hey it's Kristin and I've got an
exceptionally raspy voice today cuz I
just slept with a fan hitting me on the
face of the entire night also what am i
doing not having an air-conditioner in
the center of acids like being
eco-friendly is important but also it's
important to not be stupid not having an
air-conditioner in this city in the
summer it's just not possible
I don't think sustainability is as hard
as people perceive it to be it's just
difficult if you look at the people that
are hardcore into sustainability that
are living like that super sustainable
lifestyle then that kind of makes it
look difficult when in reality we all
can take different steps in order to
kind of improve ourselves improve our
lifestyle and make it more eco-friendly
and just better for the world the
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talk about easy sustainability tips in
my M&M so I'm gonna talk about food
shopping transport plastic and politics
there's a lot of stuff that I'm gonna
cover I feel like we've come a long way
from the days when Al Gore was
recommending us to switch to like
energy-efficient lightbulbs like that
doesn't really cut it that's not how
we're gonna reverse climate change or
make anything happen really so these are
things that actually work that actually
make an impact so the most impactful way
to be more sustainable is through
reducing our meat intake do not abandon
this video yet the meat industry
contributes to more than 50% of all
greenhouse gas emissions and we all know
at this point how the greenhouse gas
emissions are what is causing our planet
to kind of overheat a little bit I'm
definitely getting microwaved alive in
this room
the majority of Earth's land that is
being used to produce food is actually
producing food to feed animals not
humans so we are using a tremendous
amount of energy power and resources to
feed animals to raise animals also it's
kind of questionable how ethical it is
to kill animals at this point science is
showing that animals are sentient beings
you know if you have a pet you already
know that animals have personalities
identities they're funny they're like
little fluffy so
two-year-old humans you know actually
they're cuter than two year-old humans
let's be real I have heard countless
times from so many people that tell me I
cannot live without meat and when I hear
that I'm like I don't I don't really get
the science behind it
do you like go without meat for a week
and you lose your will to live and die
like Queen Amidala when she was giving
birth to Luke and Leia is that kind of
how it works I'm not sure jokes aside I
know that there are actually important
reasons why someone can't completely
quit meat earning disorders is one of
them I'm trying to muffle the audio for
that because I'm gonna get demonetised
youtube here's me using that word yeah
that's one issue
there's just tradition there's pressure
from the family being you know really
young and not being able to control the
food that you eat
oh that plays a part in why a lot of
people can't completely quit meat so in
that case just reduce you know if you're
living with your parents ask them
alright if you don't let me completely
quit meat how about we do meatless
Mondays how about we go without me an
entire like six days out of the week or
five days out of the week try to get as
much as you can in bargain as much as
you can out of this if you cannot
completely eliminate me just reduce it
we all can reduce the amount of meat
that we eat that rind if it rhymes it
means it's true the fashion industry is
one of the top five most polluting
industries in the world so limiting the
amount of fast fashion purchases that we
make is super important if you can't
completely cut fast fashion out of your
life that's not that's not a problem you
can just limit the amount of shopping
that you do you can become more
conscious about how to shop more smart
investing in quality over quantity and
I've made a ton of videos about this so
you can check them out over here I hope
it's over here and not over here if you
don't have access to at achill fashion
to secondhand clothing you can simply
learn to invest in pieces that are a
little more high quality and fast
fashion stores items that are gonna
remain in fashion for a really long
time so classic pieces Moore's statement
pieces closet staples that kind of thing
so as long as you're buying something
from a fast fashion brand that you know
you're gonna keep for a long time and
you're gonna wear again and again and
again that's awesome and you're
contributing to something good this goes
for not only clothing but pretty much
everything try and shop secondhand I
show up most of my technology second
hand computer cameras phone a lot of
electrical appliances that I have are
secondhand furniture is secondhand so
you can buy second-hand oh my god it ran
again
so it's true moving on to transport when
it comes to greenhouse gas emissions
everyone the first thing that they think
is cars and planes and trains so when it
comes to transport flying is the worst
so if you really want to limit your
greenhouse gas emissions then try fly
less I have personally been flying a lot
less in the last few years but people do
want to enjoy life and when you tell
them stop traveling stop going on
vacation they're like are you on crack
like I work 360 days a year and you're
telling me I'm not gonna take those five
days off to go to Mexico so yeah I
wouldn't recommend people to completely
quit flying I mean if you can do it but
just maybe limit your flying maybe
sometimes take the train if it's
possible or the boat if it's possible
you know once in a while you don't have
to do it all the time but just be a lot
more conscious about perhaps limiting
the amount of flying that you do if you
do fly a lot let's move on to plastics
you don't have to go zero waste to limit
your plastic actually probably not even
you'd be able to go zero waste honestly
I've been trying for years if it's
really hard there's some things like the
most important things that you should
try and cut out or eliminate which is
plastic bags and plastic bottles and
plastic bags you just need a tote or
just reuse the plastic bags that you
already have and then when it comes to
plastic bottles
get your own little bottle and refill it
as much as you can it's better to have a
lot of people doing zero waste wrong
than to have three people that do it
perfectly you know we all just gotta try
a little bit harder and that's it we
don't have to be perfect everything is
political fashion is political veganism
is political this is probably one of the
most important things in this video
and it is to use your vote sustainably
support the candidates that are aware of
our environmental crisis and are willing
to fix it do not vote for people that
are talking about let's grow business
let's keep immigrants out let's build a
wall vote for candidates that are all
about protecting the environment that
you live in whatever your political
orientation is you live on this planet
okay so it's to your best interest to
support candidates that care about the
planet that you live on because in
twenty thirty years time they'll have
the money to leave Earth and build a
colony in Mars you won't so it's in your
best interest to vote for people that
are gonna protect the planet that you
are personally stuck on it's not a
left-right issue it's a humanity issue
though we all really need to take a lot
more seriously I'm trying to get more
educated about politics honestly I'm not
gonna lie I really and very clueless
about politics and I'm trying to learn
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