It's all about MCM, and this is the last segment of today's morning show, but first things first, let's have a relationship on our social media. On that hashtag, which is Why In The Morning, at Y2F4 underscore channel on the ground, Facebook and Twitter, including TikTok at Y2F4 channel. If you want to see who is the best dancer in the morning show, please, check out our TikTok handle, which is at Y2F4 channel. But mine as well is at our Brian Sakon 101 hashtag, hashtag Go In The Morning, Si Sako, please. Sako ni Angu Pekke Angu. Alright.  And the hashtag again is best plastic pollution. But before that, let me just get a little bit ex up on the way forward, some of the statistics and what pertains regarding that topic about it. So it says, if we act now, we can be plastic pollution, that is according to the United Nations, and the theme for this Wild Environmental Day will focus on solutions for plastic pollution under the campaign, again on the hashtag plastic pollution. So what are some of the activities expected in marking Wild Environmental Day? And according to the United Nations, a Wild Environmental Day will be hosted in Côte d'Ivoire, supported by Netherlands, and the theme will focus on once again plastic solution. But now let's narrow it down to our country Kenya.  But then the president has been very vocal especially when it comes to matters of global warming. Are there things that we can do as netizens of our country to ensure that we combat climate change that also leads to global warming? And I think the two actually intertwine, global warming, climate change. By the way, so joining us in studio, two powerful gentlemen who will actually help us to actually demystify this, are there things that we are known for as Kenyans that actually lead to, you know, environment pollution, especially when it comes to plastic? There's a time Nehmer introduced a plastic bun and I think he was still struggling from the transition of totally living without plastics. Is there a way we can permanently eradicate plastics? Or if not, is there a way that we can still live with plastics, but then use them responsibly? And how can we sensitize our young people, even the old as well, to ensure that you are sensitive towards, you know, protecting the environment? And the topic is, what are some of the misconceptions that actually surround this? Are there, you know, wrong answers? Are there right answers? And we'll be getting to that in just a bit. But joining us live in studio are two powerful gentlemen. One of them has been here before. He goes by the name Devin Majali. He's a media student at the University of Nairobi. And then we've got Abraham Ikokoni, he's new to the show as well. But he's a geospatial engineering student at the University of Nairobi. And I love the fact that you guys are young minds and this is something that, you know, you guys should love to take on. First of all, welcome. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning to you as well. Good morning. So let's get into it right up. You know, when it comes to Montesquai environment, you know, there's a lot of things that go in there. But then this is like the focusing specifically on plastics. Is there a way that we can live without, you know, a while where there are no plastics? And then if yes, what will replace plastics? And if no, what can we do?  Well, thanks, Agua. Well, according to me, we cannot just do away with plastics once and for all. We need them in a way or the other. I mean, as much as we might try to, you know, slow down the use and how we engage them in our daily activities, they're quite also important on our activities too. So as much as they're harmful to the environment, we cannot just run away from them directly and avoid them completely. We have to engage them in a few activities here and there, though they are so harmful to the environment and well, I can say we have to reduce the use and try to, you know, incomplicate other stuff that maybe seem to be like an alternative to plastics. Yeah. Okay. Abraham, do you think we can live in a world where permanently we can have plastics, especially we know we don't, because if we look at some of the biggest dumping sites in Dandora and the rest, actually the biggest, the biggest pile near plastics and they always end up at a drainage site in a lake or an ocean or at a river somewhere, you know, do you feel like it's possible to use your Nairobi and your high enough plastics, totally? Personally, I can say that living in the world with no plastics, as much as we are looking at the perspective that the people of Kenya, the population is so high. So if you are to eradicate plastics, for example, it's a matter of time and maybe what are the new procedures the government is to take. Coming back from a tiny memorial, we've been using the ceramics, the ones, you know, the ones like the mech from, if you are to talk of glasses, for example, we've been having the ones from Silica, the soil made ones, the soil made equipments, for example, the glasses talking of. So if we are to eradicate plastics, that means we are to go back to where we came from. We are to start using the utensils, you know, the ones made from soil. That is what I can say, if we are to eradicate it, then we have to get stringent measures to curb the usage of the plastics there is.  When it comes to environment, you know, there's a lot of things that come into play. Not just plastics, but there's a lot of contributors that lead to pollution. But now, let's narrate down to the day, World Environment Day. What comes to your mind exactly when this day pops up? Well, World Environment Day, to me, this is a very important day because it teaches how to be, you know, get ourselves in a position where we care more about our environment and not just what we think is right. I think when I do this environment, when I dispose this stuff, it's going to be good to the environment, but maybe it has repercussions and maybe later on it will come to a great.  Are you taking measures to, you know, prevent pollution and all such like kind of stuffs? And so today, I can say everybody has to be, you know, ready to get more information and embrace this day and also create awareness for the people because it means a lot when it comes to our lives because this is something that affects us one on one.  And maybe the circle still come back to me and affect me directly. And so we have to be careful on what we do.   Okay. I picked up, let's say you must have some measures, but we'll talk about that towards the tail. And Abraham, what comes to your mind when you think of our climate? Personally, when I think of the world environment today, there are number of things that come to my mind. One is on pollution. As a matter of fact, when we are to talk of an environment day, what are the things we are doing to make sure that we live in an environment free of pollution? Two, we are talking of matters to do with energy, distribution or, you know, effective use of the renewable sources of energy. So what are the ways in which we can make them reach the so many people who are depending so much on the non-renewable sources? I think that is one of the way, the distribution and awareness, creating awareness on the use of our renewable forms of energy is one of the ways in which we can ensure the resustainability in the ensuring we are living in an environment that suits humanity. I think those are the things. Another thing I should see comes to my mind when I talk of the world environment day is on matters of climate change. As a matter of fact, we are living in an environment where the climate as a matter, as an issue, is gradually changing over time. So should we live in the misconception part of it that maybe climate is a natural thing, climate change is a natural thing or something like that. It's like, you know, the universe just cleans itself and all of a sudden magic will happen, the dot will go and then we remain with clean environment. But indeed it's us who will have to take action and do that. And still on that, then I can ask you this question, what are some of the things that we do, especially in Kenya here, and I was specifically down to Nairobi that actually lead to climate pollution, because the busiest hashtag is beat plastic pollution. But then plastic has been mentioned a lot. Is it like the main, main, main, main pollutant before we get to what are some of the misconceptions? Is it the main pollutant? And what are some other activities that we do that lead to pollution? So we've talked of plastic dumping as one of the ways in which we pollute the environment. I should say we have a number of ways in which our environment is polluted, specifically when we are referring to Nairobi as a city. We've, you know, garages, garages, you know, the mechanics do a number of things. And most of the time I see, I have a walk, I find them dumping all of the waste, you know, in the rivers. And speaking from a much of fact, currently when you're looking at the situation along river Nairobi, you will take note that the, you know, the water, the color of the water is not to the expectation. Right. Is it because they're dumping, you know, the oil and the grease? Yeah. Like it's like the main, it's like the, the dumping site near a river, specifically. Because I think in the intro I mentioned, you know, plastic somehow always end up in a lake, a drainage system, a river, an ocean, the main part now. I'm not sure they're good to write. I said, I meant like plastic always find a way to ending up, you know, at a lake, at an ocean, at a river.   