I love this video and the series idea SO MUCH! You're an incredible human and video maker and this was exactly what I needed to help my eco panic. Looking forward to watching the rest x
Hello, you two are amongst my fave youtubers !! If you ever get round to it, I'm sure a collab on this topic would be greatly appreciated by many :) Love you both :)
Hey Jessica! I love your channel! Obviously for someone who is knew to climate change/ climate justice literature this might be a lot, but I think it would be amazing to see a video from such a large account as yourself about how climate change is an lgbtq+ and disability rights issue! The intersections between environmental change and all other forms of oppression are real and very interesting to discuss and I would love to see more on TH-cam about it!
I'm proud of myself for actually clicking on this as the discussion of climate change massively triggers my anxiety disorder. However, I'm really glad I did, as I've always been in the camp of "it's too late so I'm going to stick my head in the sand and ignore it". But you're right. It's not too late. I'm also glad you brought up the thing about the 100 companies that are the problem because I feel like so many discussions about climate change end up being about ordinary people pointing fingers at each other and blaming each other for not doing enough, when what we actually need to do is put pressure on governments to make big changes and regulate those companies that are to blame and put pressure on the companies themselves to make a change. It sounds cynical, but I'll doubt they'll change their ways out of the goodness of their hearts. Money talks, I suppose, so we need to organise and work out how we'll spend our money to force change. (Also I'm finally joining the gumption club, hooray!)
So true .... My 75 year old mother has never flown on a plane in her life and travels to her local town once a week. She has a stove and burns a small amount of coal every winter to prevent hypothermia ... she will pay a high carbon tax while the elite get to fly all over the world etc. I smell a rat!
CMDR Qrusha - the other 800 are receding, some rapidly. I wonder why you ignore those and look at 1 in 800 result you want to believe. Wake up. You’ve been duped.
I finished my phd in solar energy last year, and sure, the solutions are not perfect, but the technology is sure good enough. Is the funding and political will that is not there yet.
@Daniel Meyers i disagree. There are other ways to store energy than batteries, such as supercapacitors, hydrogen and other synthetic fuels, etc. Also there are smart solutions that can help distribute energy consumption better. And i do not think we should be using solar energy alone, but rather a combination of sources, to make sure the energy generation is better distributed. With respect to recycling solar panels, new methods have been recently developed. For example, first solar has developed methods to recycle their solar panels completely, and they are made of cdte, which is one of the hardest to recycle. On top of that, i do not believe that producing and recycling solar panels, wind turbines or even batteries every 15-25 years compares to the pollution fossil fuels are causing. If you are waiting for nuclear fusion to come around, they have been trying to make it work for about 50 years with very little progress, so i can't see that happening in the near future, which is when we need it. I did not say it would be easy to make the change, and it might not provide us with all the energy we are using, but it will provide us with all the energy we need. And despite recyciclability issues, renewables like solar, wind, geothermal or marine are the least contaminant way. On top of that, fortunately we have another 10-15 years before we have to recycle all those panels to figure out how to do it better.
@Daniel Meyers Nuclear has a very low response time though, so if you have peaks in energy consumption, you still need storage or alternative source of power. I don't know about the recycling of the material, but I now that if we cannot recycle it, we cont have that much uranium in the world to feed our needs for long. Also, according to the laws of thermodynamics it cannot be a completely closed loop (which still gives issues of safety, fuel extraction, etc.) I know renewables are not perfect, but it is also not the case for nuclear, for me that is a matter to think about where we want to put our research money. And China is also heavily investing in solar and wind and hydropower, so they are basically doing everything, which is probably the best approach for a fast solution. In my opinion that is one of the reasons our energy systems are failing now, because we decided to concentrate only in one source, and then we exhaust it.
Thanks for making this video. I'd love more videos on what we can do to make a real change. I generally feel a bit powerless when it comes to climate change.
"The adults aren't sorting it! And also I think we might be the adults now" There were many scary/shocking facts in this but this one should not have been as hard hitting as it was for me😂 Great video, can't wait to see more 🙌
one thing that really gets to me about climate change is the narrative that our grandchildren won’t have a life that is recognisable to us. although this is true and very scary, i wish the current discussions about climate change also face up to the realities climate-related disasters occurring today, affecting the most vulnerable people in our world. for example rising sea levels means people living in pacific islands e.g. Kiribati are having to relocate their homes that have been in the family for generations. the islanders are passionate about campaigning for action, yet Kiribati as a state has contributed such a negligible amount towards global carbon emissions. the people/countries that are least responsible for climate change are the most vulnerable to it. we will be fine. the UK (as an MEDC) will be fine. the millions of people who are being displaced right now and the predicted 1 billion climate refugees by 2050 will not 😣.
it is all very scary and upsetting as to me, the climate crisis is a humanitarian crisis. but i’m really looking forward to the forthcoming videos and positive panic is definitely the way forward. it’s so easy to feel paralysed by the fear. thank you for making these videos, everyone should be talking about this ❤️
Excellent video! Neoliberalism has led us to believe that the solutions lie in our individual consumer choices but the climate crisis cannot be solved with capitalism. Novara Media did a podcast with founders of the 'Labour for a Green New Deal' campaign - would thoroughly recommend listening to it. There's also a Novara Media interview with Asad Rehman on their youtube channel. He discusses climate justice and how climate change has been depoliticised by previous environmental movements. If you're a student who is interested in climate justice activism, there are dozens of organisations that support grassroots student activism e.g. People & Planet. Many SU's have a P&P or fossil free society campaigning for their university to stop investing in fossil fuels. Activism is a great thing to get involved in if you feel like an insignificant individual in the face of this huge issue!
Man, I wish I had known that 100 companies 71% last month when I was teaching climate change to my 7th graders, it really paints a picture. Will have to remember and look up the next time I do climate change with a class.
Yes, that's quite a big one. However we also have to remember that these 100 companies do not exist in a vacuum: they produce things we all use, extract the petrol we put in our cars etc. So yeah, I'm pretty much on the camp "we need to look at the systemic level and not put all the blame on individuals", but at the same time I worry that catch phrases like these will make people distance themselves even more from the problem (as in, who cares if I drive to work every day when 100 companies produce 71% of all pollution). I hope I'm making sense!!
I've heard the Pentagon is one of the biggest climate change polluters -- are they included as one of the 100 companies (part of the military/industrial complex)?
hello leena. I watched you on the TH-cam creator channel. I really admire you because you speak very well and straightforwardly and another good thing is that your straightness does not make the audience hate you. that will understand you better . love you !!
First time commenter here! I'm an environmental engineer and I am going to have to choose my first job very very soon, and part of what makes me panic is the fact that there are so many aspects of climate change and human-based destruction. I want to make a difference, and I want to work for mitigating or at least adapting to the change, but I don't know how to start. I am currently doing an internship about waste treatment, which is a huge topic, but I'm already soooo freaked out because we shouldn't have so much waste in the first place, and we shouldn't have to incinerate and by doing so, release more Co2 and other polluants in the atmosphere, but we do now. And it's frightening. I guess my point is that I'm very curious to see if your series can help me feel better about my field choice when I have to make it (which I should really work on now). Thanks for caring and daring to make a change. If you want an interesting book, I really love this one : what we think about when we try not to think about climate change (per espen stones). It's about how we should speak about climate change to adapt to the psychology of people.
