Question

will environmental activism help or changes of habits at home will help to reduce environmental impact? please answer me i am preparing for a debate..​

Answer 1

Answer:

First, many thanks to all those who have already responded to this chewy, yet rather fascinating subject. There is a fantastic range of answers and arguments below which prove just how tricky this question is to answer definitively. In fact, the responses to date prove quite comprehensively that there is no single-answer response, although I think it is very telling just how often the issues of rearing children and eating meat have come up during the debate. Is this because they are so emotive, or because they really are up there as the most important issues? A bit of both, I like to think.

I have actually tackled this question before, albeit with a subtly different focus. Three years ago, I was asked: "If I was to do just one thing to help combat climate change, what should it be?"

As with now, some similar themes came up when I went searching for answers. To summarise: cars, babies, steaks and boilers. But there are some additional suggestions below which I think deserve equal attention. For example, GreenerTogether makes the simple point:

Think before you buy anything! Social, economic and environmental impacts.