Post #1967145
2026-04-16 08:46 UTC
@OneInterestingFact I hear you. I try hard to do the right thing too but I've found that telling others they are doing the wrong thing doesn't win friends or, more importantly, drive behaviour change.
I'm a mostly-vegan EV driver who cycles as much as I can but don't run up to people eating meat and tell them that they are literal murderers and also planet killers. Similarly with the dickheads who drive big pickup trucks. It doesn't achieve anything.
You say what you're doing is not enough. I'd say that you're only human and doing what you can is all you can hope to do. Maybe be nice to yourself, accept what you do regardless of whether you feel its enough or not.
@ccferrie
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@stephen@ephemera.vital.org.nz 2026-04-16 09:03
@Niall @OneInterestingFact @ccferrie I wouldn't even be too pessimistic about driving behaviour change. Signalling is important. If you are twirling your bike helmet when you arrive at the meeting, someone subconsciously registers "I could have biked here." It matters that they do that. And also, if they change their behaviour, you probably won't know. This is not to say systemic change isn't the solution, but signalling helps build support for systemic change.