I've loved your channel for ages but this video has struck a chord more than any other - I'm off to sign up to the Gumption Club right now! Much love :)
Doing small things like recycling, or choosing eco friendly options, is not something people do to save the climate. It's something people do to make themselves feel better about themselves. People do the small and easy things, so they have an excuse not to do the big changes. Sometimes the world requires individual sacrifice, for the greater common good. We are now facing such a moment in history, but we're not aware of it, because it's not in our face yet. When you saw that glacier, it kinda went in your face, so you got it. But looking back to the last time the world was in such a predicament, was the last great war. Throughout the occupied Europe there were people working in cover, with sabotage, assassinations, illegal printing and other resistance activities taking up resources the Germans could have needed elsewhere. Throughout the free world there were people volunteering as conscripts, wanting to fight for other people's freedom. There were scientists defecting from fascist countries, going to help allied develop technology to fight the Germans. There was an enormous collective effort throughout the allied countries, in order to put a stop to a fascist take-over of Europe. Sometimes the world requires individual sacrifice, for the greater common good and we are now facing such a moment in history, again, but it hasn't dawned on people yet. We have to do things that might hurt us. That is what a sacrifice is and that is what is demanded for us at this moment of time in history, not just recycling our coke bottle. When we learn that meat consumption is a bigger cause of greenhouse gasses than cars, then we can't really continue eating meat on a daily basis, even though that might be the best tasting option. We can't really afford to drive a car alone to work every day, instead of taking that horrible collective transportation alternative. And most greenhouse gasses is emitted through producing and transporting goods for consumption, so it's a necessity that we reduce our consumption significantly. You don't need a phone, a laptop, a desktop and an ipad. And you don't need to buy a new one, if the old one is still working. And you don't need to buy clothes if you can stitch up the old pants. And you don't dozens of cosmetic products, shampoos and such. And you don't need a shower every day. Everything you buy, is a part of the consumption . Eco-friendly alternatives are mostly just a lie, sometimes they're 10-20% better than the alternatives, but the best is to reduce the amount you use significantly, or cut it out all together. Generally the rule is, if it's comfortable to make a change - like changing the type of shampoo you use - then it's just a lie you tell yourself. Secondly, comes the pressure we can put on the world through our political actions. If there's a political party that claims they are concerned about climate change, but they don't want to do anything that might hurt the economy, then they don't get it. Having to do drastic measures which might hurt the economy short term in order to prevent a huge economic crisis 50 years from now, is _of course_ a better option. The truth is we have to scale down consumption, private driving, meat eating and energy that comes from fossil fuel and that is going to hurt the economy in a short term. But not doing it will be far worse, so it's just a sacrifice we have to do. And so we cannot give any creed, or vote, to any party or politician that is not serious about this. And if you ever hear someone criticise a party for being so green they will hurt the economy, then you know that's a political party worth voting for. We can't change the world through individual sacrifice alone, we need an entire movement, and we need people in important positions in society.
Love how you are using your platform to voice these issues! Positive panic is such a refreshing way to look at eco-anxiety >.< yes we need to freak out, but not into non-action but steady active advocacy 🧡
I struggle with conversations around climate change because plastic usage is usually one of the first things that comes up and in my experience those conversations can get very ableist very quickly. Thank you for speaking in such a positive way and not just going on about banning straws x
After working in climate change organisations for about 2,5 years (first volunteering and work experience), I had to take a break for my mental health. It's been nearly 5 years now and the break has become my life as I still don't know how to care so much and not be overwhelmed by the magnitude of the problem. I tend to shy away from videos on the subject, but I'm so glad I clicked on yours. It was the perfect balance between panic and positive and made me want even more to find my way back into action. So, thank you
This video is amazing! I've been in a constant internal battle between "I'm not doing enough to change my personal lifestyle" and "changing my personal lifestyle will have very little (if any) effect", so thanks for this!
I‘m very guilty of not clicking on climate change videos or articles. It depresses me and fills me with shame and anger - I can‘t even watch „positive“ nature documentaries anymore. But I respect and value you and your opinions and videos so much that I decided to „sit through“ this, and boy did it hit home! I was almost offended when the Fridays for Future movement started, as I felt (and sometimes still feel) like it takes away from other important movements. But yes, maybe it just should be everyone‘s priority. I still think that it sort of diminishes other causes, mostly social justice ones. But I now see the necessity. Man oh man, how I hate the individual shaming, when it‘s literally huge companies‘ and capitalism‘s fault that we‘re in this apocalyptic shit situation!
The science is 100% clear, it has been for 30 years. It is being ignored. Look into joining Extinction Rebellion if you are concerned & want to make a real difference. Non violent protest is perfectly legal in the UK. We are making this a topic that is being discussed. Have a nice Sunday.
@@therobin980 Ok. Well the science is not clear, the climate CO2 sensitivty is as uncertain as 30 years ago. The impact on biodiversity is troublesome but far away from any mass extinction. I am just sick of all these prophets of doom *not* taking a closer look on science.
Yes! Yes! Yes! Thank you for making this! As a person that works in the environmental world this is a very important message to get out there that us environmentalists/scientists are not alway great at conveying. I found my self nodding along to everything you were saying especially point 2! Thank you!
This is honestly one of my favourite videos on TH-cam! I’ve been a pretty avid eco nerd for years now and after doing tons of research and compiling all the data it’s terrifying. I’ve addressed this in small amounts in videos before and I’m so glad you’re addressing it too! God I love this 🙌🏻
Never have I ever clicked on a video so quick! Love this video so much! If you did a whole hour documentary about this I would watch it! Finally someone is talking about the need for change higher up, it's all very well and good 'selling' an ecotrend to feel good about ourselves but in reality that's only a tiny part of a problem bigger than ourselves! More please!!!!
Hi Leena! I'm currently studying a Master's degree on Climate Change, renewable energies and sustainability. I recommend you read about these topics: Peak Oil and degrowth. They really blew my mind and made me see a lot of things differently about climate change and what we will be living in the next decades. Also, I almost didn't want to watch this video because I was afraid it was going to be another one about how you can just stop using plastic and the planet will be saved (the internet has been full of those lately) but I trusted you and it was so worth it. I'm so glad you've been doing the research on this! For a while I had been thinking about what you just mentioned in this video, how individual action takes the spotlight away from collective, meaningful action, and I'm just really happy you're here and making these important statements and creating content that I think is more informative about the consequences of climate change. I'll be waiting for the next episode impatiently!
Persuading yourself not to panic whilst panicking about climate change is SO ME. I've had a similar clicking moment/sudden realisation. I'm still gonna make art, bc it's what I'm good at, but now p much ALL of it is about educating, changing, inspiring progress for the climate crisis. Happy to say I'm working on 3 environmental art projects currently, and all of them, I hope, will create actual change. I'm also starting a social environmental project with my friend to do with corporations... so yeah. Positive panic. Let's do this.
I think the reason we cling to the individual changes we can make is because it feels like we're doing something. When I decide to alter any part of my life to lower my carbon footprint, I can just decide to and do it that day. I don't have to depend on anyone else to do it. I've always known this kind of thing will never be enough, but in a small city where I can't even get the municipal government I would like to have elected, it's so easy to feel like you're railing against this huge, immovable wall. And then, even if somehow, miraculously, we managed to get our federal government to see the crisis and actually take action, even if my entire country went zero emissions, it wouldn't be enough. Nothing makes me feel insignificant like trying to bring about solutions for climate change. But I haven't stopped yet and I will never stop, because there isn't another option.
Amazing video! And deserving of far more than 9,000 views. I, too, intend on dedicating the next 11 years to progressing climate action, and holding those who profit off of the destruction of the planet to account. I’ll be 34 by then, and hope that the future will look much more certain than it does now.
This was amazing! I'm so impressed that you can even make a topic on climate change hilarious! And THANK YOU for addressing the need for systemic change as opposed to the usual focus on lifestyle changes as the answer. This is so important and I will share this widely!
This video is so very important for me, because i'm stressing about this to the point of having nightmares of extinction, waking up in the middle of the night thinking what i can do to limit my carbon footprint, and worrying if i should ever have children. You have somehow calmed me down a bit and motivated to do better at the same time. Thank you so much
Loved this video and can't wait to join Gumption Club and see the rest of the series. I'm worried about the impact animal agriculture has on the earth and that no one is really acknowledging it except vegans. It is such an important subject to be explored and discussed publicly. If at all possible, I would love it if you discussed this.
thank you for this video leena! climate change scares me so deeply and at times it feels paralyzing, but...I still want to be able to talk about it with other people so that we can collectively work toward change. because I get the FEELING that climate change is only something that will change if we're able to work together.
