Do I Make Good Climate Choices?

 Good Climate Choices

Addison McClure

This is a complex question because everything you do has some impact on the environment. I would like to say that I always have the climate in mind, and that I make the best decisions, but I would be lying. I try to make conscious decisions when I can. I choose to thrift and give my clothes to my family so they  can a another life, but I know that isn't gonna solve the problem because I am not bigger than the fashion industry. What happens to the secondhand clothes when I am not wearing them anymore? I try so use sustainable plasticware when it is available, and I try to avoid single use plastics, but they are everywhere. Sometimes it cannot be avoided. Even through all these doubts though, I still want to try. Reusable shopping bags, researching products before purchasing, and and making a conscious effort to make good climate choices is something I try to do as much as I can. 

One thing I have noticed in completing my service hours though, is that it can be hard to avoid wasteful products especially during a time where people don't want to risk spreading anything. I have done food drop offs for feeding our kids, which provides food for kids who need it outside of the food they get at school. The thing is organizations like this don't have the money and resources to be sustainable. Because sometimes making good climate choices is too expensive and the cheaper companies aren't offering a sustainable option. While I want to be someone who does great things for the environment, it saddens me to realize how much of that is out of our control. I hope big changes are made in the future to allow people to make good climate choices easily, and that the responsibility of the climate crisis does not just fall to the consumer.