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Concerned About Climate Change but Don’t Know How to Help?
This is the most effective action you can take.
For decades now, Climate Change has been the elephant in the room. Awkwardly stuffed into the corner, this poor animal has simply been watching us as we try our best to avoid its gaze. And every time we’re forced to acknowledge its existence, the seeming intractability of the problem causes us to turn away.
This is understandable. Climate Change is a global problem that feels like it needs a global solution. But does that mean, individually, we can’t make a difference?
In his book, Doing Good Better, William MacAskill argues that our intuitions on big problems are all wrong. Our individual actions, he says, do make a difference — of course they do, because everyone’s actions combined add up to the total impact. The problem is that we don’t typically notice the difference we’re making.
So, if you want to do something today to decrease your impact on Climate Change, what would you do? Would you buy an electric car? Would you try to cut down on air travel (not a problem in today’s world!)? Would you buy solar panels for your home? Would you try to reduce the amount of plastic packaging you buy?