As a climate scientist, I've spent years trying to convince people that climate change is something that urgently needs large scale action. Your video does an incredible job at tackling the biggest problem that we face: indifference. Too many people I meet feel powerless and anxious when the topic of climate change comes up and your framing addressed that brilliantly. Seeing a glacier for the first time changed my life, hopefully you telling about your experience in Iceland will also inspire others to act.
I loved this! Especially drawing out the difference between caring about the environment and caring about 'nature' - too many people think this is only something hippies/outdoorsy/liberal people should care about but really this effects every human!
Amazing video!!!!! Thank you for raising awareness. I do everything I can do make a difference individually but recently I have realised that I need to think bigger than that!!
Tweeted a link, hope it helps spread awareness! I've been saying this for years so I'm really grateful to be able to share your fact filled video as well
Thank you so much for pointing out Lie #3 cause I've been trying to get that into people's heads for ages. Though it feels like lots of people who don't care about climate change don't care about other humans either so...
Thank you so very much for doing this ! Can't wait for more positive panic videos! This is a terrifying topic, the more you dive in the worse it looks, but there is still time and we might be small consumers, but together we can have a great impact
Leena you are an absolute dream. Thank you so much for making these big things so accessible and lighthearted. I can’t wait for the rest of this series. I think climate change is partly so terrifying because it heightens existentialism in everyone’s minds. Death is something we all know is there and no one talks about it, but this climate crisis is making that not only more imminent but bringing it into discourse, which I think is an all-round shock for our societies.
Aw thank you, that's lovely to say x definitely it's linked with our avoidance of death ! Have you seen the death positive movement on youtube? It's so interesting!
Thank you! You are right! There is still hope! Yesterday scientist at the ETH in Zürich just released a new way of making kerosin for airplanes out of sunlight and CO2-air. It works but the only catch is that it costs twice as much as normal kerosin. Looks like the politics needs to step in !
I'm really excited about this series! I'm just finishing my bachelor's and I want to get involved to make a change but I have no idea where to start. Looking forward to more videos!!
I worked at a Party store (I won't say which one) a couple years ago for about two months. Every single day we had to fill multiple huge bags of non recyclable plastic waste (from packaging). Then I really took a look at the products we sold and I asked myself "what's going to happen to all this junk when the party is over". Just one company in one location made me realize how ignorant we actually are. Absolutely NON of this means "don't bother recycling". People and companies need to be aware of how they are disposing of their trash. I look into my back yard every week and it looks like a land fill, because that's where the entire neighborhood's trash inevitably ends up! These are the reasons I am so conscious of what I do with my garbage when I'm done with it. Yes, it's work and No, I feel like it's useless. What else am I doing about it? I'm telling you.
I love this video. To the second lie, I would add that climate change intersects with other systemic injustices like gender and racial inequality. Those things do stop us from dealing with it properly in the West because the majority of its victims are women and people of colour in the global south. So you can't care about creating a fairer world for us all without caring about climate change and vice versa. You cannot do anything about climate change without understanding the role that neoliberal capitalism plays in it. All of this is to say, that climate change puts pressure on the politics we already have and maybe why we don't want to think about it too hard. 👀💀
this is really important! climate breakdown is 100% an issue of human rights and of systematic injustices - it really is the sheet that affects everything else
@@anotherdegenerate3520 Well, let's clarify one little thing, intersectionality is basically used to blur the distinction between scientific analysis and political commitment to make acceptable, particularly on the left, the identity and culturalist claims of minorities by assimilating them to social struggles in the name of equality. Intersectionality is part of an Americanized and ghettoized vision that results in opposing so-called "black" feminism to so-called "white" feminism and therefore considered "bourgeois". Another issue of your intersectionality BS is that it implies a hierarchy in the struggles. Anyway, all of this to say that intersectionality has nothing to do with climate change/ecology. That's very nice to use a "complicated" term, it makes you look smart if you know what you're talking about, but you apparently do not. The word you were looking for is ecofeminism. Next time you try to look smart around dumb people, make a little effort, and look up the word yourself. Here you go little girl : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectionality
I AM JOINING GUMPTION CLUB FIRST THING TOMORROW. Was on the brink anyway and this has just pushed me over. RESOURCES: me? I work for a charity/ sustainable enterprise in South London that has been working on this for decades, my CEO is epic and well worth an interview. We're called Bioregional and we coined the phrase one planet living, would love to work with you, you're awe inspiring, thanks so much for doing this ❤❤
Just what I needed!! Thank you so much Leena. Watched this after coming home from my psychiatrist who told me to ‚just write down three positive things before bed time‘
I LOVE this! As a conservationist I obviously want to save our wildlife but I completely agree with you that if we want keep an environment that's habitable for us, we need to change the perspective. As much as we can do ourselves, we need everyone to realise how much danger we are in and governments and big corporations to change. Thank you so much ❤
Great video Leena ! I really like the positive angle you took, really looking forward to the next installements in the series :) Regarding getting info on how to participate in the human efforts agains climate change, I find local associations really good because they're pressuring the local mayor/PM/whatever to close nuclear plants, or better the recycling scheme in the area and so are really good at taking big steps at a local (but not indivual) scale. Also, your space dress and your dinosaur shirt/dress are super cool !! By the way, I was wondering if you'd be considering opening a Utip page ? It's a really good tipping system where the donators can watch 1 to 5 ads a day and the content creator gets around a penny, which isn't much but is super cool for those of us who are not able to be a Patreon but would like to support creators :)
OKAY. Here are 4 documentaries (found on Netflix) that not only explained to me exactly what's happening regarding climate changing, but gave me GENUINE HOPE that things can change with the right focus on the right things. A Life On Our Planet & Chasing Coral allowed me to understand the full impact. And Kiss The Ground & Brave Blue World made me see feel a lot less helpless. They made me see that there are things being done and real tangible ways to create an impact are POSSIBLE. But really, the best some of us can do is spread the information in these documentaries, and work towards ways that we can help. Not only have these documentaries given me hope (and quite frankly made me cry), I feel like I actually have goals and a purpose bigger than me FINALLY. Love you all ❤🙏🏽
I love your videos, Leena, but this video has provided so much inspiration that I’m actually looking into studying climate change and renewable energy!! (I am 26 and never went to Uni and never thought I’d even entertain the idea of going back to studying) I want to spend my time more wisely by trying to ensure that future generations get to enjoy their time on Earth just as much as I get to now. I’ve always been an advocate for taking care of this planet, but your video has given me the push I needed to take my passion a step further! Thank you so much, Leena, keep being yourself!
I agree with everything you said in this video. The point I really realised how important the issue of climate change is and how urgent was watching the David Attenborough documentary that was on recently and I've felt really anxious about it ever since. I do feel pretty powerless so I'd love more videos on what can be done to actually help
This is so strange , I’m pretty sure I was in Iceland at the time as you . It was really cool seeing someone visiting all the places I checked out . Also yes it definitely enlightened me on some scary truths about global warming.
You're so right about the nuance about Lie One. One can refuse plastic straws until the cows come home, but 47% of the plastic waste in the ocean is discarded fishing equipment, which itself is driving the depletion of fish populations. However, individual actions, like maybe cutting back on seafood or getting it from a sustainable source is one less customer for irresponsible fisheries and could help inspire other people to make similar decisions. I think the hard part is finding the balance between doing the right thing versus what you've been led to understand is the right thing. As a Humanist, I think we'll find a way, but it's going to be hard work.
This Video is so wonderfully made. When I first heard that only a handful of company’s are responsible for the majority of greenhouse gas emissions I was just as shocked. I really hope that many people see this video and I am already waiting for the next one ❤️
„The adults aren’t sorting it and also, I think we are the adults now.” Noooooooo nooo noo, god why?? Don’t do this to me! 😂😂😂 Goddamn 🙈 This was the lie I told myself the most when I was a child and crying myself to sleep from anxiety and panic about climate change. Its debunking was one of the most depressing and attitude-changing step of development for me and it catapulted me right into nihilism. I recovered from it somewhat. But good lord, this statement of yours war brutal and I love it 😂😂 Amazing video ♥️
I LOVE these sorts of videos. We HAVE to be real about it, learning that Climate Change isn't about the extinction of the planet, but the extinction of us, was such a big turning point in my own fight and the way I tall about it. So far, a lot of my fight about climate change revolves around the textile industry, and trying to get everyone I know (and more) into slow fashion and understanding that clothes shouldn't be cheap, because we should make sure the people making our clothes are getting paid properly and are in safe environments.
