I minimize plastics use, recycle anything that can be, reuse/renew whenever possible, minimize all use of products dangerous to the environment/ecosystems, educate myself on the issues and candidates and then vote in every election, volunteer for political campaigns, I educate my children about the environment (including what we do to minimize our impact and why it’s a problem at all) and politics (including the importance of voting, how to research candidates and issues). Yes, there is more I could do, but I think I do a pretty good amount–far above the average. My kids won’t blame me, even if the memes blame my generation.
I wouldn’t go out of my way to make older generations feel bad because that isn’t solving anything, but I would educate them so that maybe their votes will be better going forward.
NotSteve_@piefed.ca 3 weeks ago
Okay, but so can a lot of boomers. Still expect to see memes about how you didn’t do anything
HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
That’s fine, all I care about is being able to look my kids in the eye and tell them I tried, and what I did.
I will be agreeing with those memes.
JillyB@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Don’t get tennis elbow patting yourself on the back. Your individual actions won’t matter unless you can bring industry with you. The best way to do that is to help people gain class consciousness. The best way to do that is by not considering your individual actions as relevant.
HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Weirdest leap of logic I’ve seen in a long time…
“If you can’t change other people’s minds for them, then your personal efforts are worthless”
I could give two shits what anyone else thinks about my efforts.