HACKER Q&A
📣 trwhite

How can I as an individual possibly make a difference to climate change?


A paper published today (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50302392) points to a global 'climate emergency'.

As an individual, how will any lifestyle alteration I make have any impact on climate change compared to the damage caused by livestock farming, population growth and fossil fuels etc?

Beyond that, what other action could I take? Were I to make a career change, which companies could I work for and make a measurable impact? Or would my time be better served in government?


  👤 miles Accepted Answer ✓
Plant-based diet can fight climate change - UN

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49238749


👤 fghtr
http://www.kimnicholas.com/uploads/2/5/7/6/25766487/fig1full...

However, convincing politicians can do much more...


👤 suramya_tomar
Or as an more extreme example, you can follow Jadav Payeng's example and personally replant a 1,360 acres forest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadav_Payeng

👤 stuqqq
Don’t reproduce.

👤 codingdave
Every lifestyle alteration you make has a difference. A small one, true, but if billions of people make small changes, it adds up.

By all means, look for big actions as well... but do the small stuff.


👤 DoreenMichele
Eat less meat.

Eat local.

Drive less.

Walk more.

Plant a tree.