To be fair, while big companies might be responsible for a lot of pollution etc., it's only us as consumers that allow them to keep doing it by purchasing their products. Ah, capitalism. Are you aware that going vegan is the single biggest thing you can do to reduce your impact on the environment? The animal agriculture industry is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases (at 14.5% of global emissions, ahead of all transport combined) and if everyone in the US did meatless Monday, it would be equivalent to taking 7.6 million cars off the road. To be fair, I went vegan for the animals, but the reduced carbon footprint was a nice bonus. I worked out that my cat and I both have about the same carbon footprint because of his diet o.O
You know what? I have enough. I'm vegan, I recycle plastic, cardboard, batteries...... I make my own compost. I shop in second hand commerce and try to get as much as possible responsible trade products. So give me a break, I have enough of governments and companies pushing responsibility to the people.
Loved this video! This really helped place my minor, daily efforts into perspective and made me realise that I need to rethink how to take action myself and join movements to hold those (e.g. 100 companies) who can make real, impactful changes accountable. Very much look forward to the next one in the series!
I would highly recommend the documentary 2040, it’s a letter from the director to his daughter about what her life in 2040 could look like if we started incorporating all the technology that exists now to mitigate climate change and is such a positive doco! I was surprised to learn that seaweed is going to be hugely important.
Cant wait to hear some of your solutions because honestly I'm only 19 but I feel as though I've given up hope of helping with climate change. The fact that its massive companies that have the largest effect makes my one person changes seem futile. Plz give us some hope Leena!!
@@HankaAAR I am really conscious of who I buy from and about making sure to reuse and keep on top of recycling but it just feels like the majority of people dont/ aren't so it feels really pointless. They're all still getting so many customers and sales. But I definitely think youtubers like Leena spreading the word to encourage more people can make a difference
Love this! I think this is a great series. What about a video on community or the lack of community due to social media use. Loneliness. Mental health issues. Growth of depression. Etc. to me that’s a very large problem in society worth discussing. 🤷🏻♀️
I'd recommend looking into the Transition Movement - bringing people together locally to make communities that will be able to support themselves mentally and physically through these turning times. If there isn't a group near you, start one. Oh yes, and Johanna Macy.
You captured my climate change anxiety to a fxcking t. I put this on my watch later playlist for a day I could cope watching. So glad I did, brilliant video thank you. Edit spelling
LEENA! I was FREAKING out already; the earth is fucked, and we're screwed; yet you managed to freak me out even more, I want to call it a quit and die now.
!!! I love this video and can’t wait for more in the series. I remember learning in an enviro policy class that education of women was one of the most effective steps in climate change mitigation! Definitely an interesting facet of this conversation imo. Studying environmental science/policy is unbelievably depressing, but oh so important. It brings up so many negative emotions and frustrations, but that’s life, that’s being a human, it’s never been easy and this is our current challenge and most important cause. The planet will be fine (probably happy to see us gone tbh) but I would personally like to mitigate human suffering by keeping this planet inhabitable for our wacky species !!!
I was heavily debating clicking on this video, as I have such terrible climate change anxiety that I’ve had to start seeing a therapist because I was having daily panic attacks. I wish I knew how to accomplish anything more than individual change
Honestly never been able to make it all the way through a video on climate change, as it can massively trigger my anxiety and depression, but I can say that I actually made it through this one :) found it really helpful tbh. Your attitude and energy really helped me to feel able to watch it without clicking off😊
Your video really surprised me, I wasn’t expecting anything like that. I absolutely adore you for adressing the topic in such a right manner! Thank you.
One of my modules in college is called global change and it can be pretty intense but there are things being looked into and there's whole programs and models just to figure out how we can improve our situation or at the very least work towards not making it worse!
Thank you so much for this Lena. I feel like it is these big companies and idiotic politicians who have the power to really change things. I choose to not support these companies and vote but it hasn't changed anything so I'm not sure what to do next. It does honestly feel overwhelming but I think there is more we could do. I just don't know what it is. I'm joining the gumption club because I want to talk to clever people and find out what can actually be done. Thank you!!!
a comment re: the hundred companies defence: those 100 companies are sort of evil, yes, but they also provide products to us, consumers, and thus, we are the ones that can starve them of their profits by changing our personal habits... fuel companies need seat in cars, farmers need mouths full of beef and dairy, clothes companies (fast fashion is the 2nd most-polluting industry) need you to go out and buy their newest line... so we need collective change but cleaning up one's space is also vital if we are to reduce the power of a company
Maybe you could do some interviews with people you know who are involved in climate change activism and ideally scientists working in this field :) it is so cool to see someone making content like this. You inspire me to try and do more to make the world a better place ❤️
thank you for telling your story this way!! it makes such a huge impact to see someone grappling with all these questions and critiquing their own choices. not even done watching but I love this video and your channel.
Wooooow I'm so amazed by how well you tackle this... I'm a recently graduated bio engineer and I'm so scared by climate change. We have to rescue ourselves and as many other species as we can.
Yeeeeees I almost didn’t click this video fearing it would be more of the same I’m very excited for the next videos of this serious Thank you for doing this ❤️
Freya Hanley yep! Also check out if there are school strikes happening near you. Even if you’re out of school, they always want support from adults. It’s all of our future after all!
Great video! I have nothing to add but I'm commenting to let TH-cam algorithm know THIS VIDEO IS IMPORTANT!
hhha this is the best comment
Just wanted to let you know it worked haha, this video randomly appeared on my recommended
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@@daphne8802 same!
@@leenanorms Do you have data which you can share for the extent of that glacier and others in Iceland over the last 150 years?
"The Earth isn't going to explode. Just us. Don't save the planet. Save us, save yourself" YES
‘The adults aren’t sorting it and also I think we might be the adults now’ 😂😂😂😭😭😭
I love this video and the series idea SO MUCH! You're an incredible human and video maker and this was exactly what I needed to help my eco panic. Looking forward to watching the rest x
Hello, you two are amongst my fave youtubers !! If you ever get round to it, I'm sure a collab on this topic would be greatly appreciated by many :)
Love you both :)
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Hey Jessica! I love your channel! Obviously for someone who is knew to climate change/ climate justice literature this might be a lot, but I think it would be amazing to see a video from such a large account as yourself about how climate change is an lgbtq+ and disability rights issue! The intersections between environmental change and all other forms of oppression are real and very interesting to discuss and I would love to see more on TH-cam about it!
Ah thank you
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I really needed this. Eco anxiety is killing me but it always get so much better when i realise im not alone in this❤️
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I'm proud of myself for actually clicking on this as the discussion of climate change massively triggers my anxiety disorder. However, I'm really glad I did, as I've always been in the camp of "it's too late so I'm going to stick my head in the sand and ignore it". But you're right. It's not too late. I'm also glad you brought up the thing about the 100 companies that are the problem because I feel like so many discussions about climate change end up being about ordinary people pointing fingers at each other and blaming each other for not doing enough, when what we actually need to do is put pressure on governments to make big changes and regulate those companies that are to blame and put pressure on the companies themselves to make a change. It sounds cynical, but I'll doubt they'll change their ways out of the goodness of their hearts. Money talks, I suppose, so we need to organise and work out how we'll spend our money to force change. (Also I'm finally joining the gumption club, hooray!)
Jakobshavn Glacier, Greenland:
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7428
So true .... My 75 year old mother has never flown on a plane in her life and travels to her local town once a week. She has a stove and burns a small amount of coal every winter to prevent hypothermia ... she will pay a high carbon tax while the elite get to fly all over the world etc. I smell a rat!
