Why individual action matters more than the critics claim
When I shared upEarth, I noticed many critiques weren't actually about the app itself but came from political angles. The current state of climate action on individual level is stuck between political disparities and leadership conflicts. Thus, the thought of individual action gets dismissed.
But the truth is that the lifestyles we've adopted drive the problem. The electricity that powers our lives, the fuel that moves our cars and the endless production cycles behind food, clothing, and technology reveal how every layer of modern living is tied some way to oil, energy, and combustion.
Evolving tech is controlling and reducing production emissions, but rising demand from population growth and subconscious habits keeps breaking the balance. If we don't act to counterbalance these demands, the earth will continue compounding the effect and hit an inflexion point where the ecosystem breaks.
At that stage, survival tech might evolve, but restoring the losses would be impossible. Present living generations may not feel it as harshly, but the next ones will face a far more catastrophic state of Earth.
A common critique I get is: "Why bother planting trees and tracking impact when industries and jets emit more in a day than I ever could?" See, you're missing to look the other way around.
Your ignorance to action is a choice yet it reinforces the same political deadlock we blame leaders for. Choosing to act, even in small ways, is an intellectual way of looking at outcomes the other way around.
As the needs continue to raise, we cannot rewind earth to pre-industrial revolution, but we can extend the equilibrium and get to experience as well as share its natural beauty with our future generations. That's the basic intent behind upearth.app in making individual climate action accessible and meaningful.
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