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Do I Make Good Climate Choices?

This is a really difficult question to answer and it raises a lot of ideas by asking it. I would say that I make okay, but not great, climate choices. The main ways that I live a climate conscious lifestyle are in my clothing and in my eating. I have been vegetarian for a long time and try to eat as sustainably as possible. I also like to buy and eat local food and most of my food comes from local places. However no one can be a perfectly climate minded consumer. I also don’t buy many new clothes which helps reduce clothing waste and the emissions from new clothing. I ride my bike all the time but I drive, too. While these things make a difference it is really minuscule in comparison to the climate crisis as a whole. I could be the most climate conscious person ever but it really would not make a huge difference.        This is the point where this question gets really interesting to me. Does it even matter if we go vegan, thrift, or use energy efficient travel met...