Our Beliefs

Every purchase is a vote

Every time you buy anything you are casting a vote, whether this is buying something in the shop, eating in a restaurant or going on a flight. Each ‘vote’ will be an incentive for a company to keep selling that product.

If we want companies to change we can make them change by voting better solutions and stop using wasteful items. Stop buying plastic wrapped food, choose less meat, refill your water bottle. All these small votes add up if we do it as a community.

“We buy things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like.” – Fight Club

We live in a society of indulgence and instant gratification; causing massive amounts of waste that just ends up on landfills. As a Carbon Pirate we believe in buying only what you really need, reusing what you already have and sharing what you can spare. This goes for housing, clothing, transport, gadgets, food; and basically anything we will ever ‘own’ or use.

Reductionisme over Extremism

Often it can be more effective to change many things a little, then a few completely. Instead of trying to make somebody become ‘extremely’ sustainable, try to aim for most effectiveness. Making 10 people eat less meat will have more impact than converting 1 person into a vegetarian.

Reducing carbon emissions

The release of CO2 and other greenhouse gasses is causing a rapid increase of the average earth temperature. We have the strong believe we should cut CO2 emissions immediately and reduce them at a rapid rate to achieve near zero-emissions.

Reducing plastic waste

We are addicted to plastic. 80% of all plastics produced are used only once and every day millions of tons are used and thrown away. Most of this ends up in landfills and in the oceans. The problem with plastic is that it is not a natural material, and it takes centuries for plastic to dissolve. And even when it does, it breaks down in smaller particles known as microplastics that end up in our food chain, kills millions of animals and might cause the end of ocean life as we know it.

Saving our oceans

Plastic is killing our oceans and suffocating our planet, literally. As most of our plastic ends up in the oceans, fish and other sea animals are dying from eating plastic. Not only does this end up in your food, it causes a rapid decline in the oceans health. The oceans are responsible for 50% of the worlds oxygen production. If the oceans die, we all die.