What can you do to make a change?

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  1. this presentation will explore what you can do to make
  2. a change in the idea of collectively taking on corporate
  3. power and shifting the neo liberal narrative.
  4. I like a lot of people, have tried to become
  5. more environmentally friendly.
  6. I change.
  7. My lightbulbs stopped eating me.
  8. I have metal and bamboo straws.
  9. You name it.
  10. I've probably tried it or I have it.
  11. I even read a study that suggested the single best
  12. way to combat climate changes have one less child.
  13. Thinking about individual lifestyle choices is important, however.
  14. We need to stop obsessing with how personally green we
  15. live and start collectively creating change.
  16. We generally ignore the role of governments and corporations, and
  17. this could be a big mistake.
  18. There has also been a lot of discussion about change
  19. in the news the last few years.
  20. Greta Thornburg, David Attenborough.
  21. An Extinction rebellion have become important activist movement for the
  22. world. Also, TV shows have been mentioning it.
  23. For example, doctor who on top of this collective moments
  24. are currently taking a political comeback, ties air being drawn
  25. to black lives, matter, immigrant and indigenous rights on fights
  26. for better wages.
  27. At the moment, climate change demands an unprecedented collective response.
  28. A near liberal ideology stand in the way to start
  29. creating changes we need to overcome the free market mattress.
  30. An example of things we should do could be if
  31. we raise taxes to pay for massive investments in climate
  32. ready infrastructures and renewable energy.
  33. Everyone could have solar panels on their rooftops, and not
  34. just the people who can afford them.
  35. So there is a need to shift the near liberal
  36. narrative that could include a range of actions like undermining
  37. near liberal ideologies with the truth and then articulating our
  38. own values to make them a reality or fighting in
  39. the village juristic mentality and disrupting near liberal growth in
  40. organizations Shy.
  41. What can you do?
  42. The easiest thing I'd suggest to do is to get
  43. talking, spreading the knowledge you've gained from the previous and
  44. current presentations.
  45. Maybe if you found it interesting, you could look into
  46. it more, read some research and articles.
  47. Also, by discussing with family and friends, you can hopefully
  48. spark and interest in other people.
  49. Being aware is the first step to making a change.
  50. Signing petitions is a way to participate in the present
  51. and create the future.
  52. Each name adds legitimacy to the campaign.
  53. By signing, you are demonstrating which issues matter most to
  54. you and participate in the process of change Sharing.
  55. A petition allows your friends and family to discover and
  56. support issues important to them.
  57. However, if the petitions don't attract enough attention, they may
  58. not raise awareness of the issue to the general population.
  59. On a lot of the time, Parliament will not take
  60. action when the petitions do get presented.
  61. However, many climate activist groups like Greenpeace regularly send petitions
  62. via email in the hope of informing people of the
  63. problem as well as hoping to create change.
  64. Email in corporations and government is a way to contact
  65. people and get an opinion read by others.
  66. Many climate movement shoes emails to contact important people like
  67. CEOs of corporations, local MPs and the wider population.
  68. Unfortunately, thes may not work or create any change, but
  69. by informing these important people, they may become more aware
  70. of the need for change.
  71. Making changes to the companies and businesses we support can
  72. make a difference to the environmental crisis.
  73. ICO friendly consumerism is a great step towards making positive
  74. changes to your environmental impact on the world by making
  75. small changes like secondhand shopping up cycling products.
  76. Supporting businesses which use recycled materials or even shopping at
  77. no plastic food shops is a great step when choosing
  78. a business support to think about packaging and materials.
  79. Do they use cycle materials or do they report repair
  80. old pieces or even, you know, ways delivery?
  81. Does it have information about their environmental impact, a mission
  82. readily available on their website?
  83. On Do they have environmental certifications like the B impact
  84. assessment or the 1% for planet pledge?
  85. A great way to find ICO friendly brands is through
  86. a website called the B Corporation Directory on the website.
  87. You can sort by industry and occasion to find mawr
  88. environmentally friendly companies.
  89. One really good way to get involved in the environmental
  90. movement is to join a climate justice movement group.
  91. There are many to choose from, and they all have
  92. slightly different ideas.
  93. But they all end up building on a mutually supporting
  94. each other, which in the end will help shift the
  95. neo liberal narrative examples of groups.
  96. You could join our extinction rebellion, Greenpeace World Wildlife Fund,
  97. Earth First, honestly international and Friends of the Earth.
  98. Extinction Rebellion is becoming one of the most well known
  99. and environmental groups because it aims to use nonviolent civil
  100. disobedience to compel government action to avoid tipping points in
  101. the climate system.
  102. Biodiversity loss on the risk of social and ecological collapse.
  103. It has bean well broadcast in the news, especially during
  104. the last year, with the rebels in April blockading large
  105. parts of London day after day.
  106. On top of this, they also blocked roads outside of
  107. the printing presses, causing issues with the distribution of newspapers
  108. in the U.
  109. K X Our demands.
  110. The government must declare climate emergency.
  111. The UK must legally commit to reducing carbon emissions to
  112. net zero by 2025 on a citizens assembly must be
  113. formed to oversee these changes.
  114. There are also lots off other people that you should
  115. be aware off and support.
  116. By understanding what people are saying about the environmental crisis,
  117. you can decide to make a change to your own
  118. life and maybe even discuss it with others.
  119. A brilliant quote I found says this.
  120. The young climate strikers on the streets don't just want
  121. climate action.
  122. They want a green new deal that delivers for everyone.
  123. If we are to mend our broken democracy and give
  124. people more hope for their future, we must invent in
  125. on economy where we live sustainably differently.
  126. On more equal agreed new deals of pieces of legislation
  127. that aimed to address climate change in economic inequality, the
  128. U. S proposed this legislation 2000 and eight.
  129. It proposed investment in energy efficiency green power generation, creating
  130. green jobs to improve low carbon infrastructure, taxing the profits
  131. of oil and gas companies on tackling big banks, big
  132. finance and tax evasion.
  133. They also put forward the idea of zero carbon emissions
  134. by 2030 in the UK a green new deal was
  135. passed as policy and the Labor Party conference Europe have
  136. put forward a green new deal which asked for legally
  137. binding targets to cut emissions, maintaining zero carbon economy after
  138. 2000 and three.
  139. Appointing a green New Deal Commission to draw comprehensive action
  140. plan confirming funding required for the lowest possible price for
  141. society. Redistributing democratic power and resource is transforming our energy
  142. supply and transport systems and therefore eliminating greenhouse gas emissions
  143. and reducing air pollution make housing energy efficient by ensuring
  144. all new homes.
  145. Zero Carbon and meet Social needs and Dick are organizing
  146. our farming produced by reducing the ecological damage caused by
  147. current methods and improving our food systems.
  148. There are many examples of why we need green noodles
  149. to make changes in terms of air pollution and increase
  150. in demand for production and transportation of goods across the
  151. world has created large amounts of carbon dioxide.
  152. The EU has set legal limits for its countries.
  153. However, each year these have been broken in the UK.
  154. This is down to the government failing to meet the
  155. use air pollution standards to to learn the near liberal
  156. laws which allow corporations to have free market.
  157. The air quality plans have even been judged in court
  158. is unlawful.
  159. So doing these things were not automatic.
  160. Create automatically create change.
  161. But by having more knowledge and understanding, we will inevitably
  162. make a difference.
  163. The government and corporations have adopted many near liberal ideologies.
  164. These impacts individuals, communities on the environment.
  165. We hope the presentation has given you some ideas of
  166. actions you can take against neoliberalism effect on the environment