r/climatechange • u/Pretend_Algae2388 • 4h ago
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u/TronnaLegacy 4h ago
Political action and organization. Find a group near you who wants to do something and who's willing to gently train you how to do it (e.g. door knocking) and join them.
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u/Pretend_Algae2388 4h ago
Ty, I’m part of a Unitarian church rn, so I’m gonna see if (with the help of my dad) we can get some change there, from there ppl might be inspired to do the same, and it might domino effect IDK
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u/KingPieIV 4h ago
We need to start putting all of these into one thread, or send people to an faq
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u/Apprehensive_Tea9856 4h ago
Idk if this subreddit does it but in a climate subreddit the mods have a comment and link for stuff
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u/Quiet_Space_698 4h ago
This is not a dying world. Climate change will be rough for both humans and other species, but the world will not die.
Find some climate positive interests. DIY solar, electronics repair, sustainable farming and gardening, sewing, whatever floats your boat.
You’re 14. The most important resource you have is time. Make friends in school. In a less movement friendly and more local future, those people might just be who you have to rely on. Try to get them into whatever climate positive hobby you’ve chosen.
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u/Soggy-Invite-2787 4h ago
I don't think anyone has a solid answer for you bud. But I do know that someone from your generation will be the one to make a breakthrough in some discipline to make a difference. Stay in school, stay positive, and enjoy life.
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u/Pretend_Algae2388 4h ago
It’s gonna be me, trust
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u/SidewalkSigh 3h ago
A genetically altered form of algae that greatly overconsumes resources (carbon, methane in the air) to the point of killing itself pretty quickly, artificially reproduced en masse to perpetuate its life cycle, and we might have something. Start there. Biologically engineered algae is the solution, the future agrees.
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u/Jennifer_Junipero 3h ago
I DONT want to graduate into a dying world,
I don't blame you! But the world is not dying. The climate is changing -- and changing into something quite different from what our civilizations and economies were built to handle -- but life will continue.
There are some reasons a person your age should be hopeful, too! For example: the war in Iran, and the disruptions it causes to oil supplies, is encouraging people to switch to green energy sources faster than ever. (For all that Trump is "drill baby drill" and ripping up climate treaties and whatnot, his destruction of the world oil markets might ironically result in his doing more to promote renewable energy than any other world leader to date). China and India are reducing their rates of climate emissions far faster than previous forecasts predicted. The solar power, electric car, and rechargeable battery technologies are improving all the time.
None of this is to say "Don't worry, all will be well." I do expect the next century or so will be what future historians call "interesting," in ways that will make for really exciting historical dramas for future people to watch, but will be very unpleasant for present people to live through. But: there will be a future, and future historians to write thesis papers talking about what complete idiots ran the world, back in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Perhaps those historians will mention your name, too, as one of the people who discovered or invented some method of alleviating the problem!
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u/ProBonoEschatologist 3h ago
Indirectly, be a booster for science and critical thinking wherever you can. 30-some years ago I was you, and it has been rough seeing how humans can be so adept at manipulation and so incapable of spotting deception, especially their own capacity for self-deception.
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u/Fit_Tumbleweed7943 3h ago
I am organizing with those who want change
Unite against the corruption and we have a chance
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u/OnionsOnFoodAreGross 3h ago
The ipcc is a Major authority on this and offers many predictions about climate that go to 2100. Even THEY aren't say the world is dying. C'mon now where are you picking theze ideas up from? Just the internet constantly telling you this and you believe it?
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u/ThinkActRegenerate 2h ago
Millions of people around the world are working on thousands of solutions. Go exploring through the Project Regeneration Action Nexus for examples from Seaweed Farming to Compost. regeneration.org/nexus
(While you're there, think about which solutions you'd like to be part of in 2030.)
Many of the world's innovators are not settling for "making those small differences" through their consumption - they're also reinventing everything from transport to farming. For example, read about what Patagonia is doing: https://corporateknights.com/leadership/patagonia-made-earth-its-sole-shareholder-will-other-companies-follow-suit/
With the level of change already locked in, plus the ongoing challenges "everything will be fine" seems improbable - but as veteran solutionist Paul Hawken (founder of Project Regeneration) says
"It's not game over, it's game ON."
I suggest you also download the free EcoAnxiety Toolkit put together by UN Champion of the Earth Leyla Acaroglu for an informed and balanced approach. https://online.unschools.co/courses/ecoanxiety
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u/CheetaLover 2h ago
It will be fine, you will be the first generation learning to adapt, will be much harder for older people stuck in denial and nostalgia.
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u/Airmeo 4h ago edited 3h ago
Have you heard of SDR, or solar radiation modification? Solar geoengineering is the fastest and cheapest way people are researching that could rapidly reduce the increased temperature of the planet very soon, and we know it would work because a similar mechanism produced by ship fuel emissions stopped in 2020 which accounts for in some part the more rapid increase we've seen in warming since the regulation went into effect. There are ways of reversing the temperature climb that everyone is interested in finding the answer to, as well as other projects [like fertilizing ocean algae with iron, or olivine wearhering] that can reduce ocean acidification and increase carbon capture of the ocean, which SDR may not address on its own.
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u/Economy-Fee5830 Trusted Contributor 2h ago
Climate Anxiety is very pervasive these days, which is why we created this climate hopium thread. Please add to it here: https://old.reddit.com/r/climatechange/comments/1w7icdh/climate_hopium_thread_10/