North Atlantic warming over six decades drives decreases in krill abundance
We can dance around our environmental issues all we want, we&#x27;ll always reach overpopulation and overconsumption driven by cultural beliefs.<p>Until we act on values other than growth, efficiency, comfort, convenience, extraction, and externalizing costs, we will continue this trend.<p>Plenty of cultures have thrived with other values. We can too.<p>People insist that individual actions don&#x27;t matter and that only governments and corporations can make a difference. We accept this hogwash proven wrong by history over and over to mollify our indulgence. Acting in stewardship doesn&#x27;t bring deprivation or sacrifice. It brings joy, fun, freedom, community, connection, meaning, and purpose.<p>The greatest change we make is leading others, because it multiplies our effect, which requires leading ourselves.<p>Still, logic, facts, and figures don&#x27;t change behavior. We change when five people around us do, loosely speaking. In that spirit, I&#x27;ll share that I&#x27;ve dropped my emissions over 90 percent with only improvements to my life. I take two years to fill a load of trash and haven&#x27;t flown since March 2016, picking up litter daily since 2017, my last electrical bill $1.40 so nearly off-grid living in Manhattan, plus plenty more. All sources of joy, more time with family and friends, more control over my career, saving money, more gratitude from people with less resources who tell me their changes improve their lives and save them time, money, and the other resources they lack.<p>The main Resistance (capitalized to refer to Steven Pressfield&#x27;s relevant book <i>The War of Art</i>) comes from people with more resources than me, who say what I did before changing. Strangely, those with the most act like they can change the least. Resources that were supposed to improve our lives make us spoiled, entitled, needy, and dependent, the opposite of free and fun.<p>To those who insist there&#x27;s no point, you can argue against me, but now that you know someone who&#x27;s done it, you&#x27;re 20 percent there. Find another few who have changed and you&#x27;ll change too.