Stuff
How To Reduce Our “Stuff” and Its Impact on Climate Change
There are no two ways about it. Those of us in many, many countries have just created, manufactured, transported, housed, sold, and bought too much stuff. This has created stronger inequalities within those countries and across the world, and greatly damaged our planet. It’s time to reduce our noncritical ‘stuff’, to think long-term in designing the processing and transport of critical equipment, and to help create a different world.
Climate Steps: Stuff
Maintain your refrigerator and AC
Use a sharing library (tools, toys, etc.)
Stop receiving junk mail
“Libraries of Things are rolling together all the things people only infrequently need and bringing them together in one place, so they have something for everyone. Pay one membership or subscription fee, and you can borrow everything from camping gear to a popcorn maker.”
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About Climate Change and Stuff
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But a nitty gritty study in 2020 found that the creation of every new product resulted in greenhouse gas emissions totaling 6 times the product’s weight!
Articles About Personal Belongings
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Communicating with industry to mitigate climate change
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Avoid hotel toiletries
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Save by not pre-heating the oven
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