As opposed to transitioning to EVs, building renewables or developing tech like CCS, reducing consumption is the crucial step not discussed in policymaking so environmentalists do consider it a focal point. It's not an individualist solution, it comes from effective proliferation of measures that promote an alternative lifestyle.

As for voting, by all means do it if everyone else is, but keep in mind that if nobody did, leaders wouldn't have a public mandate. As the saying goes, if voting changed anything, they wouldn't let you do it. Politics is more than just the ballot box, its something one should be engaged in every day on the local level.

COP26 saw too many protests for their liking, so they're holding this one in a place where protesting is not only illegal but is enforced with serious brutality. Tells you everything you know about the leaders who are supposedly listening to the people.

Vice interviewed his daughter

I thought he was an Aussie for the longest time. Turns out he was from Florida

That's like letting your kid have ice cream for dinner if they do their homework. Like, it's not only silly, it's putting the least discerning in a position of bargaining power and establishing their expectations for next time you need them to do anything.

Honestly if powered shoes are the free market solution then bring on the October Revolution

Environmentalists: the best way to reduce emissions is to reduce our power consumption

Marketing departments of brand name shoe companies: