What can I do that isn't on an individual level regarding climate change?

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I've done all I can on an individual level, I've joined a litter picking group and have a veg patch and made my small garden 'wild'...
But I feel I need to do more.
I have so much passion on the subject, always have even when it was called 'global warming' and ' the ozone layer ' and 'being a hippy' 😅

What else is there to do?
I don't mind spending time and money, I only work 25 hours a week so I have time to put into a project but I don't know what would be best to try and do?

I'm thinking maybe I could try to start a really zero waste business?
I always daydream about winning the lottery and buying loads of land and building a waste free city but I'm not going to win and what's the point in waiting?

I know this is a little bit of a ramble but I just want to be able to look my children and my grandchildren in the eye and assure them that I did all I could.
so does any one have any ideas? what can I do today or plan to do next week or next month that would make a change?
or just a bit of solidarity?

And in general, doing something positive with other people is a good thing.

ooh yes
I actually found a lovely glass pen with an ink pot in the charity shop! it's tucked away and too precious to use but I'll get it out and practise to not get ink everywhere

yes this is a lovely idea
if you do have a go please please let me know how you get on

there's a lovely charity/ group run by a couple of people round here. they plant fruit trees and look after them. it's amazing. unfortunately they do groups when I'm at work but I've been a few times. meeting with like-minded people cab really spur you on

Will do if I can. Might be worth contacting the charity just to express your interest.

poor old david bellamy.
I mentioned him earlier and was basically told he's a climate denier and any links were just poor science etc.
Can't go against the narrative now, can we

decided it wasn't worth the effort, inconvenience and money

Yikes!

Apologies for exposing your empty virtue signalling, will leave you to your preening self satisfaction party without troubling your malformed conscience further ✌️

will leave

Finally, a useful contribution to the thread.

This is such an important point. I have started making my own clothes again.

I work in renewables. The UK is only 1% of the world's emissions. You're efforts would have no impact

Capitalism isn't what is forcing people to buy so much stuff though!

gosh, what a constructive response.
Thank you for your insight x

wouldn't help me to try that I'm afraid.
I'd just waste mountains of material and end up looking like a demented student from st. martins college!

Making your own clothes doesn't make huge sense if you are buying fabric. Just buy second hand or swap.

Really,spouting misinformation, as you did, you deserve nothing else

This is fabulous! Ignore the snarky remarks on here - some people clearly have nothing better to do than be rude for no reason. My advice would probably be to join a climate group - e.g. Greenpeace. This will allow you to get involved in more 'structural' change as well as just on the individual scale. Very very good luck to to :))

give th what they want you to say and they piss off

Don’t buy products from countries that are known to emit particularly high levels of emissions. I can think of a few obvious ones.

I think it's easier to focus on certain brands rather than countries, maybe start with the highest polluting companies first, see how that goes then move onto the next.

I think that's poorly thought out. In terms of "greeness", I'd much rather buy from China (the largest emitter) than various other countries.

US products would be one to boycott on an environmental basis, but I'm not sure how many in the UK buy a lot of US-manufactured goods.