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Why are small gestures for the planet dangerous?

Because they allow one to buy a good conscience cheaply.
So, in practice, they contribute to strengthening the group that, in fact, applies the policy of 'after me, the flood'.

The perversion of small gestures

The good self-image obtained at a low cost is one of the privileges it is most difficult to relinquish.The cheaply obtained good image of oneself is one of the privileges that is hardest to give up.

Do not underestimate the major difficulty in getting out of this

Attitude 1: perform small gestures that are not commensurate with the stakes, while potentially claiming that they will eventually work, that they are better than nothing, that if everyone did the same it would already be not so bad, that moderation is important, etc.

Attitude 2: seek solutions commensurate with the problem to be solved, and implement them.

It is important to understand well that the difficulty in effectively saving the planet lies mainly in the chasm in terms of personal attitude towards life that exists between these two positions. Indeed, they correspond to nothing less than the two opposite options at the level of the general question 'How to succeed in life?'.

This difficulty is very well illustrated in the following testimony:

↣ Testimonial 'From eco-responsible, I went to unattendable'

Deepen

First consult the related question 'What is difficult to obtain from one's surroundings?'.
Also see 'Why is minimalism desirable?', which addresses the issue of personal attitude without covering the entire problematics of the question 'How to succeed in life?'.

Then refer to the general question 'How to satisfy the ecological constraint?'