The tragic thing is that there's this idea you have to live life as an austere pioneer hippie to address this. You really don't.
A world of mostly-vegetarian people living in modern, timber (for carbon sequestration) flats in mixed-use environments, using renewable electricity to power their heat pumps and AC, traveling primarily via bike, walking, and public transport, and owning less disposable crap would go a long, long way.
You could hire an EV for a weekend excursion or take a slow, internet-connected ship to travel for an overseas holiday.
I don't think living that way sounds especially terrible, to be honest.
Also, make 3 months' vacation the minimum. Turn off Slack at 5 PM. We have so much material crap it's hard to fathom, but many people are horribly starved of time. If I had more time I know I'd cook more and work in the garden more instead of ordering takeaway.
A huge amount of human endeavour is spent helping a relatively few rich people suck a bit more of the Earth before it implodes.
A world of mostly-vegetarian people living in modern, timber (for carbon sequestration) flats in mixed-use environments, using renewable electricity to power their heat pumps and AC, traveling primarily via bike, walking, and public transport, and owning less disposable crap would go a long, long way.
You could hire an EV for a weekend excursion or take a slow, internet-connected ship to travel for an overseas holiday.
I don't think living that way sounds especially terrible, to be honest.
Also, make 3 months' vacation the minimum. Turn off Slack at 5 PM. We have so much material crap it's hard to fathom, but many people are horribly starved of time. If I had more time I know I'd cook more and work in the garden more instead of ordering takeaway.
A huge amount of human endeavour is spent helping a relatively few rich people suck a bit more of the Earth before it implodes.