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this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2023
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... Ok. I could go on. But I'm just saying ideas off the top of my head, and you've probably heard it before.
All this stuff is a bit like the health benefits of exercise. Everyone knows that exercise will improve pretty much everything about them. They'll sleep better, be more productive, more alert, think clearer, their mood will be improved, they'll be stronger, they'll live longer, etc. ... But yet people often still neglect good exercise and instead ask around for easier health tips. I think the climate change situation is a bit like that. Everyone knows what to do; but many people just kind of stall and have little excuses or justifications about why they won't do those things. So not much happens.
My biggest suggestion is this: don't try to be a hero. But just make sure you aren't the problem. Be better than the people around you. That's enough.