Why should I vote? I’m one person and that will never make a difference.

voting is disanalogous to buying food. big meat doesn't win or lose one day every four years.

That is the cynical reason for not doing anything ever to help the world.

it's a very good reason not to do things that aren't effective.

Why should I recycle? I’m just one person and that will never make a difference.

well that's probably true. the real issue is the wasteful packaging produced, and no matter how much you recycle, that's never going to curb the amount of wasteful packaging produced.

Anything that you could do individually to help the world will make zero noticeable impact so long as you are the only one doing it.

that's not true.

collectively, the more people doing it the more of an impact it will have.

well, duh. but there are still effective things you can do to help the environment. buying beans isn't one of them.

Why should I donate to charity? I’m just one person and that will never make a difference.

often, charities are able to show exactly how much money it takes to accomplish their goals. $0.11/day to feed a child is one that's stuck with me. but regardless, i think charity is a societal ill and we should be building societies that are not so stratified, so that charities are superfluous. instead of donating to charity, spend your resources building a more egalitarian society.

And how do we get a larger community of people to start something like this? Oh, I don’t know, maybe send your idea out on a forum of like minded people (such as people expressing concern about the environment) and hope to inspire others that actually care to make a change in their own habits.

let me know how that works out for you.