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A very significant change everyone can make is to consume more plants and less animal products. Diet is one the most impactful changes one can make individually
by 2358452 23d ago
A very significant change everyone can make is to consume more plants and less animal products. Diet is one the most impactful changes one can make individually.
See here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-02084-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-02084-1
Second, if you live in a cold country, improve your house heating efficiency and/or switch to heat pumps.
Third, consider a more efficient method of transportation, like bikes, walking, eletric vehicles, public transit, etc.. (bikes, walking and transit have the benefit of also being very good for our health)
Fourth, vote for politicians aware of the issues and enacting changes.
There's a lot everyone can make individually and collectively :)
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Important to mention: if you're going to adopt a plant-based diet, there are a few things you need to supplement, for the most part vitamin B12, maybe Omega-3 and others, and you do need to make sure you're getting necessary nutrients from a variety of plants (for example, walnuts and chia seeds also contain Omega-3). There are many resources online with dietary guides.
- lotsofpulp 23d ago>Second, if you live in a cold country, improve your house heating efficiency and/or switch to heat pumps. Almost everything is inconsequential compared to living in a (detached) house. The detached house increases consumption of all kinds by orders of magnitude due to greatly increasing the distance everything moves to and around the house.
- CalRobert 23d agoIronically I live in a model of suburban bliss with tons of green space and it works because the houses are mostly row houses (terrace houses, tussenwoning, etc). It’s even easy to be car free here. Houten, NL
- lotsofpulp 22d agoIn the US, that would be considered urban, not suburban. This is a US suburb: https://www.planetizen.com/news/2024/02/127466-changing-shape-american-suburbs https://www.planetizen.com/news/2024/02/127466-changing-shap... Far less density of people.
- CalRobert 22d agoRight (I grew up in US suburbia) but to people who visit us it feels suburban. Which I hope can help sell the idea that you can have the upsides of suburban life without living in a sea of asphalt.
- defrost 22d agoFrom that lede photo, far less communal open space for walking, running, kicking a ball, etc. Leading to a car centric less active and less communal lifestyle.