• Prox@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Sorting your trash is the human equivalent of planting a tree, and it’s especially valuable if you have/teach children. It’s a small activity that helps to build better habits and mindsets.

    It won’t change the world today, but it will build a foundation for changing the world tomorrow.

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      15 hours ago

      This reminds me of something I was commenting about yesterday.

      Focus on your immediate environment first, and make your little corner of the world better before you worry about saving the universe.

      And like you said, it is a habit and mindset thing. If you plant a tree in your yard or in your community, no it will not save the rain forest, but your mental health and physical health and living conditions will all be slightly better off than they were before it.

      If you start intentionally working in these positive actions that provide tiny incremental improvements, before you know it you may be feeling more than incrementally better.

      • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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        9 hours ago

        If you start intentionally working in these positive actions that provide tiny incremental improvements, before you know it you may be feeling more than incrementally better.

        some of those positive actions and changes can be really fun, too. sometimes it’s hard to tell whether you’re going to enjoy something before you dive into it, especially when the brain is in misery mode.

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      20 hours ago

      It’s a small change that everyone can make for themselves, and for their piece of mind. This shouldn’t feel like a chore - and even more so a particular blame we take on from the big corpos.

      Doing what’s technically right is what will change the world - even if our enemy is a corpo cartel.

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        18 hours ago

        Right so we should just never plant trees and never even try to give back to the planet that provides everything we need to live because one day that tree might be ripped out or cut down, or die naturally.

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          16 hours ago

          Until you kill the fuckers tearing them out, you’re just lying, making yourself comfortable with doing nothing.

          We absolutely need to be planting and nourishing those trees.

          And they must, unfortunately, be watered with blood.

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        18 hours ago

        I’ve planted several trees in my life and none of them have been torn out. A few have burned in a forest fire, though.