Klara Jagovit

All About Them/ À trois on y va

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Let's talk about climate change. Let's talk about me. I eat beef, which contributes significantly to the air pollution as cows need a lot of plants to eat and, as a result, they produce gases which go to the atmosphere. I'm neither vegan nor vegetarian, which means I kill animals for the pure pleasure of consuming meat. Of course, I don't kill them personally. I pay big corporations to receive nicely portioned and clean pieces of meat which I prepare at home in the form of chops. I even come from a town which is one of the biggest producers of meat throughout my country. I could stop eating beef, shifting from beef to fish or chicken, with a hope that in 20 years time I will not be consumed by cancer, stroke or suffer from a heart attack. I don't drive as I don't have a driving license. Consequently, I use the public transport. I sometimes walk. I live in places heated by coal, so I contribute to the rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. I also waste a lot of plastic bags and produce far too much rubbish. I consume what is available, without growing anything of my own. I even buy books which I read once and probably leave them on the shelf, forgetting that they are the reason for a lot of trees being cut. I'm guilty.

I am guilty of what you are guilty. So let's talk about you. Can you do anything to stop our climate from changing, the icebergs from melting, the coral reefs from dying? Can you think of a way you can leave your planet a little bit better for next generations? Can you use the examples of Sweden and Denmark to shift from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy? Can you switch from your means of transport and be more eco-friendly? Can you be less cynical about the issue as we know you cannot save the world but you can save at least one person, one garden, one tree?

Let's talk about climate change. Let's talk about us. Can we do something for our world, as I believe that you, me and Leonardo DiCaprio walk on the same planet each day, every day? Can we do something in time Before the Flood?