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What simple changes should people do in their lives to make a positive impact on climate change? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I do believe the biggest impact would come from regulating large companies and billionaires, but it’s not one or the other.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

While I agree that businesses have way more direct impact and responsibilities, "it's about sending a message". If we as consumers put more priority on goods / foods that have less of a bad impact on climate change, corporations will follow that trend as well as that's where the money is.

We still have to hope that we're not misled by marketing teams too much, but if the global trend is in a specific direction it has more of a chance to contain better options. Just be aware that possibly most of your climate enhancing actions might still be bad/misled/hypocritical in hindsight, but it's better than if we don't take any action at all.

The only thing we can do is raise our chances.