Climate change etc have no scientific solution; their solution is spiritual || Advait Bodhsthal (2019)

Questioner: I have a reasonably well-paying job. It does not help me in liberation, but it is aligned with my aspiration to become financially independent and it provides me with some free time. My question is, how to identify the right action and utilize this time correctly? Recently I started volunteering at a local community garden; I have a small space for sowing seeds and growing plants there. Is this kind of an activity correct?

Acharya Prashant: You want to do something good, right? And you want to do it in your spare hours. You have started a bit of community gardening it seems, and there you are trying to sow some seeds and get a few plants and such things, and you are asking, “What do I do?” Where is that graphic that was sent to me that showed the impact of various activities on global climate change? You all have it, right? It is there in the group as well, so those who are watching may just look at it.

So, you see, this is how we live, you know—trying to do small, small good things, so that we can conveniently escape away from the fact that there is something humongously evil that we are doing. There is a lady who has been with us previously, and she is into organic fruits now, selling this organic stuff, that organic stuff. If you go to her Facebook page or profile, you will find only two things: one, things about the organic fruits that she sells, I suppose, or distributes; and secondly, pics of her kids, and very fond descriptions of what the kids are doing and this and that. There are two or three kids I suppose, at least two are there. That’s how we live.

This graphic clearly shows the impact of various activities on climate change. What are those various activities? Going car free, activity one; two, avoiding one transatlantic flight; third, choosing green energy; fourth, switching from electric car to car free; fifth, choosing a vegan diet; then, replacing a typical car with a hybrid; then, washing clothes in cold water rather than hot water; then, recycling; then, hang dry clothes; then, upgrading to energy efficient light bulbs. And the title of the graphic is ‘Tonnes of CO2 equivalent saved per year for one person undertaking each action’ (Wynes & Nicholas, 2017;