@@theeggtimertictic1136 I smell a bot right here. Communicating with another bot.
CMDR Qrusha - the other 800 are receding, some rapidly. I wonder why you ignore those and look at 1 in 800 result you want to believe.
Wake up. You’ve been duped.
#LearnMMT
I finished my phd in solar energy last year, and sure, the solutions are not perfect, but the technology is sure good enough. Is the funding and political will that is not there yet.
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That's exactly right.
@Daniel Meyers i disagree. There are other ways to store energy than batteries, such as supercapacitors, hydrogen and other synthetic fuels, etc. Also there are smart solutions that can help distribute energy consumption better. And i do not think we should be using solar energy alone, but rather a combination of sources, to make sure the energy generation is better distributed. With respect to recycling solar panels, new methods have been recently developed. For example, first solar has developed methods to recycle their solar panels completely, and they are made of cdte, which is one of the hardest to recycle. On top of that, i do not believe that producing and recycling solar panels, wind turbines or even batteries every 15-25 years compares to the pollution fossil fuels are causing. If you are waiting for nuclear fusion to come around, they have been trying to make it work for about 50 years with very little progress, so i can't see that happening in the near future, which is when we need it. I did not say it would be easy to make the change, and it might not provide us with all the energy we are using, but it will provide us with all the energy we need. And despite recyciclability issues, renewables like solar, wind, geothermal or marine are the least contaminant way. On top of that, fortunately we have another 10-15 years before we have to recycle all those panels to figure out how to do it better.
@Daniel Meyers Nuclear has a very low response time though, so if you have peaks in energy consumption, you still need storage or alternative source of power. I don't know about the recycling of the material, but I now that if we cannot recycle it, we cont have that much uranium in the world to feed our needs for long. Also, according to the laws of thermodynamics it cannot be a completely closed loop (which still gives issues of safety, fuel extraction, etc.) I know renewables are not perfect, but it is also not the case for nuclear, for me that is a matter to think about where we want to put our research money. And China is also heavily investing in solar and wind and hydropower, so they are basically doing everything, which is probably the best approach for a fast solution. In my opinion that is one of the reasons our energy systems are failing now, because we decided to concentrate only in one source, and then we exhaust it.
@Daniel Meyers no problem, it is always healthy to have constructive discussions, and now i learned about nuclear fuel recycling ☺
Thanks for making this video. I'd love more videos on what we can do to make a real change. I generally feel a bit powerless when it comes to climate change.
Same! Making this series is definitely 50% a personal strategy to force myself to face it and muddle it out ;b let's see how I do!
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@@leenanorms Research Extinction Rebellion great video 👍
john doe thanks John, I’ll find out more about them 😊
The biggest single thing an individual can do is switch to a plant based diet.
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"The adults aren't sorting it! And also I think we might be the adults now" There were many scary/shocking facts in this but this one should not have been as hard hitting as it was for me😂 Great video, can't wait to see more 🙌
one thing that really gets to me about climate change is the narrative that our grandchildren won’t have a life that is recognisable to us. although this is true and very scary, i wish the current discussions about climate change also face up to the realities climate-related disasters occurring today, affecting the most vulnerable people in our world. for example rising sea levels means people living in pacific islands e.g. Kiribati are having to relocate their homes that have been in the family for generations. the islanders are passionate about campaigning for action, yet Kiribati as a state has contributed such a negligible amount towards global carbon emissions.
the people/countries that are least responsible for climate change are the most vulnerable to it. we will be fine. the UK (as an MEDC) will be fine. the millions of people who are being displaced right now and the predicted 1 billion climate refugees by 2050 will not 😣.
it is all very scary and upsetting as to me, the climate crisis is a humanitarian crisis.
but i’m really looking forward to the forthcoming videos and positive panic is definitely the way forward. it’s so easy to feel paralysed by the fear. thank you for making these videos, everyone should be talking about this ❤️
Excellent video! Neoliberalism has led us to believe that the solutions lie in our individual consumer choices but the climate crisis cannot be solved with capitalism.
Novara Media did a podcast with founders of the 'Labour for a Green New Deal' campaign - would thoroughly recommend listening to it. There's also a Novara Media interview with Asad Rehman on their youtube channel. He discusses climate justice and how climate change has been depoliticised by previous environmental movements.
If you're a student who is interested in climate justice activism, there are dozens of organisations that support grassroots student activism e.g. People & Planet. Many SU's have a P&P or fossil free society campaigning for their university to stop investing in fossil fuels. Activism is a great thing to get involved in if you feel like an insignificant individual in the face of this huge issue!
Such a good video! Can’t wait for more the series. Tell me the SOLUTIONS!!
On it!!!! 🧡
Man, I wish I had known that 100 companies 71% last month when I was teaching climate change to my 7th graders, it really paints a picture. Will have to remember and look up the next time I do climate change with a class.
Yes, that's quite a big one. However we also have to remember that these 100 companies do not exist in a vacuum: they produce things we all use, extract the petrol we put in our cars etc. So yeah, I'm pretty much on the camp "we need to look at the systemic level and not put all the blame on individuals", but at the same time I worry that catch phrases like these will make people distance themselves even more from the problem (as in, who cares if I drive to work every day when 100 companies produce 71% of all pollution). I hope I'm making sense!!
I've heard the Pentagon is one of the biggest climate change polluters -- are they included as one of the 100 companies (part of the military/industrial complex)?
hello leena. I watched you on the TH-cam creator channel. I really admire you because you speak very well and straightforwardly and another good thing is that your straightness does not make the audience hate you. that will understand you better . love you !!
First time commenter here! I'm an environmental engineer and I am going to have to choose my first job very very soon, and part of what makes me panic is the fact that there are so many aspects of climate change and human-based destruction. I want to make a difference, and I want to work for mitigating or at least adapting to the change, but I don't know how to start. I am currently doing an internship about waste treatment, which is a huge topic, but I'm already soooo freaked out because we shouldn't have so much waste in the first place, and we shouldn't have to incinerate and by doing so, release more Co2 and other polluants in the atmosphere, but we do now. And it's frightening.
I guess my point is that I'm very curious to see if your series can help me feel better about my field choice when I have to make it (which I should really work on now). Thanks for caring and daring to make a change.
If you want an interesting book, I really love this one : what we think about when we try not to think about climate change (per espen stones). It's about how we should speak about climate change to adapt to the psychology of people.
hey thats such a cool and important field to work in!
I hope you can work to make a difference! Makes me wish I was in a similar field
I've loved your channel for ages but this video has struck a chord more than any other - I'm off to sign up to the Gumption Club right now! Much love :)
well this was a bloody fantastic video, thanks for educating me x
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Doing small things like recycling, or choosing eco friendly options, is not something people do to save the climate. It's something people do to make themselves feel better about themselves. People do the small and easy things, so they have an excuse not to do the big changes.
Sometimes the world requires individual sacrifice, for the greater common good. We are now facing such a moment in history, but we're not aware of it, because it's not in our face yet. When you saw that glacier, it kinda went in your face, so you got it. But looking back to the last time the world was in such a predicament, was the last great war. Throughout the occupied Europe there were people working in cover, with sabotage, assassinations, illegal printing and other resistance activities taking up resources the Germans could have needed elsewhere. Throughout the free world there were people volunteering as conscripts, wanting to fight for other people's freedom. There were scientists defecting from fascist countries, going to help allied develop technology to fight the Germans. There was an enormous collective effort throughout the allied countries, in order to put a stop to a fascist take-over of Europe. Sometimes the world requires individual sacrifice, for the greater common good and we are now facing such a moment in history, again, but it hasn't dawned on people yet.
