How sustainability couldn’t be simpler
The longer and more I reduce my polluting, depleting activities, the simpler sustainability becomes. I guess that clarity comes with overcoming most addictions:
If you do something that kills people and you don’t want to kill people, you have to stop doing it, even if you like it, even if everyone around you is doing it.
How much simpler can it get?
When you stop, you gain the credibility, character, know-how, and integrity to lead others to stop, so you can help others stop, but even if nobody else stopped, living by your values is its own reward.
Of course you can live much much much more sustainably. You aren’t close to your potential.
It bears repeating:
If you do something that kills people and you don’t want to kill people, you have to stop doing it, even if you like it, even if everyone around you is doing it.
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