5 Tips From 30 Years of Sustainable Living
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- Many people get into sustainable living when they are young and idealistic, but as they age, the mainstream culture pressures them into conforming to the typical wasteful American lifestyle. I've been living sustainably for over 30 years now and I have yet to be dragged into a typical wasteful American dream. I've learned a lot over the years and in this video I share 5 secrets for maintaining a sustainable lifestyle over the long haul. The world needs everyone to live sustainably for their entire lives, not just for a short time.
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Someone's probably already said this in the comments but I think an important point regarding avoiding burn out is giving yourself some slack. Feeling guilty for throwing away a scrap of plastic when you're otherwise trying your best is putting yourself on the fast track to burn out. It's crucial to remember that we can only buy what is produced, we can only do what we have the resources for, and we have to adapt to the tides of our lives. If your mental or physical health requires you to order takeout so that you actually eat a meal, then it's okay to give yourself permission to care for your body and mind first. Leaving room to breathe means you'll be able to fight the long fight.
Yes that is the point I was trying to make in part of this video. If you burn out you might just give up all your efforts, but if you have a pressure release and don't be so concerned about every little action, you are more likely to keep up living by your values through your life, instead of just for a few years.
IMO, Sustainability isn't just about climate change. Now in my mid-sixties, I've lived a sustainable, sustainability lifestyle for 30 years. I agree with the fact that radical sustainability isn't sustainable. Growing up in the country with a wood stove, an outhouse, and on a well that only produced 30 gallons of water a day, I naturally conserved without realizing that's what I was doing. I started becoming more intentional in 1998, and just kept slowly reducing my consumption. I use less than 7 gallons of water a day, less than 5 KWH of electricity a day, and do my best to generate less than 5 gallons of trash per week. I reduce, reuse, and recycle when I can't reduce or reuse. My car gets 38 mpg and I use it as little as possible. I chose to not have children. I live a quiet spiritual life in a suburb of Dallas, and help others instead of using them.
Unlike my radicalized vegan friends, I think we can make a bigger difference if hundreds of thousands of people make a 20% change, instead of hundreds of people making an 80% change. I encourage sustainable sustainability.
Enjoyed your video!
I think if everyone does what they can, whether it's 100% change or 20%, it will make a difference. But by creating community and supporting each other we can inspire each other to do more. And by sharing we will make it much easier to do 90%.
@@HardcoreSustainable Agree!
When I was 19 years old I looked around and said, “we have seen the enemy and he is …. Us.” That is when I realized the Earth did not need me to make any more people “. Now I am about to turn 75. I made the decision I still believe in”. I like your comments.
@@guysview ❤️ "I made the decision I still believe in". Me, too, Dennis. I love that you are still happy with your decision!!
You inspired me so much. I am stealing some quotes to present to high schools graduating class. This was my first time. I wish to continue learning so much more from you
Wow, I'm honored! I'm glad you found good info in the video and were inspired!
I will keep you in mind for accounting/book keeping.
Thank you for your contribution! I really appreciate it. Let me know if you want to set up a free consultation.
I'm a disabled 66 yr old living in SE Idaho. We started gardening using Jacob Mittleider's method 9 yrs sgo. It's been a remarkable experience. We don't have the luxury of living on several acres. We live within the city limits, on a standard residential lot (.27 acre) with only the allowable 7 chickens. Each year we have added a few more linear feet, (over 200 linear ft now, excluding fruit trees and berry patches) Our harvests are phenomenal! I LOVE learning really good tips. So happy to have found your channel. 🌽 it sounds crazy to grow potatoes or corn, considering there is an abundance available here locally, but it's still fun to watch these things grow and try unique varieties. Keep the REAL tips coming please. I have no interest in politics and belaboring specific ideologues. We are living in a world of wickedness during end times struggles. We better get REAL good at growing our own food, quickly! IMHO.
I agree that growing your own food is very important, but it's getting harder and harder to grow food because of climate change. It's not just a political issue, it's a real problem with real impacts that are already major. Glad you hear how you are producing so much food in your smaller space. I love growing potatoes and corn and other food just because I love watching it grow and knowing I'm growing what I eat.
So many truths. So eloquently said.
i do not think you"re an alien in fact i respect the hell out of you
SAME! So much RESPECT!
Spot on, brother! Your observations mirror many of my own.
Hear,hear!! Good advices too!
I agree on all of this,and I have huge respect for you and your decision to live your life this way!!!
Thank you so much for sharing parts of your life…it’s a great motivation and inspiration for a lot of us!!
Thank you again!!!💪👍🌱
Thanks so much for your support and for watching my channel!
I love this advice. I've followed you over the years and learned so much. It is so true that making little choices and adding them to your current lifestyle builds a more reliable change, instead of giving up at the first failure. Even hard lessons can offer insight. This year I had a beautiful crop of pears coming in and overnight the racoons ate every last one. I learned that harvesting earlier so I could enjoy the pears instead of leaving that huge temptation on the tree for too long would be a better strategy. It was a heavy drought year too so some veggies did poorly and some were more resilient. I've made peace with failure and now I have the wisdom to diversify and adapt. Keep up the great work!
I'm glad you liked the video. I know what you mean about the raccoons and pears. They stripped my backyard tree bare overnight, but way before the pears were even close to ripe. Fortunately, my front yard tree is bigger and even though birds and possums and raccoons were up there feasting, I still got more than I could handle. I made pie filling and even pear nectar. Possums and raccoons got probably half of my grape crop tho. I watched a video about an ancient Japanese ritual recently that was done to ward off the animals from eating the crop. Apparently, this is something that farmers have been dealing with for a while. Learning and adapting is the way to go!
10:32 “ simple things like composting food waste… Education system “ I think you’ve hit the nail on the head people send their kids to mainstream schools for upwards of 13 years and none of them come out knowing how to grow their own food or raise meat or fish in a sustainable regenerative way. This is by design of course. if you want to keep your slaves on the plantation then you must deprive them of the means of providing for their own food. We are told that we are living in an ever scarce world. This is absolutely untrue, however, it creates fear and anxiety and a desire for the serfsTo crave centralised government both for the salvation and as an excuse. Slavery is in the mind. There were no fences on the plantations. The changes in behaviour that you refer to will however become mainstream very soon as the new form of currency is going to be based on carbon and carbon taxation. The existing financial system is on the verge of collapse the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time i.e. the western financial system is at the end of the road within the next 18 months to 5 years there will be a complete collapse and the switch over to central bank digital currencies backed by special drawing rights linked to carbon taxation and carbon credits. At this time in entire worlds population will be forced to concede to the behaviour that you have been exhibiting for the last 30 years so don’t worry we were just ahead of the game (and it is just one big game) oh and climate change… don’t worry about it. I dug up the fossilised remains of a tropical coral from my garden yesterday …… and that’s in the uk Peace
It's true that our entire global economy is a Ponzi scheme using natural systems and resources to feed an ever more top heavy and teetering society. It's hard to predict what will happen in the near future. Eventually though, the system will collapse. It can't continue in this unsustainable way.
There is no doubt that life will go on and in a million years you might not know humans ever existed. Maybe it will only take 10 thousand years. It depends on whether the stupid humans nuke everything in the end.
Unfortunately, with home schooling, kids can only be as smart as their parents and can only learn what their parents want them to learn, whereas if we have intelligent teachers and basic requirements in public schools, at least every kid will learn something useful. Of course, it depends on the requirements. If kids are required to at least learn the basics of sustainability and how things work in reality, which doesn't take long, they will create a much different world.
Thank you
Interested in the economy of the village. What businesses exist? What items are people still getting from the outside economy? (Clothes, rice, garlic powder, beans?) How much of your diet is from food produced at DR? What about the others?
If you check out a video I have on 13 years of living in an ecovillage, there is a lot of info about life at DR. Also an earlier video I made about why I live in an ecovillage.
Wow, big support for you. ❤
I've been easing into simpler living for 10 years, but compared to most I've been living as a poor student for my entire life. Funny because I feel like I'm rich! lol
It's all about attitude and how you measure happiness and success.
Well said! 👌😀
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Thank you for all the great shares!
Have you ever thought of utilizing ElectroCulture for the next crops?
Cheers!
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Good to see you again, thank you for the vid!
