> All we can really do is each do our best on an individual level to reduce our carbon footprint. Eat less meat, utilise public transport, walk or ride your bik

> All we can really do is each do our best on an individual level to reduce our carbon footprint. Eat less meat, utilise public transport, walk or ride your bike instead of driving, recycle and try to cut down on your use of products that negatively impact the environment (this includes plastics as well as products that stem from the monoculture plantations that are responsible for a huge proportion of deforestation – palm oil, mass produced fruit etc.). It may seem overwhelming, but as the famous anthropologist Margaret Mead once said: “Never doubt that a small group of concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has”. To me, Mead's quote includes activism as a path to change. Not just setting an example, but pushing for change: calling representatives, asking others why they are doing what they are doing (maybe just "that's the way it's always been done" and no consideration until someone asked), and minimizing judgement so that others are more free to change rather than entrench. Some questions to consider: Of what importance is a sloth? Why do you celebrate the holidays you do? Why do you eat the food you eat? Why did you buy the house in the suburbs when your "hunting-gathering grounds" (where you work) are far away and, unless you're dead-set on walking four hours each way, requires a multi-ton vehicle to get you there?