micah ★

i love you things that aren’t perfect but are a step in the right direction toward environmental sustainability

reminder that while there are many things that individuals can do to make their lives more environmentally sustainable, it’s not all up to us.

the damage done to the planet by humans is not an individual person thing. it’s a global industrialization, government, corporation thing. so while yes!! please make the changes you can to your lifestyle to help the environment! know that it’s not all up to you either. you’re just a piece in the puzzle. making changes is incredible and should absolutely be done, but corporations and governments don’t step in to make changes too, because they are the biggest contributors.

but! some things that can be done in your every day life to be more sustainable!

- don’t use ai (this is the easiest one.)

- don’t leave lights on when you’re not using them

- take shorter showers (i’m bad at this 😭)

- reduce meat in your diet (i’m not saying go vegan or vegetarian if you don’t want to (im not) but meat offers less energy than plants for the same volume of food as its higher on the trophic pyramid (food chain) which divides by 10 at every level. eating more vegetables, fruits, & plants with less meat is more energy efficient)

- use more energy efficient transportation (some examples are walking, biking, using public transport (bus, train, etc), or carpooling (even though it’s still driving a private car, there’s less cars on the road if you’re driving together))

- reduce, reuse, recycle (in that order. they’re in that order because that’s the order most to least energy efficient)

- plant native plants in your yard (this is both much prettier than grass lawns and requires far less maintenance because the plants are meant to grow there (do research on native plants in your area) it also has the benefit of reducing non native insects in your yard which can carry diseases (like ticks)

imagining them as a big ass family whose ancestor just got really strong genes (theyll also probably kill eachother if in the same room)

even lower effort alt version below cut