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Great resources, as usual! I was struck by the fact that buying an electric car won't have the same/needed impact as will addressing food waste, which was a surprise to me. I got caught up in the Love Food Hate Waste site - what a great resource!

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It's really encouraging to me that we can achieve a lot by doing something that is so win-win as addressing food waste. I've made major personal changes in this area by starting to meal plan, which I'd never done before. I used to have food go off before I used it, now I know what I need to buy.

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Love this solution-focussed issue Melanie! Thanks so much for sharing Climate Club as well :) We're strong believers that pushing for systemic climate actions + policies are one of the most impactful things you can do 😊🌱

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Thank you, I'm glad you liked it. It's good for me to look at solutions now and again, helps me find some good positivity.

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Sep 19, 2022Liked by Melanie Newfield

Thank you for the shout-out, Melanie! Really love the way that you weigh up the impact of various lifestyle change actions alongside systemic change <3

Also really love your clear, easy-to-understand language throughout - it's an inspiration for us!

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No problem, your newsletter is just the kind of thing people should be reading to help get some real action.

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Sep 24, 2022Liked by Melanie Newfield

Just discovered your Substack, and I love your content! In my experience communicating about Climate Change (mostly speaking and academic research, but recently started writing on Substack), everyone cares about man-made emissions, but less about the man-made economic models that continue to wreck us. Poor macro-economic incentives have done far more to harm the planet, despite efforts from well-meaning citizens. Meat is a prominent example. While it has always been a relatively pricey commodity, excess production of soy and corn (with its own carbon footprint), combined with tax breaks, has made meat so cheap that now we are at the mercy of individual people to reduce consumption voluntarily. IMHO, this approach is too slow and not easily scaled for the crisis we’re in. Regardless of their beliefs, people will always vote with their wallets. We must demand economic models that align with climate goals, if mitigation is to be a viable goal. Easier said than done, but I am cautiously optimistic. Ok sorry, end of rant. Thanks for creating this community!

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Thanks D'Nivra. I think you are quite right, our economic systems drive environmental destruction and then frequently promote solutions that are just greenwashing. The pricing of air travel is one such example. It's more expensive for me to take a train from Wellington to Auckland than it is to fly, and bus is only marginally less expensive than flying. We've priced the system to make polluting cheap.

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Sep 27, 2022Liked by Melanie Newfield

Well put. I see your new post is right on topic!

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