in which we’ve globally become fixated on individual solutions to climate change. We envision ourselves more as consumers than as citizens. As a result carbon footprint related actions like flying less and recycling are prioritized over voting, protesting, and system change. This video is all about doing both personal things to lower your carbon footprint like driving less, but simultaneously acting collectively to create a system in which having a small carbon footprint is feasible for everyone.
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Resources:
1. Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction (International Strategy for Disaster Reduction): https://eird.org/publicaciones/Climate-Change-DRR.pdf
2. Framing Climate Change (Anne K. Armstrong et al.): https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv941wjn
3. “I work in the environmental movement. I don’t care if you recycle.” (Mary Annaise Heglar via Vox): https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/28/18629833/climate-change-2019-green-new-deal
4. Just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions, study says (The Guardian): https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change
5. You Can Eat a Burger and Still Fight For the Planet (Earther): https://earther.gizmodo.com/you-can-eat-a-burger-and-still-fight-for-the-planet-1833163300
6. The Carbon Majors Database (CDP): https://tinyurl.com/yyspxcup
7. We can’t all be Greta, but your actions have a ripple effect (BBC): https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49756280
8. Climate change: can individual consumer choices make a difference? (Vox): https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/10/12/17967738/climate-change-consumer-choices-green-renewable-energy
9. Don’t focus on how individuals can stop climate change (Fast Company): https://www.fastcompany.com/90290795/focusing-on-how-individuals-can-stop-climate-change-is-very-convenient-for-corporations
10. Climate change: yes, your individual action does make a difference (The Conversation): https://theconversation.com/climate-change-yes-your-individual-action-does-make-a-difference-115169
11. An Audacious Toolkit: Actions Against Climate Breakdown (Part 3: I is for Individual) (University of Leeds): https://tinyurl.com/s6ynbre
12. Environmental Impact Assessment of Household Consumption (Ivanova et al.): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jiec.12371
13. The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions (Wynes. & Nicholas): https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7541
14. Neoliberalism has conned us into fighting climate change as individuals. (Martin Lukas via The Guardian): https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2017/jul/17/neoliberalism-has-conned-us-into-fighting-climate-change-as-individuals
15. Solar isn’t accessible to half of Americans. Can community solar change that? (Grist): https://tinyurl.com/tqwqad6
16. Naomi Klein on Extinction Rebellion, the Green New Deal and fast fashion (Channel 4 News): https://youtu.be/JpFZmisvrQQ
17. Summary for Policymakers of IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C approved by governments (IPCC): https://www.ipcc.ch/2018/10/08/summary-for-policymakers-of-ipcc-special-report-on-global-warming-of-1-5c-approved-by-governments/
18. CO2 emissions per capita (Our World in Data): https://tinyurl.com/qu2dfyn
19. The relationship between transit-rich neighborhoods and transit ridership: Evidence from the decentralization of poverty (Kyungsoon Wang & Myungje Woo): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143622817307166#fig2
20. ‘Transit deserts’ don’t serve workers, study says (Chicago Tribune): https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/ct-transit-deserts-met-20140804-column.html
21. Transit Deserts in Cook County. (Transit Future): https://tinyurl.com/qt3mygt
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What are some things you do to minimize your personal impact? What are some things you do to address the structural issue of climate change?
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legitimately, can someone explain why all leftist content is presented by someone who sound like their own voice is putting them to sleep? Make it make sense.
Individualism matters too cause it adds up with all of us. It makes companies think customers want all this packaging waste or too many 24/7 stores for convenience. You have to live by example to convince others. It teaches people to care about the environment. That doesn't mean we don't try to change the system. Both are important.
5:46 Thanks for criticizing environmentals who shame people and demand perfection from people, such as what transportation they take. And reminding people that some people don't really have a choice. Such as North American infrastructure being so car centric and lacking other transportation infrastructure. Not everyone can afford a electric car, and electric charging stations are lacking.
Watch DW Documentary, Real Stories, and Al Jazeera English on obesity. There are food deserts without fresh foods and vegetables. And some poor people can only afford junk food in lots of plastic packaging.
Not everyone can have a yard to compost.
The system made it that way too, and it doesn't have to be. Such as people fought to set up farmer markets with organics.
Individualism matters too cause it adds up with all of us. It makes companies think customers want all this packaging waste or too many 24/7 stores for convenience. You have to live by example to convince others. It teaches people to care about the environment. That doesn't mean we don't try to change the system. Both are important.
5:46 Thanks for criticizing environmentals who shame people and demand perfection from people, such as what transportation they take. And reminding people that some people don't really have a choice. Such as North American infrastructure being so car centric and lacking other transportation infrastructure. Not everyone can afford a electric car, and electric charging stations are lacking.