We have to do things that might hurt us. That is what a sacrifice is and that is what is demanded for us at this moment of time in history, not just recycling our coke bottle. When we learn that meat consumption is a bigger cause of greenhouse gasses than cars, then we can't really continue eating meat on a daily basis, even though that might be the best tasting option. We can't really afford to drive a car alone to work every day, instead of taking that horrible collective transportation alternative. And most greenhouse gasses is emitted through producing and transporting goods for consumption, so it's a necessity that we reduce our consumption significantly. You don't need a phone, a laptop, a desktop and an ipad. And you don't need to buy a new one, if the old one is still working. And you don't need to buy clothes if you can stitch up the old pants. And you don't dozens of cosmetic products, shampoos and such. And you don't need a shower every day. Everything you buy, is a part of the consumption . Eco-friendly alternatives are mostly just a lie, sometimes they're 10-20% better than the alternatives, but the best is to reduce the amount you use significantly, or cut it out all together. Generally the rule is, if it's comfortable to make a change - like changing the type of shampoo you use - then it's just a lie you tell yourself.
Secondly, comes the pressure we can put on the world through our political actions. If there's a political party that claims they are concerned about climate change, but they don't want to do anything that might hurt the economy, then they don't get it. Having to do drastic measures which might hurt the economy short term in order to prevent a huge economic crisis 50 years from now, is _of course_ a better option. The truth is we have to scale down consumption, private driving, meat eating and energy that comes from fossil fuel and that is going to hurt the economy in a short term. But not doing it will be far worse, so it's just a sacrifice we have to do. And so we cannot give any creed, or vote, to any party or politician that is not serious about this.
And if you ever hear someone criticise a party for being so green they will hurt the economy, then you know that's a political party worth voting for. We can't change the world through individual sacrifice alone, we need an entire movement, and we need people in important positions in society.
Love how you are using your platform to voice these issues! Positive panic is such a refreshing way to look at eco-anxiety >.< yes we need to freak out, but not into non-action but steady active advocacy 🧡
This was incredible. We need moreeeee. Joining the Gumption Club now ❤️
I struggle with conversations around climate change because plastic usage is usually one of the first things that comes up and in my experience those conversations can get very ableist very quickly. Thank you for speaking in such a positive way and not just going on about banning straws x
After working in climate change organisations for about 2,5 years (first volunteering and work experience), I had to take a break for my mental health. It's been nearly 5 years now and the break has become my life as I still don't know how to care so much and not be overwhelmed by the magnitude of the problem. I tend to shy away from videos on the subject, but I'm so glad I clicked on yours. It was the perfect balance between panic and positive and made me want even more to find my way back into action. So, thank you
This video is amazing! I've been in a constant internal battle between "I'm not doing enough to change my personal lifestyle" and "changing my personal lifestyle will have very little (if any) effect", so thanks for this!
Hahah definitely feel the same!
@Washington Strong arm bigger than the flat earth & moon hoaxs!! wow!
I‘m very guilty of not clicking on climate change videos or articles. It depresses me and fills me with shame and anger - I can‘t even watch „positive“ nature documentaries anymore. But I respect and value you and your opinions and videos so much that I decided to „sit through“ this, and boy did it hit home! I was almost offended when the Fridays for Future movement started, as I felt (and sometimes still feel) like it takes away from other important movements. But yes, maybe it just should be everyone‘s priority. I still think that it sort of diminishes other causes, mostly social justice ones. But I now see the necessity.
Man oh man, how I hate the individual shaming, when it‘s literally huge companies‘ and capitalism‘s fault that we‘re in this apocalyptic shit situation!
The science is 100% clear, it has been for 30 years. It is being ignored.
Look into joining Extinction Rebellion if you are concerned & want to make a real difference. Non violent protest is perfectly legal in the UK. We are making this a topic that is being discussed.
Have a nice Sunday.
stfu with your self loathing cult. you guys are the worst
@@nyoodmono4681 ooff ok calm down first please
@@therobin980 Ok. Well the science is not clear, the climate CO2 sensitivty is as uncertain as 30 years ago. The impact on biodiversity is troublesome but far away from any mass extinction. I am just sick of all these prophets of doom *not* taking a closer look on science.
Just signed up as a patreon - don't really have much money to spare but decided this is a worthy enough cause to donate to!
“the adults are sorting it” anything the leaders are doing right now, is frankly too little too late.
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Yes! Yes! Yes! Thank you for making this! As a person that works in the environmental world this is a very important message to get out there that us environmentalists/scientists are not alway great at conveying. I found my self nodding along to everything you were saying especially point 2! Thank you!
This is honestly one of my favourite videos on TH-cam! I’ve been a pretty avid eco nerd for years now and after doing tons of research and compiling all the data it’s terrifying. I’ve addressed this in small amounts in videos before and I’m so glad you’re addressing it too! God I love this 🙌🏻
Never have I ever clicked on a video so quick! Love this video so much! If you did a whole hour documentary about this I would watch it!
Finally someone is talking about the need for change higher up, it's all very well and good 'selling' an ecotrend to feel good about ourselves but in reality that's only a tiny part of a problem bigger than ourselves! More please!!!!
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Hi Leena! I'm currently studying a Master's degree on Climate Change, renewable energies and sustainability. I recommend you read about these topics: Peak Oil and degrowth. They really blew my mind and made me see a lot of things differently about climate change and what we will be living in the next decades.
Also, I almost didn't want to watch this video because I was afraid it was going to be another one about how you can just stop using plastic and the planet will be saved (the internet has been full of those lately) but I trusted you and it was so worth it. I'm so glad you've been doing the research on this! For a while I had been thinking about what you just mentioned in this video, how individual action takes the spotlight away from collective, meaningful action, and I'm just really happy you're here and making these important statements and creating content that I think is more informative about the consequences of climate change. I'll be waiting for the next episode impatiently!
Persuading yourself not to panic whilst panicking about climate change is SO ME. I've had a similar clicking moment/sudden realisation. I'm still gonna make art, bc it's what I'm good at, but now p much ALL of it is about educating, changing, inspiring progress for the climate crisis. Happy to say I'm working on 3 environmental art projects currently, and all of them, I hope, will create actual change. I'm also starting a social environmental project with my friend to do with corporations... so yeah. Positive panic. Let's do this.
I think the reason we cling to the individual changes we can make is because it feels like we're doing something. When I decide to alter any part of my life to lower my carbon footprint, I can just decide to and do it that day. I don't have to depend on anyone else to do it. I've always known this kind of thing will never be enough, but in a small city where I can't even get the municipal government I would like to have elected, it's so easy to feel like you're railing against this huge, immovable wall. And then, even if somehow, miraculously, we managed to get our federal government to see the crisis and actually take action, even if my entire country went zero emissions, it wouldn't be enough. Nothing makes me feel insignificant like trying to bring about solutions for climate change. But I haven't stopped yet and I will never stop, because there isn't another option.
Amazing video! And deserving of far more than 9,000 views.
I, too, intend on dedicating the next 11 years to progressing climate action, and holding those who profit off of the destruction of the planet to account.
I’ll be 34 by then, and hope that the future will look much more certain than it does now.
I love that you don't shy away from examining your own thoughts and behaviour! You just became the first person I support on Patreon :)
Aw thank you so much that means the world 🧡
This was amazing! I'm so impressed that you can even make a topic on climate change hilarious! And THANK YOU for addressing the need for systemic change as opposed to the usual focus on lifestyle changes as the answer. This is so important and I will share this widely!
This video is so very important for me, because i'm stressing about this to the point of having nightmares of extinction, waking up in the middle of the night thinking what i can do to limit my carbon footprint, and worrying if i should ever have children. You have somehow calmed me down a bit and motivated to do better at the same time. Thank you so much
Loved this video and can't wait to join Gumption Club and see the rest of the series.
I'm worried about the impact animal agriculture has on the earth and that no one is really acknowledging it except vegans. It is such an important subject to be explored and discussed publicly. If at all possible, I would love it if you discussed this.
Yes! Been working with this issue since high school and you just put everything I ever have wanted to say to people in this video!
I had this EXACT reaction to seeing the Franz Josef Glacier when I was in New Zealand. Thank you for making this video.
thank you for this video leena! climate change scares me so deeply and at times it feels paralyzing, but...I still want to be able to talk about it with other people so that we can collectively work toward change. because I get the FEELING that climate change is only something that will change if we're able to work together.
Love this series! Thank you for making it!
