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Vent: That protest in Portland last June changed my recycling habits

I was at that big climate march in Portland last June. Watched a speaker show how only 9% of plastic actually gets recycled. Made me realize my sorting at home was mostly pointless. Now I just focus on reusing containers instead, anyone else ditch the recycling guilt?

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eric_carr•4h ago

The stat about food waste blew my mind

I was reading through a report from Project Drawdown last night and saw that roughly 1/3 of all food produced globally gets wasted. That's like 1.3 billion tons per year. It hit me because I've been composting my kitchen scraps for a year now but never realized how much energy goes into growing food that just gets tossed. Has anyone else looked into their own household waste and found a number that shocked them?

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xena_williams•1d ago

I finally read that climate report from 1990 my dad kept on the shelf

Honestly, I was cleaning out my parents' garage last weekend and found this old EPA report from 1990 about greenhouse gases. It had a specific prediction about temperatures rising 2 degrees by 2025, and dang, they were pretty close. It made me think how different things would be if we actually listened back then instead of waiting 35 years. Anyone else find old documents that just make you sigh about where we're at now?

c/climate-action

Vent: That protest in Portland last June changed my recycling habits

The stat about food waste blew my mind

I finally read that climate report from 1990 my dad kept on the shelf

Just realized most people are setting their AC to 68 and wondering why their bill is insane

Watched my neighbor install solar panels on his shed last month in Phoenix

The old farmer's market stopped using plastic bags last summer

Community solar programs vs rooftop panels - I did the math

Hacked my gas bill by switching to a pellet stove insert

Watched a webinar about community solar gardens yesterday

Overheard my neighbor saying solar panels are just a tax write-off for rich people

Appreciation post: lunch lady at my kid's school got me thinking differently about food waste

Ran into a climate denier at a hardware store and it still bugs me

Took me six months to finally get my landlord to fix the drafty windows - almost gave up twice

That old bike tire hack for my garden beds actually paid off

Tried a no-lawn front yard in Phoenix and my HOA lost it

Last month was so hot I finally installed a window AC unit

Rinsing my mason jar 3 times before recycling cut my kitchen waste bin smell by like 80%

Spent 6 months avoiding my thermostat before a neighbor showed me the programming trick

That one week in Phoenix where the AC couldn't keep up broke me

My city's new composting program is a total joke

Electric co-op in rural Virginia cut my bill by $40 a month with a free energy audit

Three hours to change a lightbulb because of my stupid solar setup

Finally got my first community solar panel installed after 8 months of waiting

Had to choose between renting a storage unit or just getting rid of half my stuff

Swapped to an induction cooktop instead of keeping my gas range for climate reasons