Low Carbon Chic — Let’s Go Loud!
It is time to be heard.
Maybe we are all being too damned timid.
Yes you, and me, and all of us climate concerned readers.
In case you haven’t seen it, the personal finance world is all agog with a new trend called “loud budgeting.” CNBC reports that a TikTok video by Lukas Battle is touting the advantages of saving money loudly and proudly. Personal finance professionals think it is awesome. It made me wonder: Can we do the same for carbon?
AS CNCB describes loud budgeting:
TikTok’s loud budgeting trend encourages consumers to take control of their finances and be vocal about making money-conscious decisions, rather than modeling purchase decisions after celebrities and their bottomless pockets — and financial experts love it… In that way, loud budgeting is “…almost more chic, more stylish, more of a flex.”
In other words, it’s cool to not spend. It’s a great idea… Let’s make it cool to not burn! We can make it chic to reduce our personal carbon emissions, and we can do it loudly. Reduce carbon. Let people know how much we chose to reduce today, yesterday, and tomorrow. Associate it with cool photos and cool people. Everyone can announce the carbon they saved by choices they made.
