Actually, lots of people say "be the change" and I know quite a few who follow that suggestion. I have friends who eat vegan, eat more local foods, have cut do

Actually, lots of people say "be the change" and I know quite a few who follow that suggestion. I have friends who eat vegan, eat more local foods, have cut down meat consumption, avoid travel (yes, before COVID), are reducing their plastic use to near zero, and so on. Few are taking all of that on but some are and there are many other ideas I've heard people taking on. We keep a garden alongside getting the rest of our vegetables from a local farmer who produces far into the winter via a CSA. We have started replacing some meat consumption with egg consumption from the chickens we keep. We do other things but we definitely have more opportunities. There have been some really nice shifts in perception as our reduced consumption has reduced our stresses and lifted our wealth trajectory. Consider: could you be hosting some social norms and exhibit some behaviors that keep you from interaction with such people? [edit: s/eat a vegan/eat vegan/]