Your dedication to sustainable living and sharing practical solutions is inspiring! Together, we can make a difference in combating climate change and creating a brighter future for our planet. Let's spread the word and empower others to join the movement! 🌍💚 #SustainableLiving #ClimateAction #HopeForTheFuture
The benevolent dictator LMAO ! ! ! A contradiction of terms -- love it
I am now the benevolent dictator of my channel lol ;)
Dear HS. I agree with the things you have said. Perhaps, like me, when you are old you will see the futility of trying to change the trajectory of the human race. I am sad for the other life forms. They never ask to be wiped out by us humans. I do believe the last time humans were truly sustainable was when they were hunter gatherers and live in caves. After that they started sucking the life out of the Earth and all other life forms. Think of what could be if the human race was one billion max of people like you living on Earth. Then we could probably make it. I would like that.
I think humans are capable of that--creating a civilization where we limit our population and live in harmony with nature to a degree that is sustainable long into the future. It might not happen this round, but maybe after a collapse.
Well actually wedon’t even have to go back to cave dwelling to be sustainable. Our environmental impact of the 1950s in terms of Co2 production and farming practices, the world population, was sustainable. With today’s clean air and clean water technologies, sci3ntific advances on biological farming, health etc : even the ’down sides’ of the 1950s can be prevented.
Great video. Thank you for this! and Go shove it! 😂
i want to visit DR and help out with my son and our friend. Does it have to be so expensive to visit? 8 years ago it was free to go there and work for the summer. Please advise.
You can still do a work exchange for free. You can work on someone's project, building a house, working in agriculture, or child care and you will be fed and housed, or at least have a tent platform. Check on the website for listings. It really depends on who is offering a work exchange. These are rarely offered by the nonprofit, which hosts our visitor program.
Our visitor program costs money and is for those interested in potentially moving to DR. It's one to two weeks. There are scholarships available to lower the cost. We started charging for our visitor program years ago because we all need to be paid something for our time and if you consider the cost of other comparable experiences where you are given up to two weeks of educational workshops and presentations, plus food, it's pretty darn cheap. DR also has no joining fee like other communities, so actually moving there is cheap and easy.
thank you for sharing your thoughts so openly on this. I've walked a very similar path for 20 years now and have experienced much of the emotional struggle you speak of. Your practical optimism is needed in the collapse of industrialization
If you're living "radical" to have an impact then you're a failure. It doesn't even register on the most minute instrument in the most far out scifi imagination. Live it because it's right and it makes sense.
Our place we're working on has hydroelectric from the creek because it was cheaper than paying to run electric. AC is cold creek water through radiators with a natural draft through the house and some fan assistance powered by the creek because it's easier, quieter, and works better than a compressor unit. We raise our own livestock because something has to eat the grass or i have to mow it - its easier and I can eat it. We hunt because the deer overpopulate and eat the garden and we have wild hogs that are a destructive nuisance. We garden because it's cheaper and the food tastes better. We get our water from a spring because it's free and tastes great and has no chemicals. We have our own sawmill and do our own construction because it's way cheaper and we don't like ugly clear cutting. We aren't radical and we aren't living for things we can't change or affect. Until more people take that mindset and leave the "radical" ideologies for logical sustainability nothing will change except a few legs will be sore from bikes in an angry eco friendly village. Just my thoughts.
You are right in many ways. I tell people that visit here that when you live this way starting out with a desire to live more ecofriendly you find there are many other benefits, like slowing your life down, giving you time to appreciate things, the natural beauty, sharing resources with others so you don't have to have one of everything for yourself. Biking is great, and leaves you in good shape. There's nothing wrong with sore legs. That only happens when you're out of shape.
It's possible to do both though. There's nothing wrong with having a purpose behind what you do other than just living in the wilderness. We've reached tens of thousands of people, at least, showing them the way we live and inspiring them. And I've shown many many more through my channel.
And a lot of homesteaders just live on their own out in the middle of nowhere, but they mostly live an upper middle class lifestyle. They are "self sufficient" as far as you measure all the machinery and tools they buy from the mainstream economy, everyone with their own truck, car, tractor, 4 wheeler, etc, instead of sharing them with their neighbors.
It sounds like you have some great systems set up. We do some similar things in our ecovillage. The way you live is radical compared to most people. Why do you live this way? Why do you choose to make your life more self sufficient? Things could be much easier than the way you are doing them.
This video is about how to endure and stay "radical", which I interpret to mean, stick to this way of life for decades instead of years. A lot of people give up, or burn out, even when they have all the amenities to help them get by "self sufficiently".
