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Is adopting a sustainable lifestyle actually worth it if everyone isn't doing it? Can an individual even make a difference?
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I have been practicing a low waste lifestyle for a while now with an effort to achieve zero waste gradually. And it clearly is one of the best missions I have taken up. But sometimes when I think about it I often find myself in splits pondering "Am I doing enough ?"
Practicing a life that's sustainable with a very low impact on nature is great, but I feel sad and often times helpless too when I see people around me being ignorant of these values and principles. Of course, everyone is entitled to their very own views and opinions but I still want to encourage people to look at sustainability or at the very least low waste if not zero-waste lifestyle as an option.
I often try to talk about it with my friends and family and I believe these small conversations definitely have an impact on some level or the other. One of the best feelings of my life is when one of my friends actually started taking these small steps to move towards a sustainable life. The sense of accomplishment that comes with getting one more person to look at this world the same way I do is unmatched.
I don't want to stop at just one, I really wish to encourage more and more people to explore sustainability without getting too pushy about it but I don't how to. How to expand these conversations out of just my friend circle and reach out to more and more people out there?
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Yep. Every little bit does help and whether you know it or not, your actions can influence others.
What changes can I make in my lifestyle to live more sustainably?
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Kindly do not begin the debate about individual contribution not being enough, that does not answer my question. I don't fly often and I am vegetarian.
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Organize locally, reduce animal and animal-product consumption, reduce ICE vehicle reliance.
Is sustainable development even possible? Or are we predestined for a catastrophe?
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“We live in a society that can only be sustained with infinite growth. There is no way to achieve Sustainable Development with the current socio-economic structure .” This was a statement I read recently on one of the Reddit posts. It haunts me because I have always believed there is a way out of the climate crisis humanity is facing right now. Recently, I read a post on Reddit that discussed how our societies have been designed so that there is no other way than to grow and produce indefinitely. Of course, this is only possible with the consumption of endless resources and until we re-engineer the very strategy of our economies and radically change the very nature of how our societies function. We are meant to meet the dead end.
All the little steps we are taking right now (Although this might be the bare minimum) might help delay the catastrophe, but it sure will not prevent it! Despite always being optimistic about how things are around me, there are some days when I wonder if "Is this the last generation of humans walking along beautiful sandy beaches and enjoying the lush green forests that mother nature has provided for us? “
Hopefully, we’ll change things a little faster than what we are doing right now. Unpopular opinion but I feel we need to find our path to sustainability through systematic changes in the way our consumerist industries function rather than a complete rejection of the system itself. Else we’ll always be stuck in this “Tug of war” between “Anti-consumption VS Consumerism”, there has to be some sort of midway approach we need to take and enforce before we lose our planet debating about how to save it.
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It's really not sustainable is it?
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A lot of Redditors seem to live in HCOL areas, major metros, or areas with ample opportunity for young professionals, so I can understand the demand there. But I live in a low income city (median household less than $60k) of around 200k people in the absolute armpit of America, and homes appear to be even more outrageous (as a % change) compared to 2019 than even the biggest and most desirable of cities. Our typical home here in 2019 was around $215,000. In 2021, people were bidding those homes up to $300-325k, but now those exact same homes are selling for $375-400k. Almost double in two years. Everyone is saying "I'm glad those bidding wars and bidding-up days are over," but the price is so high now, that those overbids were dirt cheap in comparison. At this point, I'd kill to have been the high bidder two years ago. This can't possibly sustain itself, can it?
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The state of things really hit me when I realized half of my friends could save up a 40-50k down payment in a year, while to the other half saving up this much in a year is laughable, probably even 4-5 years from now.
The gap is getting too wide.
How to live more sustainability?
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Looking for suggestions on how to start living more sustainability. What are the first steps I should take? How do I start changing habits? What are the most important things to change?
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- Consume less meat. On average, 1lb of beef uses up approx 1600 gallons of water. (Cowspiracy).
- Grow your own produce/buy as local as you can or join a farmer Coop. Basically something similar to lootcrate.
- Use by dates dont mean use by. Thats code for grocery stores to follow the first in-first out practice. (Exclusion: baby formula and condoms).