Are there aspects of your daily life that you know contribute to your carbon footprint but you are unwilling to compromise to change them? In other words, what about your life is “off the table” when it comes to carbon emissions? It's OK to admit it- we all have these cherished behaviors!
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Off the Table and Why?
For me, I feel like I need to change the amount and how I travel. I traveled a lot last year for various causes, from cars to buses to planes. I carpool to sports practices and during tournaments and take busses to and from school, but this isn't enough. What I am starting to realize is that taking any gas-powered vehicle causes a lot of pollution, more pollution than people want to realize. While driving a long distance in a car isn't great it definitely is better for the environment than taking a plane. A huge part of me wants to completely give up air travel. This would be great, I would become part of the new global movement of people that are giving up air travel and I wouldn't have to deal with disgusting planes and long stuffy flights. On the downside, I would then have to find a different way to explore the world. Would I take a car? A boat? Would I have to give up traveling all together? This is what makes giving up air travel difficult because there aren't many options to see the world that you are far away from. Greta Thunberg has given up flights to fight climate change. She is a global leader who fights for ending climate change every day. One way that humans can still travel by not taking any flights is to travel by boat. Greta traveled to Portugal from the US by sailing, she was attending a UN climate meeting in Madrid. The reaction that Greta has gotten from her fighting for justice for our Earth is quite good. Some airports in Sweden are even declining travelers from taking their flights. Some Greta and climate supporters are calling this the "Greta Affect." Greta Thunberg is leading by a great example and I am excited to engage in this movement for climate justice. 2.5 percent of the total global carbon emission is made from planes. If you think about it this isn't a lot compared to other things. But since this is a reflection of an individual's personal emission, this is a pretty large number. Because of this number and that it is a reflection of an individual's emission if many people stopped taking flights then this number would go down drastically, therefore making carbon emission go down. I am going to try and stop taking flights because of the hope that this number will go down.
Source: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/ … ng-airline