Right. Is there a way that we can, you know, prevent that? You know, how can we stop, you know, people from dumping in rivers, lakes, drainage systems? I should say we can't have an appropriate way of covering the dumping of the plastics and in the water bodies. But I should say we've always, in which we can help improve or reduce, reduce the dumping. How? What are some of the ways? One of the ways, I think, it is just from a personal perspective, like what is an individual going to do to end the dumping of plastics in the water bodies? It's a matter of what, which kind of an environment would you mind having after doing a certain activity? That's a good question. Like being sensitive of your surroundings. Okay, Divin, do you think there are ways that we can permanently, let me say activities that we can permanently do to ensure that we end dumping of plastics in riversides, generally water bodies? Well, there are many ways we can handle this case. Well, there are many ways also of polluting the environment, despite the fact that plastics are being given a higher chance when it comes to pollution in the environment. But we also have many ways. Yeah, yeah, I mean, when we are talking of pollution, we are mentioning plastics mostly, but still we are forgetting the other ways we are polluting the environment. So maybe you can say it's ignorance. And when you are focusing on plastics alone and forgetting about otherwise, then it means we are going to focus our efforts and all our attention on plastics and maybe we can successfully handle the case with plastics. But again, other stuff will now come in and now harm us even more worse than the plastics could have done in the first place. So maybe an example, we have chlorofluorocarbons, we have carbon emissions, how people are handling their daily activities. When it comes to engines, we have factories, how are they disposing their waste, those chemicals, they might not be disposing plastics in the rivers, but they are disposing chemicals.  That's what I take in and take an example, aquatic animals. The water means a lot to them as much as I mean, as much as the air means a lot to me right now. So if you are to dispose harmful stuffs to the water, then it means we are not taking good care of an aquatic setup, which also plays a good role in our cycle, our life cycle. We depend on one thing in a way or the other. So the best way is to just be sensitive and try as much as possible to minimize on how we are handling our daily activities, how we are handling our, you know, our stuffs, how we we do our, you know, our activities, how I mean. Okay. So, but also, you know, pollution is really large. It's like now we've narrowed it down to like soil and water. It can go from air pollution to sound pollution. Abraham you mentioned, you know, at the garage, the oil and the grease somehow finds its way in the river and you mentioned of Nairobi River. Now when it comes to other, other means of like, you know, having alternatives of survival, especially when it comes to Nairobi, of course, cars are the biggest, biggest emitters of air, especially you mentioned carbon fluoride oxide, but I think it's carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide. That is a gas that's actually, it's a choking gas. So when we have it released majorly in the air, especially in Nairobi, at some point you'll find that there's pluses where there's no enough fresh air. And so there's need to actually plant trees. There's need to ensure that we have enough air ration. And pluses like offices, even right now we have air consistent because we just want to keep our air clean. But then when it comes to actually mitigating that, do you think that there are ways that we can, especially from a student's perspective, how can we have this conversation begin from you guys who are still in school? So that by the time you're getting outside here, you already have the information to even empower like two, three, four, five people even more. Yes, sure. I can say being sensitive on how we handle our activities is the best idea because take an example, we'll just say emission of various gases like maybe the nitric acid gas, the, you know, those harmful gases to the environment and most of them are emitted by vehicles and so on. So if as young people we can come up with inventions maybe and come up with, you know, machines that do not really depend so much on fuel and such like kind of stuff that are very harmful to the environment and come up with ideas that maybe are an alternative, you know, they will perform the same function. The vehicles are serving us, but on a different way, not depending on fuels maybe. People are now coming up with electric vehicles. Well, to me again, these are made because people are saying electric vehicles as much as they don't depend on fuel, then it's a repercussion. I mean, it's in a way reduces emissions and pollution to the environment, but not really. Well, it's, it has some positive impact, right?  And so the vehicle itself is not, you know, emitting gases directly, but who is it being charged from? The whole cycle will still go back to the fuels. So there is no way. So your point is the charging systems could possibly come from like using fuel, like liquid fuel. Possibly, yeah. Possibly, not certain. Well, you know, it's certain. But you know, that's the president's, that's actually one of the president's target for ensuring that we have immobility in the country, which he calls it the immobility target project, to ensure that we eradicate use of fossil fuel. And then we have electric vehicles that includes motorbikes. And I think he talked about it in his Madarakadei speech, if you watched, he talked about immobility and he's going to ensure like half of Nairobi, they embrace it. Which I feel is a good move to, you know, curb carbon emissions from cars and the rest of machines. It's a good move because it eradicates to some extent. Okay. And if you are to take that direction, and maybe everybody is embracing the same, then we'll have done something positively in a bit. But totally we are not, we have not just run away from, you know, pollution totally. It does not, you know, do away with it completely. But it's, I can say it's a measure in a way that maybe tries to handle the issue. And so we can also try and press, you know, just taking care of the environment.  That's what we're talking of. And even metallic cans, maybe those that cannot decompose easily. Then in such a place, maybe I recline it to something like a forest or something I plant trees. So, well, we must have dump sites. That's a fact that also we cannot run away from. Because where are we going to take our waste? So we must have them. But at least if we are taking good care of, there is a way we can handle such like places so that they don't cause much impact. They don't really harm us mostly, but at least in a way reduce. Yeah. All right. Let me come to you, Abraham, with a different question. Do you think activists in Kenya who are passionate about climate change and advocacy are not as highly, you know, recognized, are they are not there? Have you heard of any climate change advocate so far that you could say, yes, I know one. He's from my university, or I'm even one myself. Have you come across one? Not really, but one thing I wanted to interrupt. You can interrupt and then you'll answer your question. You talked of, like, how can I, the question you posted to Mazzalewa, can I have something to tell someone somewhere? Right. And how can I make change from a student's perspective? Yeah. Personally, I should see as much as we are talking over plastic dumping as well with pollution from industries. At Nairobi as a county, I should say we've a number of industries here that do pollute the environment. But should we see the government is working that extraordinarily to ensure that whichever the emission that gets to the environment is at par to the laws governing the industrial emissions. So that is one of the things that I should see the government should be looking at when initiating the registration of these industries. The companies there, especially at mid. Sure. But you realize most of the emissions are liquid from the industries you're mentioning. Most of them are liquid and especially it goes down to sewage, water, polluted water, chemicalized water that is released to the river. And I wanted to see whether the emissions are liquid form or gaseous form. The company should just be to, you know, regularize in such a way that before the emissions, so