And we aren't angry. We are mostly pretty happy and content.
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Reading over it again, I see my comment sounded harsh, but didn't convey my point well. I feel like a lot of people fall off the wagon because they have a desire to change the system and when they don't see direct results they falter. In reality, I know that it truly is radical, but I wish that more people could view it as a better life.
People complain about the sacrifices of being self sufficient, but they fail to see the sacrifices they make daily to remain a dependent cog in the proverbial wheel of modernity. I've rubbed shoulders with many people on fire with ideology that burned out when it came to application because they dove in head first to far and fast.
If we can show people the practical side of living more naturally and open their eyes to how truly radical the industrial system is in comparison to all of human history - I believe it will be much better received and implemented.
We still use a vehicle for emergencies and because the store is a 45 minute drive, but I take a horse for anything within a few miles. We have everything that a family plugged into the main system has, but we have more and better of it that is produced in-house and recycled back into the same ecosystem.
I guess that calling it radical galls me to some extent because I live better, happier, healthier, and with nicer things than I did when I lived in a box house working to buy everything I ate or needed. Wish that people could see that if it's harder or more expensive than it would be in the modern system, you're probably over-complicating it. And if it is a little harder it's probably because it's worth it.
Love your work and I'm quite jealous of the vineyards! We're working on developing some American/European hybrid crosses that hold up to our southern humidity better with graftable rootstock for our soils and hopefully our kids will be able to reap those benefits!
@@entrepreneursfinest Thanks for your further explanation. I think you are right on about everything as you've explained it. Simplifying is the key. If you don't need all that stuff you don't need to work to make money to buy it, and the life can be much more fulfilling.
I guess we've probably chatted in these comments before because your work on hybrid grapes for the south rings a bell. Great work you are doing. You have more patience than I do. I have just tried to test existing varieties for adaptability to our conditions. Breeding and selecting for the future is a whole other level.
Thanks for your comment!
People who live sustainably usually either barely make ends meet or fake their "sustainable life" like vegans who secretly eat meat.
To live sustainably one has to have a proper financial plan. The easiest one is to grow and distribute cannabis as a caregiver to "patients". A less safe but rewarding approach would be growing heirloom organic opium poppy fields for their high quality flower that helps patients deal with PTSD and such.
If you're not sure what strain grows best in your area ask a local cop.
Haha. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll be sure to call up the sheriff when I want to do something really illegal, and ask for advice.
It's true that a lot of people who truly live a simple life struggle to make ends meet. But you really don't need much money to live a comfortable sustainable life. I see so many people obsessed with getting rich. Everyone thinks they can be ultra rich and that still seems to be the goal while the world crumbles because they are obsessed with impressing everyone by gaining wealth. And if they can't make it, they feel unsuccessful. Wealth disparity is increasing and resources are becoming scarcer as population grows and consumption by the rich increases. Not everyone can make it.
I guess it depends what you want to judge people for and compare them to. Someone who's mostly vegan but eats meat from time to time is still a lot better than someone who eats meat every day. They are a lot healthier too, likely. But probably better they don't call themselves vegan if they aren't. There's no shame it being 90% something. We all have our vices.
I live sustainably and make ends meet. I live close to a town, in a small house, i work from ho.e ot on my client’s construction sites. I insulate old homes with natural materials. Oh you’d find a few things less sustainable that i do. Sometimes when it’s rainy and things are more than 20 minutes by bike or 30 by bus i’ll take a fossil fuelled car. Maybe twice a week.
I buy mostly local, all lrganic food. Used clothing for children. Very used clothing for me, have a little solar power, have half of national average energy consumption (so 1/6 to 1/8th of the US average)...
My husband in an engineer in a very ecofriendly field. Daughter is a wise respectful, green oriented, bicycle fiend. We are upper middle class in terms of income.
Lots of jobs, like insulating or retrofitting building. Consulting in energy saving, farming, or even average non-eco centered jobs like being a cook or any ’office’ job can sustain a household living simply and within their means.
