Building Technology for Sustainable Food Future | Food & Climate Entrepreneur | TEDx Speaker
You can't be an environmentalist and eat meat.
You can't be an environmentalist and fly.
You can't be an environmentalist and use plastic.
You can't be an environmentalist and use fossil-based energy.
You can't be an environmentalist and drive, even an EV.
You can't be an environmentalist and ...
You can't be an environmentalist.
If being perfect is the only way, we will not make any progress. Many well-meaning people advocate for absolutes because they believe so strongly in their cause. I admire and share much of that passion. And yet, blaming or shaming people for making incremental and imperfect change is entirely unproductive.
Climate activists, environmentalists, and advocates live and work in modern society; therefore, they are not perfect. Let's not waste our time looking for perfection, but instead celebrate and elevate progress and those working their hearts out to make it happen.
#climate#climatechange#activism#environment
Love this Michael. Striving for perfection isn't practical, but progress is essential. Absolutes can discourage meaningful change. Climate activists and environmentalists are part of modern society, so expecting perfection is unrealistic. Instead, let's celebrate and support those making efforts, however incremental. Progress, not perfection, will drive the change we need.
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Linda Aspey Excellent comment! "Yes, and ........ we can, if we have privilege of choice, use those choices and align our behaviour with our own personal values. There are some things that are massive to overcome within my current living systems, such as to live without any plastic, and there are others that I can choose to make, for example, what I eat and how I travel. If I don't align as much as possible, I will end up struggling with a constant state of dissonance. Pointing fingers is not helpful at all, but self soothing our dissonance (if we have it) with disavowal (managing the inner tensions of knowing and yet not knowing) isn't either. We can seek both system change and a willingness to dig deep to what's stopping us from making personal changes - without getting completely bound up in perfectionism.
However if we asked someone less privileged than me (and there are many more of those than there are people like me - plus all the more than humans) they would likely and in my view rightly, challenge us to do far far more than we do now.
I would hope that we can hold all of these tensions and keep talking without attacking, explore what kind of choices would be fairer to all and hopefully work towards a shared vision."
Building Technology for Sustainable Food Future | Food & Climate Entrepreneur | TEDx Speaker
You can't be an environmentalist and eat meat.
You can't be an environmentalist and fly.
You can't be an environmentalist and use plastic.
You can't be an environmentalist and use fossil-based energy.
You can't be an environmentalist and drive, even an EV.
You can't be an environmentalist and ...
You can't be an environmentalist.
If being perfect is the only way, we will not make any progress. Many well-meaning people advocate for absolutes because they believe so strongly in their cause. I admire and share much of that passion. And yet, blaming or shaming people for making incremental and imperfect change is entirely unproductive.
Climate activists, environmentalists, and advocates live and work in modern society; therefore, they are not perfect. Let's not waste our time looking for perfection, but instead celebrate and elevate progress and those working their hearts out to make it happen.
#climate#climatechange#activism#environment
In my upcoming book on #sustainability, I stress that "Nobody can do Everything, but Everybody can do Something".
Irina Gerry's post resonated with me, and underlines that we can't let Perfect be the enemy of Good. I'd rather have 100 people being Good than 10 people being Perfect.
If we are to combat the #climatecrisis, we need to bring people into the tent rather than push them out. We can all be #environmentalists as long as we are making positive progress. Onwards together!
Building Technology for Sustainable Food Future | Food & Climate Entrepreneur | TEDx Speaker
You can't be an environmentalist and eat meat.
You can't be an environmentalist and fly.
You can't be an environmentalist and use plastic.
You can't be an environmentalist and use fossil-based energy.
You can't be an environmentalist and drive, even an EV.
You can't be an environmentalist and ...
You can't be an environmentalist.
If being perfect is the only way, we will not make any progress. Many well-meaning people advocate for absolutes because they believe so strongly in their cause. I admire and share much of that passion. And yet, blaming or shaming people for making incremental and imperfect change is entirely unproductive.
Climate activists, environmentalists, and advocates live and work in modern society; therefore, they are not perfect. Let's not waste our time looking for perfection, but instead celebrate and elevate progress and those working their hearts out to make it happen.
