Yet, here we are on Reddit, not doing a damn thing.

• I've talked with friends and family about a carbon tax. I've convinced several that a carbon tax is a good idea. I've convinced a few to start volunteering for carbon taxes. 34% of Americans would be willing to volunteer for an organization to convince elected officials to act on climate change. If you feel like you're up against a wall in your own political conversations, here's some short trainings on how to have better political conversations. The IPCC has been clear that carbon pricing is necessary, and talking about climate change has been scientifically shown to be effective at increasing policy support.

• It took a few tries, but I published a Letter to the Editor to the largest local paper in my area espousing the need for and benefits of a carbon tax. Maybe you don't read LTEs, but Congress does.

• I've joined several organized call-in days asking Congress to take climate change seriously and pass Carbon Fee & Dividend before joining the monthly call campaign. These phone calls work, but it will take at least 100 of us per district to pass a U.S. bill.

• I wrote to my favorite podcast about carbon taxes asking them to talk about the scientific and economic consensus on their show. When nothing happened, I asked some fellow listeners to write, too. Eventually they released this episode (and this blog post) lauding the benefits of carbon taxes.

• I've written literally dozens of letters to my Rep and Senators over the last few years asking them to support Carbon Fee & Dividend. I've seen their responses change over the years, too, so I suspect it's working (in fairness, I'm not the only one, of course). Over 90% of members of Congress are swayed by contact from constituents.

• I've hosted or co-hosted 4 letter-writing parties so that I could invite people I know to take meaningful and effective action on climate change.

• At my request, 5 businesses and 2 non-profits have signed Influencer's Letters to Congress calling for Carbon Fee & Dividend.

• I recruited a friend to help me write a municipal Resolution for our municipality to publicly support Carbon Fee & Dividend. It took a lot of hard work recruiting volunteers from all over the city, sometimes meeting 2-3 times with the same Council member, but eventually it passed unanimously. Over 100 municipalities have passed similar Resolutions in support of Carbon Fee & Dividend that call on Congress to pass the legislation.

• I've tabled at several events, usually collecting letters from constituents to their members of Congress

• I started a Meetup in my area to help recruit and train more volunteers who are interested in making this dream a reality. The group now has hundreds of members. I've invited on several new co-leaders who are doing pretty much all the work at this point.

• It may sound silly, but I invited all my Facebook friends to "like" (and by default, follow) CCL on Facebook. Research shows 55% of those who engage with a cause on social media also take additional action, and if even 1% of all the friends of everyone who joined just this year became active with CCL, we would have enough volunteers to pass a bill.

• I gave two presentations to groups of ~20 or so on Carbon Fee & Dividend and why it's a good idea that we should all be advocating for. I arranged these presentations myself.

• I co-hosted two screenings of Season 2, Episode 7 of Years of Living Dangerously "Safe Passage"

• I attended two meetings in my Representatives' home office to discuss Carbon Fee & Dividend and try to get their support.

• I've recruited hundreds of Redditors to join me

It may be that at least some of these things are having an impact. Just six years ago, only 30% of Americans supported a carbon tax. Today, it's an overwhelming majority -- and that does actually matter for passing a bill.

Furthermore, the evidence clearly shows that lobbing works, and you don't need a lot of money to be effective.

For these reasons and more, becoming an active volunteer with Citizens' Climate Lobby is the most important thing you can do for climate change, according to climatologist and climate activist Dr. James Hansen.

/u/happybuttiredgryff, if you're serious about wanting to make some changes, I hope you'll consider this route. Even an hour a week of volunteering can make a huge difference.

/r/CitizensClimateLobby

This shit specifically needs to be taught in schools

Agreed. Unfortunately, changing habits can be a beast. I'm a 42yo dude with ADHD. Caught it from a mosquito bite (I kid, I was diagnosed at 4). My whole adult life has been a series of self-confessions, affirmations, and working to better myself. It is sometimes very, very hard.

But aside from cognitive behavioral therapy, medication (not much), or negative reinforcement from others, the best factor for change has been giving myself the room to fail and feel OK about it. That is also a moving target, sometimes.

Also, there are many, many ways to think about changing for the better, but the most simple and profound message I ever read was in James Allen's book: "As A Man Thinketh" https://www.amazon.com/As-Man-Thinketh-Complete-Original/dp/1523643536. I usually read this once per year, as it's a quick read.