It severely saddens me when someone makes a false dichotomy between starving and killing animals for food. As a certified nutritionist and 10 year vegan, not to mention many years vegetarian before that, I miss out on a grand total of zero nutrients or satisfying meals by leaving the animals alone. Maybe you were veg when people didn't know how to cook tasty plant based dishes, or maybe you got pulled into the whole degenerative grazing pseudoscience and were taught that animal agriculture isn't the leading cause of climate change by the landslide it truly is. I can't judge anyone for that, but the least we can do is look into it again with a fresh set of eyes (especially ones trained to spot when studies influenced by big meat and dairy).
Good for you for being a vegan and sticking those ideals. I hope you take that dedication into other areas of your life. Eating meat isn't the only way we impact animals in the world. Natural spaces are disappearing at an alarming rate, and so are wild animals and their habitat. There are so many different factors causing climate change and meat eating is a big one. I'd argue the fact that it's the biggest cause, but it doesn't really matter. Some causes of climate change, such as rampant human reproduction and consumption lead to all the other causes of climate change. You can't consume animals if you don't exist, and each new child brought into the world is another mouth eating meat, especially if it's in a rich country.
I think it's great there are some many vegan options that can taste good these days. I never liked red meat, so many of the new ones imitating red meat are not a desirable option for me anyway.
I explained how I feel about these issues in the video and I'm not going to try to justify my lifestyle to you. You know how I live. I only know you are a vegan.
What's with the random dig at Greta? I get you were trying to make a joke but it comes off as snobby.
Hmm. It was intended to point out the fact that she's young, as many activists are, and that there is a whole life ahead of young people to still struggle with sticking to their values. It wasn't a dig at all. I was also sarcastically blaming her for being young, and this is something that those opposed to her message do all the time. I believe that when people are young they often have the right mind because they have the freedom to believe what they want to, and it is a time before life has distracted them or made them cynical. But those who want to discredit her try to say her youth is what makes her ignorant.
Well, I liked your speech until you got to the point of praising Greta. I'm not a fan.
That's pretty much 30 seconds into the video, so I guess you didn't watch the rest?? Greta triggers a lot of people because she tells the hard truths.
Human population has TRIPLED in my lifetime alone. I personally work to bring all of this to it’s knees as quickly as possible. When I take a pee I flush the toilet 5 times. Just to use more water.
@Dennis Nelson I know (hope) your comment is satire or trolling, but I wish I could delete it for disrespecting a serious topic.
@@demesrvl6761 No need to censor, whether the intent is harmful or not... ultimately karma will work its magic.
There is “no” amount of simple living that will stave off what is ahead for humankind. People talk about “the tipping point “ as though it is sometime up ahead. If there is such a thing it already occurred back im the 1960s or 70s. Sorry. People were their Birkinstocks and go vegan and tofu and recycle their milk jugs. Pretty funny. It took 250,000 years for humans to go from 2 people to 1 Billion people. Then it took mankind 100 years to go from 1 Billion to 2 Billion. Now we are at 7.9 Billion and gain another billion every 12 years. There is NO amount of simple living that will save humans. People that sit around and discuss these issues are child minds and cannot comprehend what is coming. A runaway train with no brakes. I am just glad I got to live before it all comes down heavy.
@@guysview lol. As your house burns down, you stand on the roof pouring gas on it. Yes your math is correct. Exponential growth will reverse, possibly crash hard. But when? how? There are only best guesses. Simple living is a personal decision. I'm not trying to save anything or anyone, its just less complicated.
@@mylesfalconer9183 "I'm not trying to save.....it's just less complicated." What a beautiful, calming thought! Thank you for sharing your outlook.
Well, let's see... you've hammered the young (too inexperienced and naive) and the old (too uninspired and lazy) regarding climate change. Perhaps it's middle-aged folks like you who are the problem. Too arrogant to even consider alternative opinions. Old folks like me remember the 70s and the woke folks then claiming (with as much gusto has you have for global warming) that the Earth would enter another ice age in the coming decades. We've watched the scientific arguments on both sides that debate whether humans are the sole cause of climate change vs normal cyclic climate change. We've noted when the most ardent voices, like Kerry, Bernie, and Gore and their ilk scream from the rafters about our need to quit using fossil fuels..as they spew their way around the globe in their private jets. So please, if you want to live a 'sustainable' fossil-free life do that, by all means, but don't lecture everyone else about how righteous you are for doing so.
He didn't. You are the snowflake that melted for no reason.
