Kimberly Nicholas
Appearances
Short Wave
Nature Quest: The Climate-Kid Question
One round-trip flight emits 1.6 tons, and that's equivalent to two years of eating meat. So for a high flyer, someone who frequently flies, by far the biggest action you can do is reduce your flying. You'd have to be a vegetarian for 25 years to equal out the flying of one year. So it really adds up. This is Kimberly Nicholas.
Short Wave
Nature Quest: The Climate-Kid Question
That's because in the long run, having a kid produces a lot of emissions.
Short Wave
Nature Quest: The Climate-Kid Question
The math doesn't pencil out if you say, OK, well, I'm someone who doesn't want to have a child. That means I get 50 flights a year.
Short Wave
Nature Quest: The Climate-Kid Question
For people who don't want a child, who don't see themselves as a parent. I think that's a really valid choice and something that needs to be accepted and supported. That gives you more energy and incentive to fight for and work for a better future and do these high-impact climate actions that will help us get there.
Short Wave
Nature Quest: The Climate-Kid Question
And we have a lot of power in this situation. If you are lucky enough to live in a democracy, then you have citizen actions available to you, which most of the world does not.