Watch DW Documentary, Real Stories, and Al Jazeera English on obesity. There are food deserts without fresh foods and vegetables. And some poor people can only afford junk food in lots of plastic packaging.
Not everyone can have a yard to compost.
The system made it that way too, and it doesn't have to be. Such as people fought to set up farmer markets with organics.
I like the message here but one fundamental issue I can't get my head around is that whilst I have control over my own choices (i.e. individual actions), I have no control over other people, so whilst I can advocate more responsible living, I cannot force anyone to do anything. I am a member of the local Transition group and our attempts at public outreach ultimately reached an insignificant number of the local town population. I don't know how I or anyone can reach out to the extent of bringing a large enough percentage of the population on board that a difference on the large scale can be stimulated.
You are actively doing something about it by talking to us about it.
I’ve cleaned trash outside, reused, and use a portable solar panel and battery to charge my lamps and phone. I’m actively involved in environmental groups. I’ve done so much so far but in the future, i’m going to do so much more.
Global warming paused at 1.1°C in the early 1990s and in 2022 global warming was reported at 1.1°C. That should be enough to relieve Climate Change anxiety. Also the noncondensing greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide can't warm the planet from their greenhouse behavior. Earth's greenhouse effect would be held in heavy saturation if water vapor were the only greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. Increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere can't make earth's greenhouse effect retain anymore temperature. Greenhouse gases are only active in earth's greenhouse effect.
voting for all these corrupted politician won't fix the climate change, people in america and canada procreate as they will and they are totally addicted to car and car dependency, eating meet is a pleasure for them and being privileged all their life made them too entitled to accept any changes, it seems the only solution is the dooms day, which apparently close to come
Living close to work is convenient. Save money. Money is oil.
Definitely would appreciate a deeper dive video on some of the steps individuals who can make changes can do to help reduce their CO2 emissions and a comparison of these different methods
I wish I knew how to organize some kind of effective protest or general strike or destroy some property in a way that instills fear and provokes action in those is power. I’ve been vegan for 7 years and I post political stuff on the internet and I like to buy my clothes second-hand, but I want to do something bigger and more extreme. I’ve always been a risk-taker and a radical person and I want to use that to help the world.
My carbon footprint is effectively negative.
I ended the Southwest Drought, by rehabilitating the Millet Swale watershed, at 6,000 feet elevation, southeast of Snowflake, Arizona, and by eliminating man-made obstructions to atmospheric circulation.
Carbon dioxide is readily soluble in water, and precipitation scrubs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequesters it in the ground, where the carbonic acid reacts with minerals and frees nutrients for natural growth.
Restoration of atmospheric circulation is cooling the oceans, and cooler oceans sink and sequester more carbon dioxide than warmer oceans.
The re-greening of the Southwest and beyond is scrubbing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Where do I pick up my carbon credits?
I think it makes sense to focus on individual rewards in relation to our individual actions. The sense of power and control we gain from cutting as much dependency as we can from corporations; growing our own food, making our own clothes and soaps. The amount of money that can be saved. I don't think people feel empowered when they are told to make changes they cannot actually quantify the results of or witness for themselves. An example is that I garden with exclusively native plants, I immeditaly am rewarded and my efforts are proven effective because the massive inflation of wildlife that I get in my yard. The water bill will drop as more plants get established and the plants I have are perfectly adapted to survive the droughty conditions here. I can replace my lawn with mulch and low-growing plants and don't have to mow! Worst chore ever, and of course gas-powered landscaping tools are not ideal. I think the issue is the deep conditioning to believe that corporations are purely a convenience, and they have left us feeling incapable of taking care of ourselves, or has made certain things so easy that we don't even question if there is another way, which is actually a massive nuissance to us.
Climate change has been happening for millions of years
No, I won’t stick around till the end. This false message doesn’t deserve the support. The climate change lie was proven wrong many years ago by honest scientists. Wake up little sheep before the wolves push you over the cliff!!!
I think I’m going to start playing my part so our planet doesn’t get destroyed
1. EARTHSHIP is the answer. Earthships maintain a comfortable temperature while using the least amount of energy. Earthships also collect rainwater and are designed to utilize solar power.
Earthships can be made with new construction, or (by original design) they can be built with repurposed materials.
Earthships are a lot of physical work, but they are truly worth it, and they will last longer than a traditional built home.
2. Have only one child. Having 2 children is just kicking the "resource" can down the road to the next generation, but having only one child (or no children) makes a very impactful, personal statement.
You blame the previous generation for the dire situation we are living in right now, imagine how future generations will judge you for the decisions you choose to make, given how you have chosen to judge the generations before you..