Will you take the pledge?

Absolutely not!!

I woke up from an “energy saving” and “ food saving” long doze in front of the Tv last night without even changing out of my work stuff (I know - shock horror,) on a second hand armchair cum dog bed ( so called because)? I was too tired to have a ?pudding and the dog was so warming and comfy.

Any how I digress, but Chanel 4 was on and what I thought was going to be a documentary about animal rights turned out to be a commercial promoting veganism and equality amongst all living things.
Only right, since there has been another advert extolling the nutritional virtues of meat and dairy shown recently but this was a first for me.
But don’t tend to watch much commercial tv generally.

No

Plant based food is actually more harmful to the environment and our long term health so not for me.

I don’t buy clothes unless I need them.

I only replace electrical items when they give up and can’t be repaired.

We don’t fly anywhere at all.

We already have hybrid cars.

Already have solar panels and air source heating. (Both of which are brilliant).

If we keep having the storms we might go for a wind turbine and battery storage!

Similar to ChewBacca. PB diet, sorry but no. Maybe in my next reincarnation I might come back as a bunny.
Clothes - everything comes from charity shops for last ten years or more.
Electric prods - I'm probably the only person in the UK with a flatscreen TV 13 years old. If it ain broke, don't replace it.
Flights - haven't flown since 2010. My ears can't cope any more.
Car - I only drive local (within 5 miles) and I'd be lost without it. Won't be able to go electric so, until then ...
Pension - what pension? Govt stolef 6 years pension from me and what little I had in a private pension was needed to live on/pay off mortgage over last 6 years.
So, no pledges from me. I'm having live a day at a time.

Food: I eat most things. Having been a vegetarian for part of my childhood - I don't think I can give up meat again.

Clothes: I rarely buy anything unless it falls apart. Knickers are in regular use and are replaced when they fall apart.

Electrical stuff: if it keeps going I use it until it breaks or goes up in smoke.

Flying: Difficult one that. It depends on DH's work at sea when he has to fly, and where. I usually go with him but for the last 2 years the company put a stop to that, temporarily. Hopefully I can join him again.

Car: Drive it until it no longer runs or gets too expensive to maintain/repair.

Life change: I've lost weight at last. But regarding going to greener energy - we have looked into aerothermal or solar energy but it is expensive. The boiler is only on for 2 or 3 hours a day for hot water, less in summer when the tank can retain the heat better in the by then considerably warmer house (despite windows being open/curtains closed and walking on concrete floor to keep feet and body cool).

Anything that raises awareness of what we can do to improve things is a good idea. Reading this thread, it’s obvious that we know a lot more about saving the planet, and that even the vilified omnivores are doing what they can, but signing a pledge?
Another New Year resolution.
I have visions of people looking at those who boast that they have signed and posting about when they have noticed them falling from grace just like people did about neighbours who had four people in their garden or were going for more than one walk a day during lockdown.

You don't have to actually sign anything. Its a campaign, not a government directive.

Sheesh...

But Volver (I typed instead of dictating) the title says ‘Will you take the pledge?’ So just substitute ‘taken’ for signed. The rest still applies.

There's a whole thread about the title not telling you what threads are about.

Rather than just reading the headline, I found out what it was referring to. A campaign to raise awareness about what well off people could do about climate change.

Yes, well off. So everybody going on about how academics don't know how real people live, and how we're being nagged, and how unrealistic it all is, would do well to read the actual link posted by Doodledog before launching into the complaints.

Good moral for life in general, actually. Read the content, not the headline.

Basically no one wants to do anything about climate change and protecting the environment if it involves inconveniencing them or changing their lifestyle.

vegansrock

Basically no one wants to do anything about climate change and protecting the environment if it involves inconveniencing them or changing their lifestyle.

That’s a bit negative. Haven’t you read all the posts on here, where people are listing what they have done or can/can’t do?

Then I think of the queues at the airport with people saying how much they needed a holiday. I look at the adverts for all sorts of ecologically unsound purchases. I look at the use of electricity to power devices we use every day to conduct out virtual lives, posting comments, ordering stuff, reading and watching.
Maybe you are right. Would any of us stop posting on GN to save the environment?

vegansrock

Basically no one wants to do anything about climate change and protecting the environment if it involves inconveniencing them or changing their lifestyle.

Some, or even most, of us are already doing what is suggested in the pledges.

If only goods were not so shoddy with built-in obsolescence then most of us would keep electrical items for longer. The cheap freezer we got rid of was 30 years old, still working and went to be upcycled but we wanted a larger, more energy efficient one.
It was expensive and went wrong within 4 months.