Well , why don ' t you try to do something ? Take control . You can ' t turn the tide yourself , none of us can , but you can take action , and try to convince other to as well . Eat less read meat , drive less and walk more , look into getting solar panels , volunteer to plant trees for a local non profit . There are a lot of ways individuals can take action , and it is only though individuals choosing to be better every day that we can do anything . If everyone eats less meat , burns less oil , buys less plastic , destroys less habitat , etc we can make a difference regardless of what the government chooses to do . America is an outlier , the rest of the world is taking action . We don ' t need to do everything at once to make a difference .