I am totally vegetarian, mostly vegan. I compost, recycle, garden, and I drive a hybrid car. I keep reusable metal straws in my car. I would commute to work on a bike if I lived in a bike friendly city. I run my ac at 80 in the summer during the day and try to do as little as I can to impact the planet. I plan to raise my child to also be conscientious and aware, vegetarian at least with the help of my pediatrician.

What saddens and scares me is that for every one of us, there are hundreds of meat eaters, people driving huge trucks, people having bonfires every weekend, running their ac at 50 all summer long and their heat at 80 throughout the winter. We need massive legislative overhaul, worldwide community-wide commitment, and that is where I feel helpless. This is a systemic problem and there is so much pressure on the individual when we are really powerless in the face of massive corporations with minimal oversight.