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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Jenn Swanson and Inma Lopez
From Langley in British Columbia, Canada, Jenn is a Minister, Coach, Writer and Community Connector, helping people help themselves.
Imma is from Cádiz in the South of Spain, living in Aberdeen, Scotland. Imma is a sommelier, a poet, a podcaster, a mother, a slow food advocate, and an animist activist.
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INMA:
Today?
INMA:
What do you think, Jen, can we talk about the first myth about climate change?
JENN:
The first myth?
JENN:
How many myths are there?
INMA:
Well, at least as far as I know in the Caldwell Almanack
INMA:
they are talking about 10 myths.
JENN:
Wow.
JENN:
That's a lot of myths.
JENN:
Okay.
JENN:
What's the first myth,
INMA:
the first myth, which is interesting.
INMA:
Climate change is nothing new.
INMA:
The climate is always changing.
JENN:
That's true.
INMA:
It's true.
INMA:
I said, why is it, why is that in MIS what do you think?
JENN:
Uh, that's true, but my understanding is that it's changing
JENN:
a lot faster than it used to.
INMA:
That's where that meat comes from.
INMA:
Because for some people I don't see that is happening much often, nowadays.
INMA:
Five years ago.
INMA:
I heard many people saying, oh no, no, no.
INMA:
That is a myth.
INMA:
That is a problem.
INMA:
Climate has OMB changing is not a problem.
INMA:
That's the meat.
INMA:
The meat is that is not a problem.
JENN:
Wow.
JENN:
I read that 17 of the 18 warmest years on record have taken place since 2001.
INMA:
Yeah.
INMA:
So that's, that's really fast.
INMA:
And, um, For, for planet to take in all those changes and be able to
INMA:
continue that is much faster than organically, both have happened.
INMA:
So it's us,
JENN:
it's us.
INMA:
It's us.
JENN:
It's the human species and all the things that we're doing.
JENN:
Oh my goodness.
JENN:
So, so that's a myth.
JENN:
And how do we change that myth in, in the minds of people?
INMA:
Well, the most of it is coming from fuel emissions and gas and carbon
INMA:
coal oil, gas, all that is a big, big, big, big part of those fast changes.
INMA:
So what can we do?
INMA:
I think there's probably multiple ways of action personally.
INMA:
I saw my car in 2013, but I think we come join.
INMA:
In that asking for governments and companies to reduce emissions,
INMA:
to reduce their use of fuel to the government, to not dump, let
INMA:
companies to do more explanations and oil or gas, things like that.
INMA:
Joint.
INMA:
And I book a C two together at like asking for responsibilities.
JENN:
I live in on the west coast of Canada.
JENN:
And one of the things we've got here are incentives to switch from
JENN:
gas powered vehicles to electric.
JENN:
And so the government gives us grants if we do that.
JENN:
And so there are provincial and federal grants that can.
JENN:
Accessed, if you give up your guest's car and a and purchase even a used
JENN:
electric vehicle, um, the problem right now is that everyone is doing this one
JENN:
is doing it and they're hard to find.
INMA:
Yeah, of course.
INMA:
Of course, of course I'm lost.
INMA:
So for example, I heard the other day that in the Paris agreement, fuel and
INMA:
oil, and no, that was not even named.
INMA:
So they are fighting for governments and countries to sign a treaty about stopping
INMA:
emissions and it's topping perspective.
INMA:
For future for future.
INMA:
I think that could be interesting for us to endorse, to tell our, our countries
INMA:
on our all governments to sign petitions, to tell them, to sign this treaty.
JENN:
I wonder if local governments can do things too.
JENN:
Like I wonder if you can start with your city or your village or your town.
JENN:
And speak to them about the vehicles that are driven by the city and start
JENN:
there, or even the post, uh, the postal system, but the system by more bakers
JENN:
that are oil powered, for example, right.
JENN:
Right.
JENN:
That's that's a good thing.
JENN:
Good place to start.
JENN:
And, and for ourselves, maybe we can do some small things like walk
JENN:
somewhere instead of getting in the car.
INMA:
He's an amazing asset size.
INMA:
And this time of the year is perfect for in the Northern hemisphere.
INMA:
At least it's perfect for go around war.
JENN:
Yes.
JENN:
It's, it's not too nice out right now where I am.
JENN:
It's raining, but that's okay.
JENN:
You can get an umbrella on some boots and
JENN:
we won't melt.
JENN:
No.
INMA:
Yeah.
INMA:
What more.
INMA:
And, um, as much as you can use public transport and electric car, if it
INMA:
can be, can be possible to, to buy and then join strength with others
INMA:
to sign petitions for our government.
JENN:
So climate change is nothing new, but maybe we need