before the discharge, they have to go through the required procedures before releasing such to the environment. And why should they be released to a river? Why not have your own dumping site as a company and preserve your own waste? At some point again, you should be thinking of, you know, population density maybe Nairobi. As much as we are talking of maybe a way in which an industry can work on having it is on in a waste management. We should be looking at how much space do we have so far to instill such systems? So you think it can be very difficult to manage it since the population is really, it's a populace, you know, a number of people living in Nairobi? I should not say it's difficult. But then, you know, as much as we are looking for change, there are things we can't just work and do. There are things we do in steps. Gradual things at times, you know, will at last lead to the main aim. So if the industries are to instill such systems, I should say they need to work, you know, industries work on profits, you know. So for them to ensure that your profits in Ahujana, like whatever they gave us a capital for running their companies in that duration, in Arayana, profit in Atoka. Okay. Like what they put as the capital in Atoshana now, profit in Atoka. Okay, it's okay, but it's all right. I can come up again. So it's okay. We can move on to something else. Do you think it's possible for us as Nairobi citizens to permanently do away with plastics, like less embraces the career box is a green? Like it's possible. I've not seen it so far, even for me, like especially it will always end up in a colorless plastics polythene bag. Is it possible to permanently do away with it before we come to the myths and misconceptions? I should say, personally, it's not an easy thing to end the use of the plastic career box so far, like you say, because we've, you know, living in a country with different people, with different mindsets, we should say people have different ways in which they perceive change. Right. Yeah. Okay. So if we are to talk of eradicating, then it means all of us will be having the same mentality in which we treat plastics, which is not the case when living in such a county. Nice. Devin? Well, on maids or maybe how we handle our... How we can eradicate plastics in Nairobi, like when they could buy maize, it's not logical. Well, having such like bags, you know, the current ones, those we're using right now, it's a good move when it comes to handling the environment and pollution matters. But it does, you know, we cannot just do away with the polythene bags completely because in a way or the other, we need this polythene bags. I mean, yeah, sure.  I mean, these current bags, I don't know what material they made from because it's not silk, it's not cotton. Yeah, it's not cotton neither. But, you know, when it comes to Mamboga and, you know, stuff you can handle easily, well, it's possible. But liquid stuff, it's not, it's quite impossible. So in a way, we can try to eradicate on how we are using plastic bags, but we cannot just do away, yeah, we minimize. Because we can't permanently eradicate. Yeah, permanently, it's quite impossible. So as you think on that, I'm just about to give you a little bit of what the president said, I'm going to find it shortly. But I want you to think, oh, what are some of the household activities that we do personally, that pollute the environment before we get to all the myths and misconceptions, you can think of two, and then Devin as well, which are the common ones, even at the campus, you know, I know you guys stay at a hostel or something, or even home, you know, let me imagine that. Sure. What are some of the two, three activities that we do ignorantly, like, bro, he was the manager for like, you know, I am the point here is ignorant. Because maybe you're washing and you just pour your water anyhow. You know, you've been using chemicals. You don't know which chemicals are this, you know, which chemicals make up this soap or detergents you've been using. So when you're just pouring your water anyhow on the environment you're polluting, maybe in a way, it's going to block the, you know, the oxygen cycle of the soil and in a way, you know, the organic animals in those soils contribute much in our environment.  Another example, maybe you are cooking, right? And we're using fuels, you know, we can impress things like gas, you know, those don't, maybe you say electricity, that's a good move. When you're using electricity comparatively to somebody using a stove, you know, using kerosene or something. So in a way this person using an electric cooker then must be reducing or, you know, minimizing on, you know, emissions and totally, you know, at the end of the day the impact would be much better on the environment or much worse. So in a way we can, I can say, let's just be conscious and be sensitive on our activities and we'll really handle this, though we cannot just do away with it completely. So the point here is minimizing and, you know, slowly coming up with measures that maybe seem to be alternatives to the whole big deal. Yeah, Abraham, before I come to you, let me read before this goes out. This was at, the president spoke at Rotterdam in an African climate summit held at the Global Center Adaptation, abbreviated as GCA in Rotterdam once again in Netherlands and it's also in conjunction with Côte d'Ivoire. He said, quote unquote, climate change is a global threat. It's not about who contributed to eat or not. It's about how we work together to address it.  So it's a fight. And then he also added that climate change is influencing every conversation across the globe, citing education, water provision, agriculture, trade, security and health and the rest are some of the ministers that are present. But you guys, do you support that? Do you feel like it's a global threat, not just been pointing that, you know, Kenya is not doing enough and we need to actually be sensitive and we need to do something about changing and conserving our climate? Well, climate change right now is a global threat and statistics have it that Africa right now is the most affected country when it comes to pollution and I mean climate change and climate change comes from pollution and such a kind of stuff.  Africa is in a way, you know, trying to reduce and minimize. Other continents are doing it in a much worse, but again, on the other hand, it's affecting us. Yeah. And then it's affecting us like fossil countries are doing it and then instead of them suffering, it's us suffering the effects. We are trying to prevent it, but again, we are the one getting the effects directly. Well, it's affecting them also, but not really as it's doing it to us. Oh, so it's indirectly for us. Yeah, for us maybe it's directly. And now when we become ignorant as a continent or as an individual level and say, I do not emit, you know, carbon emissions as my neighbor does, but again, I get the, you know, the effects more than he does. So the blame won't help me at all. You know, I might end up saying then let's all of us just emit. Let's just do whatever it takes because, you know, I'm sick and tired of all this because I'm trying to prevent and I'm never getting the effects. So we cannot take such like a conclusion. We really have to, you know, as much as maybe create awareness and maybe try to, in a way, through conferences and such like kind of stuff. So awareness through conferences. Yeah. And maybe educate other people, other continents and how they handle their stuff. All right. Absolutely. Thanks for that. Yes, Abraham. You talked of, you asked on ways in which maybe we pollute the environment from a household. I should say, having come from, you know, the rural setup, I should say, Western region specifically, we do work too much in the use of charcoal. And I should say, charcoal burning as an issue do emit carbon monoxide, if I'm to mention, but one of the gases which contributes to the global warming at last, you know, individual individual cases, individual cases from a different, you know, sources.  