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Feb 12, 2023Liked by The Climate Psychologists

Completely agree, the “direct” mitigation behaviours only add up to to the true power of “indirect” if you happen to be a jet-flying meat eater!

I’ve been writing a bit about direct Vs indirect action versus the roles we play (funder, consumer, employer etc) and the more I learn the more I realise your true power the richer you are lies in with your money.

Resource inequality is at the root of climate breakdown and so anything we can do with money (better pensions, reparative finance) has more impact than individual small actions… but they still matter too!

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Thank you for this comment (which also made me sign up for your newsletter, yay!) - very much agree! And am happy to hear that more people are discussing the difference between direct and indirect mitigation behaviors! I really believe that we need to us the whole behavioral repertoire, and become better at thinking about where our biggest potential lies.

And yes, the small actions matter, especially for our own sake, for living in line with our values, being good role models and as a way of adapting. Will be addressing that in a future news letter as well :) /Frida

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