Originally Posted by
Heidi Tiger
But one person using the car instead of the bus wont make that much impact in reducing carbon emissions, neither will one person sourcing their food locally, shopping from charity shops and turning everything off at the plug. It's a cumulative effect and I don't think being concerned about the state our planet is in can ever be said to be closed-minded. It's a simple fact that if everyone doesn't make some large adjustments to their lifestyle this planet is screwed. So pointing out habits that are harmful to the environment is important. Having just been to see some simulations of how ecosystems can be affected by just 0.5 degrees of warming and measurements of methane fluxes (which both disposable nappies and sanitary pads release in landfill sites) and it is scary stuff. Sure you might not like to hear people banging on about the environment, but when harvests are failing because of lack of water and the temperature being too hot, when the city your children would live in becomes swamped by rising tide levels, when cases of malignant melanoma sky-rocket, then I'm fairly certain you might think twice about dismissing those who talk about damage to the environment.