I've watched climate change happen before my eyes. Oil companies knew about it 50 years ago, but denied it up until recently, though they still support the API financially which lobbies hardest against any change that affects fossil fuel. If you don't care about an issue, you can't call others doing something real hypocrites. Your reaction is just uneducated denialism that is so typical of the right wing. You don't like nuance, just black and white. You can't understand what this video is really about because you take it so personally.
I don't think you understood what this video was about. It's about inspiring people to keep doing what they are doing if they are trying to make a difference. It's about identifying real things that happen to people in our society as they get older. Do you deny that many young people are more idealistic? Did I say that was a problem? Do you deny that many of those young people lose their idealism as they get older? Do you deny that many stop trying to change the world for the better? But I don't think it's a conservative goal to make things better. It's a conservative goal to keep things from changing and live in the past.
Global warming is something scientists have been predicting for over 50 years. In my research for this video, I actually found a newspaper article from 1948 about scientists warning that the earth was warming and was going to warm more in the future as a result of CO2 in the atmosphere caused by the burning of fossil fuel. This is all undisputed fact now. Well, it's only disputed by those who don't argue with facts, only opinions.
@@HardcoreSustainable A conservative goal is to recognize that the climate isn't as simple as the left makes it out to be, there are both natural cyclic influences as well as that from modern industry and consumption. As to Greta Thunberg, she is a tool of the World Economic Forum - which has an open agenda for us to "own nothing and be happy". I'm not apologetic for the American ideal of freedom and liberty. I am an agronomist and a landowner, and I am a very good steward to that land. I am not a wasteful consumer. I am a parent and I want my kids to be able to have a quality life - not be serfs in the WEF's 2 class society (haves/have-nots). We know the leftist elites don't live to the standards they espouse, they are using leftist idealists to line their own pockets while setting themselves up as part of the permanent ruling class. I hope that your channel doesn't become a vehicle for this evil. I wish you could see that there are those of us who are labeled conservative in politics but also support conservatism in an ecologicial sense as well.
@@caryhocker Science is not left, it is fact. Climate scientists take natural influences into account in EVERY single study they do. How else do you think they would be able to say what is caused by humans and what isn't? This is just the most basic scientific concept, but it doesn't fit your opinion, so you make up a straw man argument and act like scientists were ignoring this major thing that only climate change deniers were smart enough to see. Really doesn't take much looking into it to see that natural influences are a part of all climate research.
Your claims about the WEF sound like conspiracy theories. Greta Thunberg is an activist who got where she is by having a passion to address an issue that was not being addressed. And much like the response from some to this video, the truth can be hard to handle. And she's a woman so of course she is targeted by the right wing more than a man would be. Any interest the WEF shows in her, which is not much, you can be sure is a show. I don't think they were very happy with her message to them in Davos. It takes nothing but guts to stand up in front of them and tell them nothing is being done about climate change.
I think you've been watching too much Fox News. There aren't leftist elites. The elites are very right wing. The richest people in the world aren't leftists. They wouldn't be rich if they were. Jeff Bezos isn't a leftist. The Koch family are about as right wing as you can be. The Heritage foundations speaks for the world's elite and they are very conservative. But I'm sure this is what Fox propaganda tells you.
You don't get powerful and rich by being a leftist. And you sure don't get powerful and rich by trying to educate people about climate change. I don't see climate scientists getting rich and buying megayachts with all the profits from doing research showing that climate change is real. But I do see fossil fuel execs, the Saudis, and Putin and his oligarchs getting really rich by denying climate change and selling fossil fuel. The oil companies did their own studies in the 70s and 80s that found climate change caused by humans burning fossil fuel was real. But they hid their research. Can you guess why?
Good for you for being a good steward of the land and for not being wasteful. I think some people are taking this video personally because they see it as a personal criticism. This is my testimonial about 30 years of sustainable living and my suggestions for how to keep living sustainably for the long term. I'm allowed to have opinions too, but most of mine are based on facts and not what I want to be true. I have friends that have kids and they still find time to dedicate to changing the world for the better. Having kids doesn't have to mean giving up living your ideals. But having kids is not for me.
You say you want your kids to live a quality life, but they are going to inherit the world of climate chaos our generation is leaving to them. That definitely won't be a quality life. I'd think you want to do something about climate change if you want them to have a quality future. But like I said in the video, you can get away with it for a while. No one is forcing anyone to change their lives to stop climate change, and it continues to change.