A few things you can do

Voluntary action is not going to solve the planetary environmental crisis. We need a massive public policy response including public investment, regulatory and tax policy. So please don ' t think that any of your individual small acts of virtue mean you can stop being politically engaged. Still, we might as well do what little we can, in part because their can be multiplicative and synergistic effects. I ' m going to point to a few things that basically won ' t cost you a penny, or inconvenience you, or make you give up anything you like.There are a lot of more sustainable food products becoming available. Obviously, you can buy vegan mayonnaise. Big Mayonnaise has decided that if you can ' t beat ' em, join ' em, and the major brands are now offering vegan products on the shelf right next to their classics. They ' re labeled something like " dressing and spread " but they are culinarily indistinguishable from mayonnaise made with eggs. Taste the same, look the same, same texture, 100% substitutable in recipes. I am also trying a vegan egg substitute called JUST Egg, which is the only one currently available in my supermarket. They just had two small bottles on the shelf last time I went, but if people buy it, they ' ll put out more, and maybe even try offering some other brands. The bad news is that it comes in a plastic bottle containing the equivalent of about 4 eggs, so hopefully they ' ll come up with a bigger and less plastic bottle. I tried making an omelette with...
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