#climate#climatechange#activism#environment
Progress Over Perfection🌱
If we want systems change and to meet the sustainable development goals, we need to invite everyone to be part of the change.
We need to be inclusive and show how everyone can contribute, not just as individual consumers, but also as voters, owners, workers, or employees.
We can all do our best through our various roles.
Perhaps making your own super sustainable shampoo will have some impact, but talking about sustainability with your colleagues and management at work can create even more ripple effects and impact.
Where can you have the most impact?
#embeddingsustainability#everyjobisasusutainabilityjob#trueimpact#sustainabilityPia Heidenmark Cook
Building Technology for Sustainable Food Future | Food & Climate Entrepreneur | TEDx Speaker
You can't be an environmentalist and eat meat.
You can't be an environmentalist and fly.
You can't be an environmentalist and use plastic.
You can't be an environmentalist and use fossil-based energy.
You can't be an environmentalist and drive, even an EV.
You can't be an environmentalist and ...
You can't be an environmentalist.
If being perfect is the only way, we will not make any progress. Many well-meaning people advocate for absolutes because they believe so strongly in their cause. I admire and share much of that passion. And yet, blaming or shaming people for making incremental and imperfect change is entirely unproductive.
Climate activists, environmentalists, and advocates live and work in modern society; therefore, they are not perfect. Let's not waste our time looking for perfection, but instead celebrate and elevate progress and those working their hearts out to make it happen.
#climate#climatechange#activism#environment
I love the theme of this.
My view is the word "environmentalist" should not be even used.
Let's just run people who want to make the world a better place than when they found it.
If 10% of the world improves a little (<5%) per year. That is 800 million people doing something a little bit better.
And we keep doing it every year, the improvements will escalate at hyper growth. Every improvement will create an opportunity for the next person to improve.
Bottom line: Don't demand any perfection, just a 5% improvement year on year.
Building Technology for Sustainable Food Future | Food & Climate Entrepreneur | TEDx Speaker
You can't be an environmentalist and eat meat.
You can't be an environmentalist and fly.
You can't be an environmentalist and use plastic.
You can't be an environmentalist and use fossil-based energy.
You can't be an environmentalist and drive, even an EV.
You can't be an environmentalist and ...
You can't be an environmentalist.
If being perfect is the only way, we will not make any progress. Many well-meaning people advocate for absolutes because they believe so strongly in their cause. I admire and share much of that passion. And yet, blaming or shaming people for making incremental and imperfect change is entirely unproductive.
Climate activists, environmentalists, and advocates live and work in modern society; therefore, they are not perfect. Let's not waste our time looking for perfection, but instead celebrate and elevate progress and those working their hearts out to make it happen.
#climate#climatechange#activism#environment
Absolutely love this post from Irina Gerry, which was picked up by Georgia Elliott-Smith. It highlights one of the unspoken truths about the sustainability debate. So often, discussions are crystallized into absolutes of right and wrong, failing to consider the reality of our daily lives.
We are all consumers with different habits depending on our backgrounds, whether in the global north or the global south. Our realities differ, yet the bottom line remains: we are all consumers or aspiring to be. The focus shouldn't be on good or wrong but on responsible consumption, effective resource management, and the interconnectedness of it all aiming to achieve #fairness ultimately.
The Paris Agreement, alongside Agenda 2030, is more than just Article 6 and financial transactions; it's about #equity and restoring balance. It pushes us towards responsible consumption and good resource administration. We're all hypocrites in some way, striving to make progress in a complex world.
Thank you for the reality check, Irina. Let's celebrate and elevate the incremental and imperfect changes that drive us forward.
#sustainability#responsibleconsumption#ParisAgreement#climateactionALLCOThttps://lnkd.in/em44mTRW
Building Technology for Sustainable Food Future | Food & Climate Entrepreneur | TEDx Speaker
You can't be an environmentalist and eat meat.
You can't be an environmentalist and fly.
You can't be an environmentalist and use plastic.
You can't be an environmentalist and use fossil-based energy.
You can't be an environmentalist and drive, even an EV.
You can't be an environmentalist and ...
You can't be an environmentalist.
If being perfect is the only way, we will not make any progress. Many well-meaning people advocate for absolutes because they believe so strongly in their cause. I admire and share much of that passion. And yet, blaming or shaming people for making incremental and imperfect change is entirely unproductive.