As you see, there are so much of the drastic effects would face when we experience such. Right. Yeah. A way in which we can maybe reduce the use of a charcoal, I should say sensitization at times works the best. You know, when we sensitize, we through conferences, you know, we can have public addresses, something like that would at last make the public be aware of the possible outcomes. What about alternative uses of cooking energy? Like, what is the other one, especially that has to do with biogas, but biogas already suffice a gas, you know, but you see, it's one of, like, the immediate, immediate alternative to, like, using charcoal, like Abraham has mentioned. Yeah, people are taking it as an alternative. Well, it's a good move, because now it reduces, but it's also burning and releasing smoke. Yeah, and maybe I can say, are we overthinking or maybe the whole big deal cannot just be, you know, completely done away with. Is it a difficult conversation? Quite, quite, quite difficult, because as much as there are ways we can, you know, handle it, but again, the same ways we can use to handle it are the same ways, maybe in a way, they will end up, you know, harming us. But comparatively, obviously, there are alternatives in every solution, I mean, in every, in each case. So if you are to take a step forward, as an individual, as a country, as a continent, then we also have to look at the other side of the coin. How will it end up? It sounds to be quite a good deal, but at the end, does it even have some negative effects also? Even on the burning charcoal, let me interrupt, even on the burning charcoal point, it leads to deforestation. You have to cut a number of trees before you burn them to charcoal and now come use it. So it's already leading to environmental destruction. Deforestation and all that. So in a way, well, it reduces, right? We agree, we all agree, but again, we have also created a deficit somewhere. But maybe there are also alternatives. What if I am cutting and then planting? There is something called a carbon credit. The carbon credit. Like for example, if companies are to emit, you know, gases and all that, there is a, they take the carbon credit and at last that fund, you know, the money, those funds from such like kind of stuff will end up, you know, taking care of the environment. For example, you're talking of climate funding. Yeah, yeah. No, for example, I own a company, I take a carbon credit. So even if I am polluting the river, the same fund will be used on how to reclimate. All right, I get that. So those are alternatives. So if I am cutting trees and maybe, you know, selling charcoal, then from the fund I get, I buy a few seedlings to plant. So in a way I created a deficit, but I have also made, you know, come up with a way on how to, you know, to feel the black and a solution kind of. Right. Let's get to the myths and misconceptions or perceptions rather. What is some of the, I'll say some of the things that we talk about lately, especially when it comes to climate, and you mean, but they will come back to global warming, climate change and global warming will come back to it later. But what are some of the common things that we talk about, you know, we just assume, you know, and Tattupatua, Pantua, Taukota, but then what are the rest of the common things that we just assume about the climate? Yeah, one of the misconceptions maybe I should say people have at times is that the individual actions can't lead to maybe climate change if I'm to talk of. At some point you will realize that if so many individuals would practice something that will lead to maybe, you know, pollution as a collective perspective would see changes in the climate. So it is, it will be a misconception seeing that an individual action can't affect climate in as much as we are seeing it being that in some way. Water, right. I get your point. At last we would have the effects coming now. I get your point. Yes, Devan? Yeah, there are various myths on this topic. For example, I just mentioned earlier the use of, you know, electric vehicles have less impact on the environment and that's right. But also they have also a negative impact on the environment. So to me it's kind of a myth or something. And also there is something that we can do away with carbon emissions completely. We cannot just do away with them completely. Maybe what we can do is to, you know, minimize. And so this brings up a point of ignorance because, you know, if media and everybody is talking about let's embrace, you know, electric vehicles. Let's do away completely with carbon vehicles. I mean carbon emissions. So that's what everybody is going to do in the public setup. But again, they are forgetting now that it also has some negative effects. So as much as the, you know, the media and everybody and the government tries to come up with measures to reduce the pollution and, you know, come up with ways to, you know, to handle the climate change issue, it should also, you know, sensitize the public on the negative sides so that as much as I'm taking this as a measure, then at the end of the day, how will it affect me? If not me, how will it affect my neighbor and my society and everybody at large? But so, you know, when I know all the sides of this coin, then I know if I handle this, this way, this how it will end up. And if it ends up in this way, it will be a good idea or maybe not. If not, then I might choose that alternative. So why is here, I mean, chances here are, let's, you know, look at ways that if not totally handling this issue, then at least you'll create more positive impact than the negative side. Okay.  But it's going to affect a cow that will cross the road, a goat, it's a cool and then it ended up cool. Do you know if just assumed magic will happen, but you've polluted the environment? So people are just reckless. They assume if I do this, as much as it's not affecting me directly, I mean, then everything is okay, but it's not okay at the end of the day, because in a way it will still come back to you. I just finish maybe a, you know, a street juice and then throw out that catamplia or the straw, they're made of plastics, right?  So in a way it's going to, you know, affect somebody else. So I can say, let's be, you know, sensitive on what we do. If I am handling this, even, I mean, just everything, because now this talk we're talking about every activities, you know, this is our environment and whatever handles, then it must have either positive or negative impacts on the environment. So if you are going to handle it in a right way, then it won't bring negative effects. But if you are to handle it in the right way, then it will be, you know, everybody will be happy because everything will run as, you know, smoothly and in a good line as we all expect. Okay. As we finish up, but it was about to say about global warming. Yes, I love to interrupt. Say your point. We've, we've another misconception that renewable sources of energy are infinite. Like they never, they are in excess, inexhaustible.  But when we're talking of maybe renewable forms of energy like we've fuel, wood fuel, in as much as it is renewable, but what if we use them? But we don't have that, you know, inside feeling it like we should keep replacing. If you're burning charcoal, like you've said, we have frustration, right? You're getting. So if we are not that much keen, renewable forms at last can also end up being what? Exhausted. All right. Now, for layman's language, people who live especially in extreme ends of like Dandora, where is the biggest dam so it's in Nairobi, Koyole, Koyole, Kibra, Kalecrop Jones, how do you start this conversation? But then you'll also realize even, I'd say bath control, bath control measures like condoms are still plastic, anyways, you know, which we advocate for, you know, a lot on a larger geoconversation. Well, if you are to bring such like a topic to somebody, deep down, you know, on ground, these are people, they feel like if this stuff is not affecting me directly, then it's not my concern.   So to him, it will sound more like a business idea. And you know, it will entice him to fall for the trap. Yeah, he will definitely, definitely. But again, deep down, you know, I know my intentions. In the first place, I wanted to, you know, me and him to, you know, to conserve the environment and cut the whole man. Now it's a business. You're making money. Now, on that point, do you think even the advocates are my activists who are climates? Let's say, what's when you're compassionate about, you know, you can't throw that plastic bag, if you throw it, you must pick it now or I take you to the police. You know, do we have such people in Kenya? Are they less? Are they more? Are you one yourself? The ones we read about in the news outlets are very like, it's a handful. They're not even like 10. But there's one, I think we interviewed here, I think two months ago, who are saying that, you know, you can pollute your soil, you can prevent it, but you can never, you know, you can never conserve the air. You know, what you pollute in the air, it's either you have to find a machine that goes into the air to filter it out or you just stop releasing gas into the air. Now, when it comes to such activists who are passionate about, you know, advocating for clean air in Nairobi, are they even funded? Are they even recognized? Do we need even a system that actually needs to be implemented to actually bring them on board? Yeah, really. I second you because I think we really need a system and maybe even if it means, you know, a body in the government that really plays that role. And because what if maybe, take for instance, I'm really into this case of, you know, carving the menace about climate change and polluting the environment. But now, okay, in a while, I might be also spending. I'm using funds maybe to help me, you know, educate everybody campaigns and all that, you know, social awareness, public awareness. But now, so in a way I'm spending, but there are no, there are no outcomes, there are no incomes. So if I am supported, then I also get enticed and have more energy to do the same. So these people are very few in our current setting in our common setup. What do you think there are few? Is it because you're mentioning the source of money? Because if you really to do it, then it must be deep down from your heart because you must yeah, it must be out of passion because in a way we are not getting anything from it. So as much as we're sensitizing people on how to, you know, take care of the environment, but well, it helps, but on your side, you are losing. So if you have passion and really want to help the society, then you will do it. That's why we have a few individuals who are still insisting in the same and they are doing it. So I think the good move will be if we have, you know, a government supported something, you know, to help such like kind of people and, you know, and these people, I think we can make them feel proud and, you know, support them.  