Thank you for your information newsletter. I have been tanking action to help reduce my personal carbon footprint for years. There is a lot that can be done that doesn’t cost much and can save money. We bring our own reusable bags to the grocery store, compost food waste and grow a lot of vegetables. I rode bike to work as much as I could for 15 years. Not only did I save gas and get exercise but I got on the front page of the local paper! Setting the thermostat down when sleeping can yield savings and using a fan to supplement ac during the summer is another way to save money. We use our own cups for our daily coffee runs to cut down on paper waste. And there are a lot of other things that can be done to shrink an individual’s carbon footprint and save money. BTW those home grown vegetables are so delicious. When I first began doing it I was surprised and delighted.
I want to thank you, Katherine, for doing this substack. Now, allow me to ask you a question: what do you suggest young adults (like me) do to stop feeling so much anxiety regarding climate change? I see Zeke, Glen and Gavin claiming we are in SSP2-4.5 because our emissions have more or less flatlined but also see Leon Simmons, Hansen, Sabine saying the models all underestimate how warm and how bad it will get (because of tipping points feedback loops etc) and my mind goes into a game of "who to trust" since Hansen's paper about "warming in the pipeline" have so far been proven correct and the disputal Leon does in X and Bluesky, but Zeke and others do make good points of the 2023- heat spike and acceleration was in the range of uncertainty of the models. I just want to die of old age in a society that more or less functions today, not when I'm in my 30s and 40s from thirst, hunger, exhaustion because doomsday came. This when my time to be an adult just started. I think you understand what I mean, but if you need me to clarify something, you simply need to ask.
Love the point about profitability! Companies that ignore sustainability not only risk their future operations (due to both physical and transition risks), but they're avoiding BETTER ways of doing things. There's a similar narrative in biodiversity happening - a healthy natural world is worth trillions, and pretending it is only valuable if extracted is economically false.
Thanks for this newsletter! I agree on not getting sunk into guilt about individual choices (or stuck in conversations trying to reassure other people about not being perfect - a familiar situation). I find that it often works to point out what's happening in the moment - aka 'it's funny how big corporations are pushing the idea that it's all our fault when they're the ones driving carbon emissions and so we end up obsessing about recycling rather than showing up to protests.' It can take a while to shift the focus of the conversation but I have found that it at least gets people thinking about a different kind of approach to climate action.
Thanks, once again, for your well-researched newsletter. And thanks for including words of encouragement and inspiring action in what must feel like very dark times in America.
Thanks for this, but you're delusional if you think any systemwide reduction of environmental degradation will occur in the age of "drill, baby, drill". Anyway, what will change the speed of climate collapse is INDIVIDUAL ACTION to reduce our carbon footprints. IMHO, only fossil fuel corporation shills rail against individual action to reduce the speed of climate collapse. It's just simple grade school math. So, get on board or just stay helpless and do nothing. Your choice. Have a blessed evening.
Thank you for your information newsletter. I have been tanking action to help reduce my personal carbon footprint for years. There is a lot that can be done that doesn’t cost much and can save money. We bring our own reusable bags to the grocery store, compost food waste and grow a lot of vegetables. I rode bike to work as much as I could for 15 years. Not only did I save gas and get exercise but I got on the front page of the local paper! Setting the thermostat down when sleeping can yield savings and using a fan to supplement ac during the summer is another way to save money. We use our own cups for our daily coffee runs to cut down on paper waste. And there are a lot of other things that can be done to shrink an individual’s carbon footprint and save money. BTW those home grown vegetables are so delicious. When I first began doing it I was surprised and delighted.
I want to thank you, Katherine, for doing this substack. Now, allow me to ask you a question: what do you suggest young adults (like me) do to stop feeling so much anxiety regarding climate change? I see Zeke, Glen and Gavin claiming we are in SSP2-4.5 because our emissions have more or less flatlined but also see Leon Simmons, Hansen, Sabine saying the models all underestimate how warm and how bad it will get (because of tipping points feedback loops etc) and my mind goes into a game of "who to trust" since Hansen's paper about "warming in the pipeline" have so far been proven correct and the disputal Leon does in X and Bluesky, but Zeke and others do make good points of the 2023- heat spike and acceleration was in the range of uncertainty of the models. I just want to die of old age in a society that more or less functions today, not when I'm in my 30s and 40s from thirst, hunger, exhaustion because doomsday came. This when my time to be an adult just started. I think you understand what I mean, but if you need me to clarify something, you simply need to ask.
Love the point about profitability! Companies that ignore sustainability not only risk their future operations (due to both physical and transition risks), but they're avoiding BETTER ways of doing things. There's a similar narrative in biodiversity happening - a healthy natural world is worth trillions, and pretending it is only valuable if extracted is economically false.
Thanks for this newsletter! I agree on not getting sunk into guilt about individual choices (or stuck in conversations trying to reassure other people about not being perfect - a familiar situation). I find that it often works to point out what's happening in the moment - aka 'it's funny how big corporations are pushing the idea that it's all our fault when they're the ones driving carbon emissions and so we end up obsessing about recycling rather than showing up to protests.' It can take a while to shift the focus of the conversation but I have found that it at least gets people thinking about a different kind of approach to climate action.
Thanks, once again, for your well-researched newsletter. And thanks for including words of encouragement and inspiring action in what must feel like very dark times in America.
Thanks for this, but you're delusional if you think any systemwide reduction of environmental degradation will occur in the age of "drill, baby, drill". Anyway, what will change the speed of climate collapse is INDIVIDUAL ACTION to reduce our carbon footprints. IMHO, only fossil fuel corporation shills rail against individual action to reduce the speed of climate collapse. It's just simple grade school math. So, get on board or just stay helpless and do nothing. Your choice. Have a blessed evening.