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Another question... As an environmentalist I go back and forth on my desire to go leafleting. I have personally had the amazing experience of helping "convert" (not a huge fan of that term) more than a few handfuls of people to veg*anism through leafleting in my life. However as I got older, and became a more staunch environmentalist, I found it hard to reconcile passing out that much paper that was often found in the trash and sometimes scattered about campuses. This has also been an issue for my environmental group as many people at events want us to hand out literature, but we are conflicted to use those resources when it could be done digitally via our website.

Other than signing petitions and posting on Facebook, is there more digital activism to be done? What other alternatives exist out there for those of us with concern over the amount of paper being printed for leafleting?

Hey Jon! My question is what do you do when you encounter someone asking a question (whether genuinely, or to try and trip you up) that you simply don't have an answer for?

I work in sales and usually I do my best to say, "You know what, honestly, I'm not sure about that...but let me find that out for you," when I don't know the answer to something. However with someone passing by they may not want to give out their contact information or I worry that they will be agitated that I don't have all the answers.

Great to hear! It's just such a hard line to walk because it seems that when it comes to the nay-sayers they expect us to have all of the answers and when we don't...they get angry and use it to justify their oppositional view. Glad to hear that it tends to work for you and I'll be sure to just go with that from now on :). Thanks Jon!

I appreciate your thoughts on the subject :) Thanks!