We are offering you maybe vehicles, you know, those road shows and whatever. So they feel encouraged. But at the end of the day, who turns up to a road show about, you know, climate change, are they people who are passionate about it or people who are concerned or affected people, which is a good conversation, but we're out of time. I think we can have a part two. By the way, this is a really important conversation, but it's difficult to want to have because it needs more insight and it needs more backup. I just say your social media in a second place, where can people catch you as we go? Yeah, it can be found on all the social media platforms. My name is Abraham Omusungu. Okay. Yeah, on Twitter. Everywhere. Yeah. Right. Well, on YouTube, at Driplet, Viper1300 and on TikTok, find me at DevArts on IG, get me at AlvinGavio. So they are quite different, but that's how I operate. You guys have really interesting handles. So that's our Advoy2Four channel, underscore on the gram at BrianSakwa101, hashtag going in the morning. My good name is Sakwa. See you tomorrow for Health Tuesday and Entrepreneurship Tuesday. Have a fantastic Monday. See you tomorrow.


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before we go let's take a look at the updated medal table 13 goals for Jamaica plus to 15 so they should have 31 medals and the Bahamas getting four gold medals five silver two bronze to have 11 Ghana only three gold medals so they are third in the medal table came on islands Guadalupe and Antigua Barbuta also on the three medals Antigua turned out in Tobago rather eight medals for silver four bronze Grenada one and three bronze to bring them to force in kitsaneves they have one Aruba also with one both of them silver medals


As you watch this video, there are millions of people that call themselves Christians but have been sold a lie. This video is made possible by The Daily Disciple Club on Patreon. To support my mission of equipping people to follow Jesus daily, join Patreon today. This lie takes multiple forms, the belief that Christianity is just a life improvement plan. It's just about God helping me have better relationships or a better marriage or a better business plan. God is just about trying to, you know, give me these tips and tricks in order to make my life better. And that's why we're often offered up so many of these Christian TED talks as sermons because people want to know how they can live a better life and ultimately Jesus is just a means to give them that. Hey friend, welcome back to Prosper Church. My name's Pastor Kenny. Thank you for joining us but I want you to buckle up though because we're right in the middle of our sermon series, How to Be Successful Like Solomon. But don't you fret my follically challenged fellows? No hair required. We took a break from our sermon series last week to hear from Pastor Curtis. He preached on the story of Zacchaeus and taught us all that even short kings can inherit the kingdom of God. I hope you enjoy our worship experience today. Our worship band just wrote a new song so you can be sure to hear that about three or four times but without further ado, let's dive in. Then there's the prosperity gospel folks. It's just about what I can get from God.     That's why I have a private jet, I have a mansion, I have a jacuzzi. God gave me that stuff because he wanted me to be happy. Then there's the legalistic gospel, what I need to do to be saved. You see what people don't understand about God is that he ain't no slacker. When he makes a team he wants the best and the brightest. The question is what do you have to offer? I see people praying around thinking that God will take them in just as they are. Now they haven't even cleaned up their life first. To play off a quote from JFK or maybe it was Ronald Reagan I believe, don't ask what God has done for you. Ask what you can do for God. Now the truth is there are a lot of scriptures about obeying and following God's commands. But what these folks have yet to understand is that the Bible is clear about our lack of ability to hold to God's law perfectly. So what is this big lie that so many people that call themselves Christians have bought into? Basically that the gospel is about me. About the wonderful life that I can have or what I need to do for God or what I can get from God. But the gospel is about God and his glory. This makes it so clear for us as Jesus was preparing for his death on the cross. His soul was troubled and it says this in John 12. It says, now is my soul troubled and what shall I say? Father save me from this hour but for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father glorify your name. Then a voice came from heaven I have glorified it and I will glorify it again. Okay hold that for a second but I want to go back. When we talk about the gospel, the good news, we also need to talk about the bad news of sin, judgment, God's wrath. And people don't like to talk about this and they don't want to present this because look if we're trying to present Jesus as just this cool nice guy, this nice teacher who came to make us have better lives than this idea of wrath and sin and judgment is kind of offensive right? But the truth is we can't understand the good news if we don't understand the bad news. You know a lot of people think about the gospel that we were drowning in our sin and Jesus kind of threw us this life raft and we grabbed onto it and he kind of reeled us in and pulled us up onto the boat and that's close. But the truth is is that we were at the bottom of the ocean. We were dead honestly and Jesus dove in and scooped us out. I think that's a little bit more accurate. Obviously no analogy is perfect but it just goes to show that we had no ability to save ourselves. Like it says in Ephesians, we were dead in our trust passes and sins. Don't hide the truth about sin and God's wrath towards it and ultimately his judgment towards sinners that is eternity in hell. Like if we truly believe that hell exists and that is what the Bible teaches right? If we truly believe that this exists right? This place exists. If they don't put their faith in Jesus then why don't we talk about it? I think of Galatians 1.10 where it says, For am I seeking the approval of man or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I was still trying to please man I would not be a servant of Christ. I remember Jesus saying you're either with me or against me. Like he wants to draw the clear line here. Would you rather gain their approval and compromise the gospel? Compromise the truth? Or would you rather seek the approval of God by what you're saying right? Like ultimately that's what matters. That's what should matter. Okay let's go back to God's glory for a second. The idea of God's glory can be something that's hard to quantify. What does it mean to glorify something? I think of and I've heard it put like a spotlight. That is what the intention is and so in God saving us and coming to this world he wanted to put a spotlight on himself and how glorious and merciful and loving and also just he is and is fulfilling justice and being the atoning sacrifice for his sins. He wanted to put the spotlight on himself because when all of our eyes are on him that is exactly the perfect place for our eyes to be because he's the most glorious in the universe. Like that's a good thing. I think about it like this.  They're taking in this glorious beauty and they're like they're thanking you. They're like oh thank you for inviting me out here so I can see this too. In effect that's what we're doing with like Christ. Like we want people to see his glory and they you know ultimately maybe they will thank us for it right and like some people will, some people won't. But ultimately it's like this is the most glorious thing in the universe. This is better than a sunset. This is better than a glorious mountaintop like this is amazing. What I want to encourage you towards is a God-centered gospel. It's not about me and what I can be or become or what I need to do or what I can get but rather about God and what he has done. Put the spotlight on him. I think it's a while that we're ashamed of sharing God with people. You think about okay if you were friends with LeBron James or pick any celebrity that you want to or you know famous person if you're friends with him and you invited him over and you had also invited your friends over you wouldn't hesitate to like introduce them together right like oh yeah I know LeBron James like oh yeah you got to come over and meet him and they'd be like oh my goodness I get to the meet LeBron James. Ultimately okay people probably have a better reaction to LeBron James than they will Jesus at least depending on who they are. But ultimately it's like man you're like why are you ashamed man like it's God like he's infinitely more glorious and amazing and in him is new life and salvation and a new identity and this new purpose and also this like rest this deep rest in who God is and what he has done. Thank you for watching this video and I'll see you tomorrow.