Thanks!
As a climate scientist, I've spent years trying to convince people that climate change is something that urgently needs large scale action. Your video does an incredible job at tackling the biggest problem that we face: indifference. Too many people I meet feel powerless and anxious when the topic of climate change comes up and your framing addressed that brilliantly. Seeing a glacier for the first time changed my life, hopefully you telling about your experience in Iceland will also inspire others to act.
I loved this! Especially drawing out the difference between caring about the environment and caring about 'nature' - too many people think this is only something hippies/outdoorsy/liberal people should care about but really this effects every human!
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@Washington Strong arm rofl, you just copying & pasting that to everyone eh.. Very very sad lame Fake name youtube user...
Amazing video!!!!! Thank you for raising awareness. I do everything I can do make a difference individually but recently I have realised that I need to think bigger than that!!
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Tweeted a link, hope it helps spread awareness! I've been saying this for years so I'm really grateful to be able to share your fact filled video as well
Thank you so much for pointing out Lie #3 cause I've been trying to get that into people's heads for ages. Though it feels like lots of people who don't care about climate change don't care about other humans either so...
Thank you so very much for doing this ! Can't wait for more positive panic videos! This is a terrifying topic, the more you dive in the worse it looks, but there is still time and we might be small consumers, but together we can have a great impact
Leena you are an absolute dream. Thank you so much for making these big things so accessible and lighthearted. I can’t wait for the rest of this series. I think climate change is partly so terrifying because it heightens existentialism in everyone’s minds. Death is something we all know is there and no one talks about it, but this climate crisis is making that not only more imminent but bringing it into discourse, which I think is an all-round shock for our societies.
Aw thank you, that's lovely to say x definitely it's linked with our avoidance of death ! Have you seen the death positive movement on youtube? It's so interesting!
Thank you! You are right! There is still hope! Yesterday scientist at the ETH in Zürich just released a new way of making kerosin for airplanes out of sunlight and CO2-air. It works but the only catch is that it costs twice as much as normal kerosin. Looks like the politics needs to step in !
I'm really excited about this series! I'm just finishing my bachelor's and I want to get involved to make a change but I have no idea where to start. Looking forward to more videos!!
I worked at a Party store (I won't say which one) a couple years ago for about two months. Every single day we had to fill multiple huge bags of non recyclable plastic waste (from packaging). Then I really took a look at the products we sold and I asked myself "what's going to happen to all this junk when the party is over". Just one company in one location made me realize how ignorant we actually are. Absolutely NON of this means "don't bother recycling". People and companies need to be aware of how they are disposing of their trash. I look into my back yard every week and it looks like a land fill, because that's where the entire neighborhood's trash inevitably ends up! These are the reasons I am so conscious of what I do with my garbage when I'm done with it. Yes, it's work and No, I feel like it's useless. What else am I doing about it? I'm telling you.
I love this video. To the second lie, I would add that climate change intersects with other systemic injustices like gender and racial inequality. Those things do stop us from dealing with it properly in the West because the majority of its victims are women and people of colour in the global south. So you can't care about creating a fairer world for us all without caring about climate change and vice versa. You cannot do anything about climate change without understanding the role that neoliberal capitalism plays in it. All of this is to say, that climate change puts pressure on the politics we already have and maybe why we don't want to think about it too hard. 👀💀
this is really important! climate breakdown is 100% an issue of human rights and of systematic injustices - it really is the sheet that affects everything else
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Mixing climate change with race and gender.
Yes, you're indeed American.
@@AlexDestaK that is something called intersectionality, maybe you should google it.
@@anotherdegenerate3520 Well, let's clarify one little thing, intersectionality is basically used to blur the distinction between scientific analysis and political commitment to make acceptable, particularly on the left, the identity and culturalist claims of minorities by assimilating them to social struggles in the name of equality.
Intersectionality is part of an Americanized and ghettoized vision that results in opposing so-called "black" feminism to so-called "white" feminism and therefore considered "bourgeois".
Another issue of your intersectionality BS is that it implies a hierarchy in the struggles.
Anyway, all of this to say that intersectionality has nothing to do with climate change/ecology.
That's very nice to use a "complicated" term, it makes you look smart if you know what you're talking about, but you apparently do not.
The word you were looking for is ecofeminism.
Next time you try to look smart around dumb people, make a little effort, and look up the word yourself.
Here you go little girl : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectionality
I AM JOINING GUMPTION CLUB FIRST THING TOMORROW.
Was on the brink anyway and this has just pushed me over.
RESOURCES: me? I work for a charity/ sustainable enterprise in South London that has been working on this for decades, my CEO is epic and well worth an interview. We're called Bioregional and we coined the phrase one planet living, would love to work with you, you're awe inspiring, thanks so much for doing this ❤❤
@Washington Strong arm 😆
Just what I needed!! Thank you so much Leena. Watched this after coming home from my psychiatrist who told me to ‚just write down three positive things before bed time‘
I LOVE this! As a conservationist I obviously want to save our wildlife but I completely agree with you that if we want keep an environment that's habitable for us, we need to change the perspective. As much as we can do ourselves, we need everyone to realise how much danger we are in and governments and big corporations to change. Thank you so much ❤
Great video Leena ! I really like the positive angle you took, really looking forward to the next installements in the series :)
Regarding getting info on how to participate in the human efforts agains climate change, I find local associations really good because they're pressuring the local mayor/PM/whatever to close nuclear plants, or better the recycling scheme in the area and so are really good at taking big steps at a local (but not indivual) scale.
Also, your space dress and your dinosaur shirt/dress are super cool !!
By the way, I was wondering if you'd be considering opening a Utip page ? It's a really good tipping system where the donators can watch 1 to 5 ads a day and the content creator gets around a penny, which isn't much but is super cool for those of us who are not able to be a Patreon but would like to support creators :)
OKAY. Here are 4 documentaries (found on Netflix) that not only explained to me exactly what's happening regarding climate changing, but gave me GENUINE HOPE that things can change with the right focus on the right things. A Life On Our Planet & Chasing Coral allowed me to understand the full impact. And Kiss The Ground & Brave Blue World made me see feel a lot less helpless. They made me see that there are things being done and real tangible ways to create an impact are POSSIBLE. But really, the best some of us can do is spread the information in these documentaries, and work towards ways that we can help. Not only have these documentaries given me hope (and quite frankly made me cry), I feel like I actually have goals and a purpose bigger than me FINALLY. Love you all ❤🙏🏽
Thanks for the tips!
I love your videos, Leena, but this video has provided so much inspiration that I’m actually looking into studying climate change and renewable energy!! (I am 26 and never went to Uni and never thought I’d even entertain the idea of going back to studying)
I want to spend my time more wisely by trying to ensure that future generations get to enjoy their time on Earth just as much as I get to now. I’ve always been an advocate for taking care of this planet, but your video has given me the push I needed to take my passion a step further! Thank you so much, Leena, keep being yourself!
I agree with everything you said in this video. The point I really realised how important the issue of climate change is and how urgent was watching the David Attenborough documentary that was on recently and I've felt really anxious about it ever since. I do feel pretty powerless so I'd love more videos on what can be done to actually help
Hi, I'm new! Just wanted to tell you how helpful I'm finding the thoughts & facts in this video. Have subscribed. Thanks!
Aw thank you, that means the world.x
I live minus four meters below the sea level, and I am in need of a positive way to freak out.
Look up Al Gore's 8.9 million seafront property ... that should ease your mind! He mustn't be too worried.
This is so strange , I’m pretty sure I was in Iceland at the time as you . It was really cool seeing someone visiting all the places I checked out . Also yes it definitely enlightened me on some scary truths about global warming.
Hahah maybe so! It’s a small world. Yey glad you enjoyed it x
You're so right about the nuance about Lie One. One can refuse plastic straws until the cows come home, but 47% of the plastic waste in the ocean is discarded fishing equipment, which itself is driving the depletion of fish populations.
However, individual actions, like maybe cutting back on seafood or getting it from a sustainable source is one less customer for irresponsible fisheries and could help inspire other people to make similar decisions.
