Climate debate at The New York Times: If you hire a personal eco-concierge to buy organic clothes for your dog, will that or will that not help prevent hurricanes?

Personal Eco-Concierges Ease Challenges of Going Green - NYTimes.com

They will run your errands by bicycle, recommend a spa that gives vegan manicures or buy organic clothes for you and your dog. They will even book you a dream vacation and buy the appropriate carbon offsets.
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Do such small steps add up to a larger difference? Some climate experts say not really, explaining that only nations and industries have the collective might to dial back global warming.

“The changes necessary are so large and profound that they are beyond the reach of individual action,” Gernot Wagner, an economist at the Environmental Defense Fund, wrote in a recent New York Times Op-Ed article.

Eco-concierges see it their way — that every contribution counts.