This video will review the most important things to know about food stamps. What are food stamps? Food stamps are also known as SNAP, which stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. SNAP provides financial assistance for low-income households to purchase food. Which agency administers food stamps? Food stamps are administered by state-specific human or social services agencies. Who is eligible for food stamps? To receive SNAP benefits, households must meet certain income and asset limits, which vary based on household size. A household means everyone who lives together and purchases and prepares meals together. Eligibility rules include both gross and net monthly income limits and also allow for certain deductions. Households that include seniors or those receiving certain types of disability payments only have to meet the net income limit. Generally, applicants must meet certain work requirements in order to be eligible for benefits, but seniors, pregnant women, and people with disabilities are exempt. This video's description includes a link to the USDA website, which lists allowable deductions, explains work requirement rules, and includes sample households. How does one apply? Application processes vary from state to state, but applications can generally be completed online through a state's human or social services agency website by filling out and mailing or faxing a paper application or in person at the state agency's office. What documents are required to apply? Generally, you must provide proof of identity such as a state ID or driver's license, proof of U.S. citizenship or qualified immigrant status, and your social security number. You must also provide proof of income such as pay stubs, child support payments, and income award letters, and proof of expenses such as rent, utilities, medical bills, and childcare receipts. Senior citizens may be able to apply with fewer documents. How long does it take to process the application? Each state has their own standard of promptness that dictates how many days the SNAP agency has to process applications once they are received. Before being approved for food stamps, you must complete an interview at the SNAP agency's office to provide more information about your household situation. If you are unable to go to the office due to age or disability, you may appoint an authorized representative to complete the interview on your behalf. You can also request a reasonable accommodation for the interview to be completed over the phone. If your income and assets are low enough, you may be eligible for expedited SNAP benefits which are granted within seven days of applying. Are there any special considerations? Senior applicants and applicants with disabilities may deduct medical expenses that are greater than $35 from their income to determine eligibility. Proof of medical expenses is generally required along with the application. Child care and utility expenses may also be deducted if certain criteria are met. How does one receive food stamps? Once your application has been approved, you will receive an electronic benefits transfer card or EBT card in the mail. If you have been approved but did not receive your EBT card, you should call your state's EBT customer service line.


It's now time for a member's statements. Member for Kingston and the Islands. Thank you again Speaker. It's my pleasure today to welcome members of the Ontario Basic Income Network to the Legislature for their first basic income lobby day. At its core basic income is the right to self-determination beyond circumstance and that is a powerful idea. The challenges we face be they climate, be they automation, require solutions that match their nature and scale. Ontario pilot recipients embrace the agency making choices that address specific needs. A report by Basic Income Canada Network stated, overall results show that given genuine choices recipients make the most of them. Their decisions were based on unique personal circumstances. Recipients paid down debt, got teeth fixed, others went back to school, enrolled their children in recreational programs or put money aside for future needs. Almost everyone ate better. Stockton, California is eight months into an 18 month project and participants are mostly using it to pay for food, clothes and utility bills. The Mincom experiment in Manitoba saw a statistically significant decline in hospitalizations among recipients compared to a control group. It gives agency to people who have very little otherwise and it does not make people settle. It makes families safe to reach for a better future. The results from every pilot indicate its promise. Speaker, Basic Income is an idea whose time has come. The challenges we face cannot allow us to think any smaller. Thank you. Member Statements. Member for Perth, Wellington. Thank you, Speaker. Speaker, Ontario faces a growing problem. The shortage of skilled workers. One in five new jobs in Ontario over the next five years is expected to be in the trades. Mr. Speaker, businesses from one out of my riding to the other are in desperate need of skilled workers. We must do more to encourage young people to join this growing profession. The technical training group in my riding of Perth, Wellington is doing just that. This past Wednesday I had the pleasure of attending the real deal on skilled trades at the Stratford Rotary Complex. This is an event organized by the technical training group to encourage young women to join the trades. I want to thank Mark Roth and Mark Flanagan for all they do in promoting the skilled trades. Mr. Speaker, only 4% of trades people in Ontario are female. The real deal on skilled trades is a networking event for female students in grade 8 to 12 from across Perth and here in counties to learn about potential careers in the skilled trades. I had the opportunity to meet with women already in the skilled trades or apprenticeship programs. They met with engineers, carpenters, iron workers and welders to just name a few. Through information boost and interactive experiences, students learn more about the wide range of trades that exist in Ontario. Mr. Speaker, the skilled trades offer an exciting, rewarding and profitable career, one with opportunities for all Ontarians. Together we can ensure more young people, especially women, choose a career in the skilled trades. And I am pleased that the Associate Minister Dunlop is promoting the skilled trades to our young women. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you, Member Statements. Member for Niagara Falls. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I'd like to talk about an event that happened in our family 13 years ago and forever changed our lives. My wife was hit on by a drunk driver. I think it's important for us, particularly during the holiday season, to remember how much damage someone can cause when they decide to drink and drive. Especially when we have a government that continues to prioritize increased access to alcohol. In the last two days, drunk driving accidents have killed two people in Niagara and St. Catharines. And last week, my wife, for the first time since the accident, wrote about it and this is what she said. 13 years ago today, I was hit head on by a drunk driver on my way home from work. It forever changed my life. Although I preferred the focus and all the positives in my life, I have both physical challenges and emotional scars that I live with every day. I have never posted anything about my accident, but something is eating away at me. Every week or two, the Niagara Regional Police post a list of people charged with impaired driving. The number of the people vary. However, there's usually at least a half a dozen. And this was a recent headline. 18 people charged with impaired driving between October 21st and November 3rd. And let's face it, these are the only ones who get caught. Drunk driving can kill. I am fortunate to be alive, but I'm living a different life from the one that I would have had, had led without the accident. When are people going to realize a devastation such a poor chase can cause? Accidents like my wife's are preventable. The Ford government needs to stop making it easier for people to get alcohol 24-7. Let's work together instead to keep people safe and our roads safe. Thank you. Thank you very much. Member Statements, member for Ottawa West-Napien. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This past weekend, the Napien Sailing Club in Ottawa West-Napien hosted its annual awards night, honoring top racers from the past year. With 2,000 members and 800 boats, it is the largest sailing club in Canada by trips and anchored boats. The club also helps developmentally disabled young adults through their ABLE sale program, which includes training, regular sale, and participating in racing. Our government was proud to support their good work with a $70,500 Trillium grant, which helps with the cost of boats and programming. Volunteerism is a key component of the Napien Sailing Club. Nominations for their Volunteer Achievement Award close on November 30th. If you know anyone who has been an outstanding volunteer, please be sure to nominate them. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you very much. Member for Spadina, Fort York. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last night, I attended a meeting of the Alliance to End Homelessness. And it's a partnership of social service agencies and businesses. And their goal is to bring an absolute end to homelessness. We are in a homeless crisis, both in this province and in the city. In the city of Toronto, homelessness has more than doubled over the last five years from 4,000 people to more than 9,000 people. And there's also, we heard from people last night talking about hidden homelessness. People who are couch surfing for months on end because they don't have adequate housing. The group is taking some important steps, but they can't do it alone. This government has cut funding to the homelessness, to the homelessness, to end homelessness. They've cut the basic, cancelled the basic minimum income pilot. And they've reduced the proposed increase in Ontario Works, which was supposed to go for an individual from $725 to $745 a month. They've decided that $745 a month was too exorbitant. So they capped it at $735 a month. You cannot buy, rent a room in the city or anywhere in most parts of Ontario for $735, let alone the housing allowance of that. We need to take a different approach. I salute the businesses and the community groups that are organizing this Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness. I think that we need to, to this government to change course and actually address homelessness as a home and having a home as a basic human right. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Member Statements, the member for Flamborough Landbrook. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I am absolutely thrilled to be able to rise today to brag a bit about my hometown, Hamilton Tiger Cats, who are advancing to the 107th Grey Cup this coming weekend. The Tiger Cats absolutely dominated the Edmonton Eskimos 3616 and Sunday's East Division final, and their victory was in front of a record-sold-out crowd, all wearing black, more than 25,000 fans at Tim Hortons Field, thrilled by a flyover by the legendary Lancaster Bomber. The Tiger Cats will face the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in this Sunday's Grey Cup Championship game. The team, by the way, finished to top the East Division with a CFL Best 15-3 record. This was also the Tiger Cats' strongest season in team history. Grey Cup excitement, Mr. Speaker, in Hamilton is absolutely exploding. The Tiger Cats lost hoist of the Grey Cup in 1999 in the championship game, and the club's success is even more incredible given that, and you might remember this back in the late 80s, owner Harold Ballard threatened to fold the team in face of steadily declining attendance. Well, guess what? The Tiger Cats fans are rabid in their support. Excitement is building. Football will continue to be crazy in Hamilton as we prepare to host the 2021 Grey Cup. So join me in wishing my hometown team the best of luck this Sunday. What do we say? Oskie Wewee. The member for Nickel Belt. Thank you, Speaker. Today, I would like to talk to equity of access to care for people who have multiple sclerosis. Northern Ontario has the highest rate of people living with multiple sclerosis. If you look at the standard of care for people with MS, usually you will see your family physician, your neurologist, and be referred to a specialized MS clinic. That's a clinic that will be made out of an interdisciplinary team where you will have neurologists working with physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, social worker. They work as a team. You see them, they support the patient, they support their family, they support their caregiver, and this is how you get the best care. Unfortunately, although we have the highest rate, we have no such specialized clinic. And there are many, many people whose outcome, whose possibilities for life are really, really curtailed because of this. Very few people living with multiple sclerosis are able to make the long journey down south on treacherous Highway 69 with the snow and everything to get the care they need. So they go without. I would like the government to understand that when a health services is available to people of Ontario, they have a responsibility to make sure that it is equitably available to all. And that means bringing one of those specialized MS neurological clinic to Sudbury, which is the hub for northeastern Ontario when we talk about healthcare. I hope their request will be listened to and acted upon. Thank you, Speaker. The member for Northumberland, Peterborough South. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Speaker, I'm pleased to rise today to highlight agriculture and agricultural funding and my riding. Mr. Speaker, agriculture plays such an important role in Northumberland, Peterborough South. It's a number one employer. And I think of the rolling hills in Northumberland right up to Autonomy South Monaghan and over to Ashfordville, Norwood. Agriculture is key to Northumberland, Peterborough South and our broader economy. I'd like to highlight crosswind farms in my riding. Mr. Speaker, it's a small farm. Cindy and Kevin run it. It started in 2007. It's a goat farm. And they received over $71,000 in cost sharing funding that will improve their operations so that they can grow their business, boost the province's economy and bring more safe, high quality Ontario agri-food products to local and international markets. The funds will go towards purchasing and installing new automated pasteurization equipment to automate current manual processes to allow production of new and more products to enter into market. Mr. Speaker, agri-food businesses will receive more than $6.8 million in cost sharing funding as a part of this announcement and will contribute to over 100 projects around Ontario. I'm really proud of the work at Crosswind Farms and the broader agricultural sector in my community. And I'd like to congratulate both Cindy and Kevin for their hard work that they're doing, the remarkable work that they're doing. And I can't wait to get up to Crosswind Farms to try some of the new cheddar. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Member for Mississauga East Cooksville. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise in the House during Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week to talk about an issue that is dear to me, cyberbullying. Mr. Speaker, our province has seen an increase in the number of cases of cyberbullying. Sometimes the effects of cyberbullying can cause a life. As a father and parliamentarian, I want my children and everyone in this great province to be protected and empowered against all forms of bullying, especially cyberbullying. Cyberbullying consists of electronic communication that directly or indirectly causes or is likely to cause harm to another individual's physical and mental health or well-being. It can include intimidation, threats, and harassment. It can have significant and lifelong negative effects on children and adults. Mr. Speaker, one out of every five teenagers has been the target of cyberbullying. And one out of every six has been a cyberbully at some point in their lifetimes. There is so much work that needs to be done on this issue, especially at the grassroot level. This past year, I have had the opportunity to speak to many stakeholders, including members of the Peel Regional Police, who all agree that more needs to be done to stop cyberbullying. Mr. Speaker, together, we can stop cyberbullying in Ontario with more education, not just for our youth, but to all on the dangers. Lastly, I want to thank the minister and our government for working hard to protecting Ontarians and our future generations. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you very much. That concludes our member's statements for this afternoon. Reports by committees.


