The first thing I always see people say is plant a garden/trees or recycle, but I don’t have land, and I live in a red state that seems to hate recycling. The closest place to take plastic last I checked was over an hour away by car.

I know anything I do would have a negligible effect, but I’m sick of not doing anything.

Also is there anything I can do about the heat without running the AC? I try to leave the windows open, but they’re all on one side and don’t seem to allow for much airflow that way.

  • ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml
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    15 days ago

    First off, you are already doing a lot by just living in an apartment, more than most.

    I am lazy, and I try to prioritize the most effective solutions. People might disagree, but if it is not very effective I don’t do it. I do not agree with the “everything little thing helps”. It’s not a sustainable way of living in a world that does not make it easy to do the right things. It’s better to focus on high impact areas and stop there.

    I do

    • I live in an apartment
    • I do not own a car, and just use the rare taxi
    • I try to buy and sell used items as much as is reasonable
    • I rarely travel by plane
    • Eat more vegetarian than before

    I do not

    • I do not recycle plastics, it is too bothersome and I doubt that it even helps much. Sometimes already clean plastics are recycle. It’s already being used to heat apartments by burning it at the optimal temperature for low emissions anyways.

    • I do not grow plants for other reasons than aesthetics and herbs. As long as it does not actively harm insects or similar.

    • I do not avoid using the cloud. It’s to bothersome running things at home. I just want to set and forget