What can you do about climate change? A chat with Monitor reporters.
Dave Scott (Audience Engagement Editor): Climate change seems like a really overwhelming problem. In Venice, Italy, they just had the worst tidal floods in five decades. St. Mark’s Square looked like a community swimming pool – albeit a dirty one.
You both write about this all the time. What can I do personally to help with this global problem – if anything?
Amanda Paulson (Environment Writer): Well, if you’re wondering what actions you can take that might actually make a dent in something huge like sea level rise or floods in Venice – the short answer is, not much. But if you’re wondering what kinds of actions you can take that help, there’s a whole long list from cutting out hamburgers to riding your bike.
Dave: It’s winter in Boulder. Are you still riding your bike?
Amanda: We ride our bikes through any kind of weather! We’re hardy souls.
Dave: Are you suggesting that I sell my car?
Nothing so drastic. I schlep my kids around to soccer games and art classes in a Subaru. For the past year, I have had an electric bike, which makes me more likely to use it