Climate activists, environmentalists, and advocates live and work in modern society; therefore, they are not perfect. Let's not waste our time looking for perfection, but instead celebrate and elevate progress and those working their hearts out to make it happen.
#climate#climatechange#activism#environment
The enemy of action is seeking perfection.
I loved the post below as finger-pointing, arguing, and generally being 'know it all' and not being 'learn it all's' prevents the most significant 🌎 global opportunity.
We have tons of information showing how our history has impacted the planet we rely on to survive and thrive; it is crumbling and losing the ability to support us. Yet, we still discuss and challenge this evidence, looking for holes and picking at imperfections. (it always makes me think of smoking campaigns)
I am excited about the opportunity to challenge the status quo, look for new ways of working with innovative solutions, fresh thinking, finding, testing, learning and developing the solutions available and create new ones.
We have the data! ℹ
We have an understanding of
❓ "What has happened?"
❓ "What is happening?"
❓ "What could happen?"
❓ "What should happen?"
❓ "What we need to stop doing."
🎉 Get excited about the 'learn it all' action; stop moaning and waiting for perfection. Do something!
#climatechange#dataleadership#action#sustainability#professionalsConcept ZeroEden Smith GroupThe PI (Planetary Intelligence)
Building Technology for Sustainable Food Future | Food & Climate Entrepreneur | TEDx Speaker
You can't be an environmentalist and eat meat.
You can't be an environmentalist and fly.
You can't be an environmentalist and use plastic.
You can't be an environmentalist and use fossil-based energy.
You can't be an environmentalist and drive, even an EV.
You can't be an environmentalist and ...
You can't be an environmentalist.
If being perfect is the only way, we will not make any progress. Many well-meaning people advocate for absolutes because they believe so strongly in their cause. I admire and share much of that passion. And yet, blaming or shaming people for making incremental and imperfect change is entirely unproductive.
Climate activists, environmentalists, and advocates live and work in modern society; therefore, they are not perfect. Let's not waste our time looking for perfection, but instead celebrate and elevate progress and those working their hearts out to make it happen.
#climate#climatechange#activism#environment
For my #cybersecurity colleagues : This is a wonderful post by Irina Gerry that (in my take) describes the dangers of exclusionary thinking and absolutism to champions of environmental issues.
Looking at our continued struggles to #protect our infrastructure and to reduce the recent spate of #ransomware disruptions, I think that Irina’s #balanced approach is one that our own industry needs to understand and #internalize.
I think that true #security#leaders get it. 15 years ago, at some event, I was talking to Phil Venables, late of Google, but a decades-long CISO #pioneer. He shared with me his insight that effective cybersecurity had matured from veto power to an #enabler of improved security in support of the business.
As I read Irina’s article, it told me “Better a dedicated partial environmentalist than an alienated, rejected, aspiring environmentalist.” Made me think that security leaders who understand the value of visibility, progress, and communication, will likely help their organizations more than those who are prescribing or demanding a specific outcome.
#wecandobetter#makesecurityeasierNuHarbor Security
Building Technology for Sustainable Food Future | Food & Climate Entrepreneur | TEDx Speaker
You can't be an environmentalist and eat meat.
You can't be an environmentalist and fly.
You can't be an environmentalist and use plastic.
You can't be an environmentalist and use fossil-based energy.
You can't be an environmentalist and drive, even an EV.
You can't be an environmentalist and ...
You can't be an environmentalist.
If being perfect is the only way, we will not make any progress. Many well-meaning people advocate for absolutes because they believe so strongly in their cause. I admire and share much of that passion. And yet, blaming or shaming people for making incremental and imperfect change is entirely unproductive.
Climate activists, environmentalists, and advocates live and work in modern society; therefore, they are not perfect. Let's not waste our time looking for perfection, but instead celebrate and elevate progress and those working their hearts out to make it happen.
#climate#climatechange#activism#environment
Let's get this out of the way - I'm an environmentalist, and a hypocrite. We all are because, no matter how hard you try, it's impossible not to be in a fossil fuel-based economy. Now, let's get on with doing something meaningful to change that fact. And pointing fingers isn't it.
