Are you saying making memes about climate change is better time spent than sorting your own trash?
The EA community put a lot of thought into how effective action works.
I don’t think separating plastic from other trash is an effective use of my time. I do think that seperating out batteries or other hazadous material makes sense. Climate change isn’t the only enviromental issue that matters and I care a lot about mercury from bacteries not leaking into my drinking water.
Preventing plastic from accumulating in the ocean is a worthy cause but given the way my local trash system works whether or not I separate my trash has little expect impact on that question.
Generally, effective action needs focus and I don’t think that the time equivalent of sorting the trash is enough to create significant change. If I would chose this as an area where my goal is to make a significant difference I would think deeper about it and create a theory of change.
How can you convince billionaires to buy offsetting?
One of the key features of this decade is increased space travel. Making that socially accepted is valuable to those who want to sell space tourism.
How do you effectively petition for them?
One way might be a change.org petition. But I have spent maybe 30-60 minutes about the problem and that’s what comes up. If you are smart and spend more time thinking about how to deal with the problem you might come up with better solutions.
The EA community put a lot of thought into how effective action works.
I don’t think separating plastic from other trash is an effective use of my time. I do think that seperating out batteries or other hazadous material makes sense. Climate change isn’t the only enviromental issue that matters and I care a lot about mercury from bacteries not leaking into my drinking water.
Preventing plastic from accumulating in the ocean is a worthy cause but given the way my local trash system works whether or not I separate my trash has little expect impact on that question.
Generally, effective action needs focus and I don’t think that the time equivalent of sorting the trash is enough to create significant change. If I would chose this as an area where my goal is to make a significant difference I would think deeper about it and create a theory of change.
One of the key features of this decade is increased space travel. Making that socially accepted is valuable to those who want to sell space tourism.
One way might be a change.org petition. But I have spent maybe 30-60 minutes about the problem and that’s what comes up. If you are smart and spend more time thinking about how to deal with the problem you might come up with better solutions.