Howdy how's it going?  But as time wore on, I ascended to a higher stream of consciousness where I understood all the rules of 5e, and more importantly, understood how little the rules matter in the grand scheme of things compared to just having a good time. Today I'm gonna talk about homebrew, how to handle it, and why my opinion on this controversial aspect of the game has completely flipped since the beginning of the days of Davy lore. As always, keep in mind that a lot of this is just my opinion, so if you don't want to get drunk on homebrew, like it's the prohibition, feel free to play your games however you want. But with that out of the way, let's begin. So homebrew is just a catchall term for deviating from the written mechanics of the game. People have homebrewed new rules, classes, entire magic systems into the game, and I think it's safe to say that you probably use a little bit of homebrew in your own games to make them run more smoothly. Every time you choose not to worry about food or ignore encumbrance, that's homebrew, so as a concept, homebrew is a lot more common than you would think. However, the bigger the changes, the bigger the homebrew, and some people have a low alcohol tolerance, so if you come in with your custom chronomancer class with 15 different special rules, there are a lot of DMs out there who will say that they're too young to drink. And that feeling stems from two major places. The first is very reasonable. If you let a player use custom rules that they found online, then you have to read those rules to make sure that A, you know what you're in for, and B, that they aren't more broken than the nuclear family. It takes time out of your day when you have to study for a new class, and that's time on top of the already time consuming job of being a DM, so it's reasonable for the DM to not want to bother with more. The other reason why Dungeon Masters might reject homebrew is on a much more personal level.  This is one that I've seen a lot. Maybe you don't technically distrust your player out of hand, but you never know if this might be the day that they try to sneak in the rules to play Dr. Manhattan and tell everybody how Steve Jobs died. Honestly, this was my reason for not wanting to use homebrew for so long. I don't want to feel like I'm being taken advantage of. That's shitty. But what broke that mindset for me was a mixture of trusting my players to not think that I'm a fool, and also opening my third eye to a little secret. Some of the stuff in 5e is already pretty busted. Once you realize that you can handle broken homebrew the same way that you handle normal broken game mechanics, the world is open to you. Is your player using an ability that's clearly too strong? Nerf it a bit and everybody wins. If you're playing with your friends, none of them should be out to get you, so hopefully you won't receive much pushback. The only thing that you have to watch out for is that some players try to catch you in a social fallacy by presenting the entire homebrew for you to sign off on right away, and then using that initial approval as grounds to argue for keeping their busted character. Obviously, players should show you their homebrew before they play it, but just looking at the mechanics on a sheet of paper doesn't always give you insight as to how that's going to translate to the table, or how it might synergize with an obscure mechanic. You should make it known to your table that homebrew or not, if something is busted, it's gonna get fixed, and put the responsibility on the players to not bring in something crazy. After all, as the DM, you have the whole game to look after. The players only have their character, so they should be responsible for keeping it in check. That said, once you have that understanding, don't be afraid to go crazy. I have a player in one of my games that wanted to be a lightning dragon sorcerer, but there aren't a lot of good lightning spells, so I just let him change every fire spell in the game to do lightning damage. Haven't run into any problems yet, and if I do, I'll just let him know. I've let players play ferrets with 10 health by level five, created rules for a revenant with only half a body, but very good upper body strength, and I am universally happy with reflavoring abilities into whatever the player wants. None of these things have broken the game, and none of these things can break the game because I am the DM, and at the end of the day, what I say goes. And I actually want to touch on reflavoring for a moment because it's such a huge part of how I create characters nowadays. I cannot emphasize enough how much you should encourage your players to do it. Reflavoring is a subtype of homebrew that technically isn't homebrew, but also sort of is. Instead of creating new mechanics, what I do most often is I take existing mechanics, and I completely change the context around how they exist. For instance, I recently played in the Bards for Bards one shot where I played Borble Bass, Scion of the Damp. I was a bullywog cleric with the ultimate goal of making everything in the world a little more wet. Mechanically, I was a lizardfolk, but I just called myself a bullywog and changed none of the mechanics. My banishment was a bubble that would surround enemies and then pop. And when the party was in trouble, I would heal them with my version of Maskier Wounds, the vast glove. Reflavoring D&D has opened a world of possibilities to me, and I've used it to create characters like a swarmkeeper ranger who controls the power of snow, a cleric that had a polyamorous relationship with multiple gods, and a druid by name only that was actually a pirate navigator with the power of wind and waves who had no idea what a druid even was. If you're a player, you should look through the books to see if a concept you want can't be achieved with the mechanics that already exist. And if you're not actually changing anything, your DM shouldn't have a problem letting you do it. I'm gonna end this video by once again sharing a homebrew that was made by a good friend of mine, Dismal Durge. It was created to explain why characters disappear when players can't make it to the game, and its name is the giant flying purple baby. You can find it on the D&D homebrew wiki. The purple baby descends upon the world and picks people up at random, spurting them away and leaving those who once knew them with no memory of their inclusion in the party. If the baby is so pleased, it may return the stolen victim, perhaps leaving a gift behind for their troubles, and everyone will act as if the party member had never left. Having the creativity to play what you want and do what you want is the reason why people like homebrew so much. If there's any problem that you don't like with D&D, you can fix it with homebrew. It's like modding a video game. And as long as you drink responsibly, you should feel free to fill your cup with as much homebrew as you can, at least until the cops shut down your bootleg distillery. But that'll about do it. I hope you enjoyed this video. 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