2023-06-19
34 分钟Most of us get that climate change is a global problem we need to solve, fast. But that can feel incredibly overwhelming when most of us don’t even know where to start. Bill McKibben is an environmentalist, author, and journalist who has written extensively about climate change and global warming. With a refreshing lightheartedness and frank outlook, Bill discusses the emotions, ideas and data that keep him moving forward in the battle against climate change and outlines ways you too can take action to save the planet you call home. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts
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You'Re listening to how to be a better human.
I'm your host, Chris Duffy.
When I was a senior in college.
I lived in a big off campus.
House with a bunch of friends, and we made some perfunctory attempts at cleaning the house and taking care of basic maintenance.
But I would not say that having nine college guys living in your property is gonna lead to sparkling hygiene.
Should we say so?
When we moved out of this house.
The landlord kept most of our security.
Deposit, and we were outraged by that.
I mean, come on, we weren't that bad.
But the landlord insisted that he needed it to pay for professional cleaners and worse.
When he took our money, he also gave us this full on guilt trip.
He said, and I quote, I thought you were good guys.
You seem to care.
Now.
I would like to think that I have become much better at being a responsible caretaker of the places that I call home these days.
But when it comes to all of us as a species, we are not doing so great for planet Earth.
We are on track to lose our full security deposit.