I think the hard part is finding the balance between doing the right thing versus what you've been led to understand is the right thing.
As a Humanist, I think we'll find a way, but it's going to be hard work.
This Video is so wonderfully made. When I first heard that only a handful of company’s are responsible for the majority of greenhouse gas emissions I was just as shocked. I really hope that many people see this video and I am already waiting for the next one ❤️
„The adults aren’t sorting it and also, I think we are the adults now.”
Noooooooo nooo noo, god why?? Don’t do this to me! 😂😂😂 Goddamn 🙈
This was the lie I told myself the most when I was a child and crying myself to sleep from anxiety and panic about climate change. Its debunking was one of the most depressing and attitude-changing step of development for me and it catapulted me right into nihilism.
I recovered from it somewhat.
But good lord, this statement of yours war brutal and I love it 😂😂
Amazing video ♥️
I LOVE these sorts of videos. We HAVE to be real about it, learning that Climate Change isn't about the extinction of the planet, but the extinction of us, was such a big turning point in my own fight and the way I tall about it.
So far, a lot of my fight about climate change revolves around the textile industry, and trying to get everyone I know (and more) into slow fashion and understanding that clothes shouldn't be cheap, because we should make sure the people making our clothes are getting paid properly and are in safe environments.
This is the first time i've considered joining a patreon group
To be fair, while big companies might be responsible for a lot of pollution etc., it's only us as consumers that allow them to keep doing it by purchasing their products. Ah, capitalism.
Are you aware that going vegan is the single biggest thing you can do to reduce your impact on the environment? The animal agriculture industry is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases (at 14.5% of global emissions, ahead of all transport combined) and if everyone in the US did meatless Monday, it would be equivalent to taking 7.6 million cars off the road.
To be fair, I went vegan for the animals, but the reduced carbon footprint was a nice bonus. I worked out that my cat and I both have about the same carbon footprint because of his diet o.O
You know what? I have enough. I'm vegan, I recycle plastic, cardboard, batteries...... I make my own compost. I shop in second hand commerce and try to get as much as possible responsible trade products. So give me a break, I have enough of governments and companies pushing responsibility to the people.
@@OjoRojo40 I agree. It's like people forget that companies have agency, and can't help but make the cheapest most pollution products.
This was an amazing battle cry!! ❤️
Loved this video! This really helped place my minor, daily efforts into perspective and made me realise that I need to rethink how to take action myself and join movements to hold those (e.g. 100 companies) who can make real, impactful changes accountable. Very much look forward to the next one in the series!
I would highly recommend the documentary 2040, it’s a letter from the director to his daughter about what her life in 2040 could look like if we started incorporating all the technology that exists now to mitigate climate change and is such a positive doco! I was surprised to learn that seaweed is going to be hugely important.
I am looking forward to this series so much!
Cant wait to hear some of your solutions because honestly I'm only 19 but I feel as though I've given up hope of helping with climate change. The fact that its massive companies that have the largest effect makes my one person changes seem futile. Plz give us some hope Leena!!
@@HankaAAR I am really conscious of who I buy from and about making sure to reuse and keep on top of recycling but it just feels like the majority of people dont/ aren't so it feels really pointless. They're all still getting so many customers and sales. But I definitely think youtubers like Leena spreading the word to encourage more people can make a difference
Love this! I think this is a great series. What about a video on community or the lack of community due to social media use. Loneliness. Mental health issues. Growth of depression. Etc. to me that’s a very large problem in society worth discussing. 🤷🏻♀️
Thank you for this! Hopefully this video is the first step in using my panic productively rather than switching off because of it!!
I'd recommend looking into the Transition Movement - bringing people together locally to make communities that will be able to support themselves mentally and physically through these turning times. If there isn't a group near you, start one. Oh yes, and Johanna Macy.
Leena, I LOVE this video. I love how much fun you had while making this and your energy is truly contagious. Thank you for just doing you
You captured my climate change anxiety to a fxcking t.
I put this on my watch later playlist for a day I could cope watching. So glad I did, brilliant video thank you.
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LEENA! I was FREAKING out already; the earth is fucked, and we're screwed; yet you managed to freak me out even more, I want to call it a quit and die now.
!!! I love this video and can’t wait for more in the series. I remember learning in an enviro policy class that education of women was one of the most effective steps in climate change mitigation! Definitely an interesting facet of this conversation imo. Studying environmental science/policy is unbelievably depressing, but oh so important. It brings up so many negative emotions and frustrations, but that’s life, that’s being a human, it’s never been easy and this is our current challenge and most important cause. The planet will be fine (probably happy to see us gone tbh) but I would personally like to mitigate human suffering by keeping this planet inhabitable for our wacky species !!!
I was heavily debating clicking on this video, as I have such terrible climate change anxiety that I’ve had to start seeing a therapist because I was having daily panic attacks. I wish I knew how to accomplish anything more than individual change
Wonderful! Positive panic is where I’m aiming to be!
Honestly never been able to make it all the way through a video on climate change, as it can massively trigger my anxiety and depression, but I can say that I actually made it through this one :) found it really helpful tbh. Your attitude and energy really helped me to feel able to watch it without clicking off😊
Your video really surprised me, I wasn’t expecting anything like that. I absolutely adore you for adressing the topic in such a right manner! Thank you.
One of my modules in college is called global change and it can be pretty intense but there are things being looked into and there's whole programs and models just to figure out how we can improve our situation or at the very least work towards not making it worse!
Thank you so much for this Lena. I feel like it is these big companies and idiotic politicians who have the power to really change things. I choose to not support these companies and vote but it hasn't changed anything so I'm not sure what to do next. It does honestly feel overwhelming but I think there is more we could do. I just don't know what it is. I'm joining the gumption club because I want to talk to clever people and find out what can actually be done. Thank you!!!
Really brilliant work. I found it on FB via a post from Mothers Rise Up. I will be sharing with gusto.
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a comment re: the hundred companies defence: those 100 companies are sort of evil, yes, but they also provide products to us, consumers, and thus, we are the ones that can starve them of their profits by changing our personal habits... fuel companies need seat in cars, farmers need mouths full of beef and dairy, clothes companies (fast fashion is the 2nd most-polluting industry) need you to go out and buy their newest line... so we need collective change but cleaning up one's space is also vital if we are to reduce the power of a company
Maybe you could do some interviews with people you know who are involved in climate change activism and ideally scientists working in this field :) it is so cool to see someone making content like this. You inspire me to try and do more to make the world a better place ❤️
thank you for telling your story this way!! it makes such a huge impact to see someone grappling with all these questions and critiquing their own choices. not even done watching but I love this video and your channel.
this is probably the best video on climate change i’ve seen yet. you break this down so well
4 years ago now. 6/7 years to go :o I feel so motivated to join the cause
Wooooow I'm so amazed by how well you tackle this... I'm a recently graduated bio engineer and I'm so scared by climate change. We have to rescue ourselves and as many other species as we can.
Yeeeeees
I almost didn’t click this video fearing it would be more of the same
I’m very excited for the next videos of this serious
Thank you for doing this ❤️
This video is fantatsic. Your channel is the most genuine channel I know of on TH-cam.
Aw thank you that means a lot 🧡
this is great! Hopefully, the youtube algorythm picks up on this!
I'm from Iceland and this scares me so much! But I'm glad you enjoyed your trip though
👋oh yey hey! Did I say the name of the glacier correctly? Yes I loved it, one of my best trips ever!
@@leenanorms Well, not exactly but close enough for me to understand 😂
Pleeease make this a series! Subscribed!
Can you please give the solutions asap before anxiety kills me.
there is no solution that you're gonna be able to achieve on your own. Check out extinction rebellion though: rebellion.earth/the-truth/
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Freya Hanley yep! Also check out if there are school strikes happening near you. Even if you’re out of school, they always want support from adults. It’s all of our future after all!
@@freyahanley3770 I am on the extinction rebellion Ireland page thank you!
@@leilaclendon5442 Look into XR, there are thousands like you :)