Marieke on Nerdy About Nature

For me one of the frustrating things is the way in which corporations (and the elites, if you will) have managed to deflect responsibility on the average person, like it’s Joe Schmoe’s recycling and biking to work once a week that’ll make the difference, and the guilt and shame heaped upon us for not doing these things like we just stomped on kittens. Now, these are individual steps that do add up collectively, but when we look at the consumption and carbon footprint of the wealthy with private jets and yachts, or even large companies somehow exempt from a lot of scrutiny (eg cruise ships, who pollute at an incredible rate, or the impact of agriculture at large and the meat industry specifically). One billionaire jetting around regularly pollutes more than scores and scores of people, and they’re not being held to account for the vastly outsized consumption and destruction they’re responsible for.