#hypocrisy#climateaction#climatehypocrite#sustainability#personalresponsibility
Building Technology for Sustainable Food Future | Food & Climate Entrepreneur | TEDx Speaker
You can't be an environmentalist and eat meat.
You can't be an environmentalist and fly.
You can't be an environmentalist and use plastic.
You can't be an environmentalist and use fossil-based energy.
You can't be an environmentalist and drive, even an EV.
You can't be an environmentalist and ...
You can't be an environmentalist.
If being perfect is the only way, we will not make any progress. Many well-meaning people advocate for absolutes because they believe so strongly in their cause. I admire and share much of that passion. And yet, blaming or shaming people for making incremental and imperfect change is entirely unproductive.
Climate activists, environmentalists, and advocates live and work in modern society; therefore, they are not perfect. Let's not waste our time looking for perfection, but instead celebrate and elevate progress and those working their hearts out to make it happen.
#climate#climatechange#activism#environment
Embracing environmentalism in a fossil fuel-based economy involves acknowledging our imperfections and focusing on making meaningful changes rather than seeking perfection. It's about progress, not perfection, and every small step towards sustainability counts. Let's celebrate and elevate progress rather than pointing fingers.
Building Technology for Sustainable Food Future | Food & Climate Entrepreneur | TEDx Speaker
You can't be an environmentalist and eat meat.
You can't be an environmentalist and fly.
You can't be an environmentalist and use plastic.
You can't be an environmentalist and use fossil-based energy.
You can't be an environmentalist and drive, even an EV.
You can't be an environmentalist and ...
You can't be an environmentalist.
If being perfect is the only way, we will not make any progress. Many well-meaning people advocate for absolutes because they believe so strongly in their cause. I admire and share much of that passion. And yet, blaming or shaming people for making incremental and imperfect change is entirely unproductive.
Climate activists, environmentalists, and advocates live and work in modern society; therefore, they are not perfect. Let's not waste our time looking for perfection, but instead celebrate and elevate progress and those working their hearts out to make it happen.
#climate#climatechange#activism#environment
Good point.
Being an environmental advocate is challenging in today's society, where everyday actions often contribute to environmental harm. Despite efforts to lead by example at individual level, it can be discouraging when systemic obstacles make it difficult to achieve meaningful change.
That is why good government policy is so important.
The government has the power to enforce regulations and standards that compel industries to adopt environmentally friendly practices, reduce pollution, and conserve natural resources and for its citizens to develop better habits. This proactive approach is crucial in catalyzing the necessary shift in our societal framework, positioning us for success in achieving environmental sustainability goals.
Governments that don't prioritize the environment are short-sighted and set us up for collective failure. So instead of shaming environmental activists, lets put more pressure on our elected officials to do the right thing.
...Having said that, we still have to work hard to get rid of some very bad everyday habits and teach our kids better ones! Eeeshh... (note to self)
Building Technology for Sustainable Food Future | Food & Climate Entrepreneur | TEDx Speaker
You can't be an environmentalist and eat meat.
You can't be an environmentalist and fly.
You can't be an environmentalist and use plastic.
You can't be an environmentalist and use fossil-based energy.
You can't be an environmentalist and drive, even an EV.
You can't be an environmentalist and ...
You can't be an environmentalist.
If being perfect is the only way, we will not make any progress. Many well-meaning people advocate for absolutes because they believe so strongly in their cause. I admire and share much of that passion. And yet, blaming or shaming people for making incremental and imperfect change is entirely unproductive.
Climate activists, environmentalists, and advocates live and work in modern society; therefore, they are not perfect. Let's not waste our time looking for perfection, but instead celebrate and elevate progress and those working their hearts out to make it happen.
#climate#climatechange#activism#environment
Innovating Supply Chain for Sustainability: Pioneering Traceability, Technology Integration, and Circular Solutions | Visionary Leader Driving Systemic Change and Strategic Initiatives
1wLove this Michael. Striving for perfection isn't practical, but progress is essential. Absolutes can discourage meaningful change. Climate activists and environmentalists are part of modern society, so expecting perfection is unrealistic. Instead, let's celebrate and support those making efforts, however incremental. Progress, not perfection, will drive the change we need.