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I'm not doing anything directly through work or activism, but I have made a decision to not have children(albeit for other reasons), as have my siblings. I gues
by throwaway8879 7y ago
I'm not doing anything directly through work or activism, but I have made a decision to not have children(albeit for other reasons), as have my siblings. I guess that will have more of a long-term impact than recycling, going vegan or getting off of fossil fuel.
- justplay 7y agohuh? No children because you want to save environment, sorry to be cynical.
- patientplatypus 7y agoI also have made the same decision for the same reasons. There are too many of us.
- justplay 7y agoplease enlighten me!
- bigato 7y agoless humans means less human impact on the planet
- neilalexander 7y agoI guess the reasoning is because humans are the worst thing that have ever happened to the environment, therefore by producing less humans, we produce less environmental damage.
- diggan 7y agoNow I'm neither of the parents (comment parents) here, but I'm myself torn on the issue. On one hand, having children will contribute to the overall higher consumption, meaning the environment eventually will suffer from the increase in population. On the other hand, having children and raising them as good as you can, can offset the impact (or even have a better impact on climate change as a whole, even though the increase of consumption) other people have on the environment, if you "train" your child(s) to care for the environment.
- bristleworm 7y agothat's not cynical. this is cynical: http://www.vhemt.org/ http://www.vhemt.org/
- throwaway8879 7y agoAs I stated, I made a decision to not have kids for other reasons, not because I want to save the environment. But the decision to not have kids will have more of a positive net effect towards saving the environment than any other lifestyle changes I can make right now.
- js8 7y agoI have also made the same decision. What do you want to know?
- bloudermilk 7y agoIf you're mathematically oriented, you could look at it this way: Global population is one of four terms in the [Kaya identity][0]. A lower population equals less emissions, especially in countries with high GDP and energy intensity. It seems logical enough to me that choosing not to have children is an indirect but sane way to limit one's emissions. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaya_identity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaya_identity
- Melouv 7y agoDo you still do the other things though or do you use that choice as an excuse not to bother?