We WILL Fix Climate Change!

Published 2022-04-05
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Our home is burning. Rapid climate change is destabilizing our world. It seems our emissions will not fall quickly enough to avoid runaway warming and we may soon hit tipping points that will lead to the collapse of ecosystems and our civilization.

While scientists, activists and much of the younger generation urge action, it appears most politicians are not committed to do anything meaningful while the fossil fuel industry still works actively against change. It seems humanity can’t overcome its greed and obsession with short term profit and personal gain to save itself.

And so for many the future looks grim and hopeless. Young people feel particularly anxious and depressed. Instead of looking ahead to a lifetime of opportunity they wonder if they will even have a future or if they should bring kids into this world. It’s an age of doom and hopelessness and giving up seems the only sensible thing to do.

But that’s not true. You are not doomed. Humanity is not doomed.


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  • @TheClick
    "It's dire, but not hopeless" I think is a good mindset for most serious problems in life
  • @FindTheFun
    "Design consumer goods that are repairable and durable"
    This is how everything was made until companies realized they could make more money if their products broke more often. We have advanced backwards.
  • I'm a chemical engineer student who started studying with the motivation to help the climate crisis. At times I feel like maybe I'm too late, there is nothing I can do and I get anxious. Every time i watch this video it reminds me why I chose to study and help in every way I can and just not give up. Thank you very much.
  • As someone who lives in north Africa which suffers greatly from climate change, I thank you a lot for the hope you just gave me
  • @TehAlekzi
    "Design consumer goods that are repairable and durable" Apple has been giving very mixed signals recently by having no plastic in their packaging meanwhile designing electronics you can't repair, even something as simple as power cord have been fixed in place so that consumers can't repair even the most simplest of things.
  • @Bonku.Movies
    6 months ago
    “You cant fix climate change”
    Now
    “WE can fix climate change”
  • @Superricesticky
    if everyone watching this video sent it to one person, they know there will be so many people that will realise it's not hopeless.
  • @turqueo
    This video is my rock through all of this terrible stuff - currently at school I’ve been feeling pretty down due to my science teacher being pessimistic about the situation. But seeing this sparks hope for not just me but so many people. Where there’s bad news, good news will usually counter it. That’s really the nature of humanity. And you’re so right, hope is what the world needs. Without it nothing will change. Thank you so much for giving hope to us.
  • Never thought about the fact that buying the "We're all f*cked" mentality benefits the people who are responsible. I'm for sure going to stay hopefull and do something.
  • @zambrano8512
    "We need to design consumer goods that are repairable and more durable"

    Apple left the chat
  • @PlaysGames11
    It's a collective effort. I invested hard-earned money into solar self-consumption, lowered heating to 18 degrees C in winter, reusing energy when applicable and so on. I repair my electronics or keep them as safe as I can when I can't repair them. Being careful with your possessions and accepting to give away a bit of your own comfort will be part of making the transition to 0 degree change in the future
  • @codydaniel3097
    Watching this in late July 23' really hoping there's a chance we can stop the oceans from warming more. Really concerned about our blue planet with these corporations and militarily industrial complex destroying everything.
  • @OmicronGaming
    This is such a nice balance between the extremes of believing we’re all doomed and not believing in climate change at all
  • @ReppLoyd
    This actually hit me, it's so easy to fall into hopelessness with the constant barrage of bad news that you can't help but turn a blind eye to the progress we've made
  • @TeegsKJ
    I have a 9month old son and have had many anxieties with having brought him into the world/feeling like I’ll not be able to protect him if the worst does happen. But apathy and anxiety about what’s going to happen will ultimately not help him. So thank you for lifting me up today and I will be sending this video to my friends.
  • @penneylane123
    Crazy to think this is the same channel who freaked the shit out of me with black holes when I was 11 who has now restored my faith 😊
  • @am_we
    I have 2.5 years left for my Environmental Science degree. I WILL help solve this climate crisis!!! This video made me feel even more motivated.
  • 10:25 "Design consumer goods that are repairable and durable"

    Understated and underrated point. Unlike renewable energy, companies still have every incentive to plan obsolescence and maintain the economy of throwaway consumer goods.
  • Thank you so much for this video. My teen has been battling this hopelessness while I’ve been trying to encourage fighting against climate change.