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So You’ll Revamp Your Life to Stop Climate Change, Man Wears 70 Pounds of Garbage – Opinion

By Pluralist / June 22, 2022

It’s 12 years before the Apocalypse. Is it possible to see a man covered with garbage and convince yourself that you can save the world.

Rob Greenfield seems to have this hope. As noted by People magazine, he’s “about extremes when it comes to letting people know how our actions are threatening the future of the planet.”

Rob was completely trashed for a month while he walked through Los Angeles.

During Greenfield’s “30 Days of Wearing My Trash” campaign, he stuffed about 2.5 lbs. He stuffed about 2.5 lbs. of trash into each suit.

Instead of throwing his garbage away, he actually wore his waste on his sleeves.

His message was: “Look at what mess we make.”

Greenfield spent 30 days eating out and shopping, while also walking around Beverly Hills and Santa Monica in his striking suit. He filled it with trash, including coffee cups, plastic bottles and other waste.

“So just imagine creating one ton of garbage per year, and now imagine 10 years, and now imagine a lifetime,” he told People. “Basically, each of us can leave behind a small mountain of trash for future generations.”

Rob quickly gained weight. By the end, he’d added the heft of a 10-year-old child:

“On day one, I was carrying just a few pounds of trash. It was six pounds on day two. By the end I was wearing 72 pounds of trash.”

He was almost forced to leave the house.

His suit grew so much that it made it impossible for him to fit through doors. “I would catch myself in the reflection of windows sometimes, and all I could say was, ‘This is absolutely ridiculous.’”

“Maybe so, but it was a surefire way to get people thinking and even better, start to make environmentally-friendly changes,” People figures.

Make no mistake — Rob’s ready to ignite a revolution:

The 35-year-old Wisconsin native has ridden a bamboo bike across the country with no money, lived in a 100 square foot, solar-powered “tiny house” he built out of repurposed material, and eaten food he grew and foraged himself to show people that living sustainably is doable.

He says the stakes are high.

“If we don’t have soil, water or air, then we can’t function anymore,” he tells People.

Would people be willing to lead a life like Rob if they could? If they began, would the U.S. alter Earth’s fate despite India and China?

As for trash, I’d guess most Americans don’t wish to produce more than is necessary to allow for their lifestyles.

Environmentalists, however, want to see a change in lifestyle.

After all, 12 years isn’t much time — and a congresswoman started her stopwatch three years ago…

The eco heroes who have saved humanity found many interesting inspirations.

Climate Change Radicals Take a Break from the Dem Debate

Climate activists glue themselves to parliament during the Brexit debate. Naked.

Climate Change Warriors Order You to Prevent the Apocalypse — by Flattening Your Neighbor’s Tires

WATCH: Audubon Society Clips Climate Change’s Wings With a Singing Drag-Queen Bird Creature

This is what you might have just seen:

Politicians are on board, but let’s not get over our skis: “EU’s New Climate Change Tax Will Exempt Private Jets.”

Hollywood’s helping, too:

Back to Rob, he’s ready to rattle:

“I’ve found a way to take my whole life’s message to an extreme where I can ideally rattle people with just my very existence. That’s my goal.”

Still, if he’d like his garbage to really grab eyeballs, LA may not be the best place to stand out.

-ALEX

 

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