Every year, I add 2 new low-carbon habits to my life. But every DAY, I do the most impt thing anyone can to do change the system we live in: I TALK about climate change. Not the science details, but why it matters and how, working together, we can fix it.https://www.ted.com/talks/katharine_hayhoe_the_most_important_thing_you_can_do_to_fight_climate_change_talk_about_it …
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Individual's power to alter the world is splashed across human history; and social science is starting to understand how we do this. A tsunami of change begins by changing social norms & accumulating a groundswell of (at first) nearly invisible support.https://www.sciencealert.com/change-don-t-happen-overnight-but-here-s-how-social-movements-have-succeeded …
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And who's the best person to talk about climate change? It turns out we scientists are the second most trusted messengers. The number one most effective person is YOU: to friends, family and people you know.https://www.theclimatechat.org/messengers
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I'm so convinced of this that I've spent the last year reading dozens of books on everything from philosophy to neuroscience & 100s of articles from psychology to social change & putting it all into this book that I'm VERY excited about. Out in Sept 2021! https://www.amazon.com/Saving-Us-Climate-Scientists-Healing-ebook/dp/B08BZW2BQG/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&qid=1611683790&refinements=p_27%3AKatharine+Hayhoe&s=books&sr=1-2 …
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PS. For the data on why talking about it is so important, check out these three maps from
@YaleClimateComm. If we don't talk about it, why would anyone care? And if no one cares, how will we act?pic.twitter.com/H5nEVOZyia
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PPS. for more on the importance of walking the walk and (of course) talking about what we and others are doing , which is the #1 mechanism by which we alter social norms, see ...https://twitter.com/ManuelGrebe/status/1354126994129248260?s=20 …
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PPPS. For valuable insight on the tension between individual actions and the system-wide change that's truly needed to fix climate change, please read these two excellent essays by
@MaryHeglar and@MichaelEMann: 1/ https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/28/18629833/climate-change-2019-green-new-deal … 2/https://time.com/5669071/lifestyle-changes-climate-change/ …Näytä tämä ketju -
And just to be clear, I'm not advocating spending much time talking to dismissives. This thread explains why. I'm talking about talking to the 90% of us whose perspectives and opinions can be moved!https://twitter.com/KHayhoe/status/1235204287891988481?s=20 …
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11000 Trees are going to be chopped for an expressway from Doon to Delhi To save only a few minutes?
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