Billie Eilish thinks you're a 'bad person' if you don't care about the climate crisis

• Billie Eilish discussed the importance of environmentalism in a new interview with Vogue.
• "I'm not going to tell you what to do. I'm just going to tell you why I do this," she said.

Billie Eilish used her latest Vogue cover to shine a spotlight on environmentalism, inviting a group of climate activists and educators to join her interview and video shoot.

The 21-year-old superstar also discussed her own efforts to be green, including convincing Oscar de la Renta to stop selling fur and partnering with the nonprofit Reverb to make her "Happier Than Ever" world tour more sustainable.

The organization set up "Eco-Villages" at each tour stop, where fans could register to vote and learn about how to get involved in the climate fight.

"I've spent all of my effort trying not to be in people's faces about it," Eilish said. "Because people don't respond well to that. It makes the causes that you believe in look bad, because you're, like, annoying the shit out of everybody."

"I'm still not shoving information down people's throats. I'm more like, I'm not going to tell you what to do. I'm just going to tell you why I do this," she continued, adding: "But you're also a bad person if you don't do it."

Despite her "climate anxiety" and desire to "make a difference," Eilish said she's disappointed in her own actions that cause negative environmental impacts, like selling merchandise and taking so many plane trips while on tour. (According to Vogue, Eilish is one of few musicians of her stature who refuses to fly private.)

"I shouldn't be making any products. I shouldn't be selling anything. It's just more shit to go into the landfill one day. I know that," Eilish said. "But no one's going to stop wearing clothes. No one's going to stop making stuff. So I just do it in the best way I possibly can."

"I wish I could just make changes in my life and save the world alone," she continued. "Grow my own food and live off the grid. Erase my carbon footprint. But all that does is erase me. When really, if every single person just did half of what they should do, we could fix this."

Many of the activists who joined Eilish's Vogue interview, including "It's Not Just You" author Tori Tsui and Black Girl Environmentalist founder Wanjiku "Wawa" Gatheru, were previously enlisted as speakers at Eilish's 2022 climate conference Overheated.

Although the six-day climate-awareness event was hosted by Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell, Overheated featured a robust lineup of youth activists and sustainability experts.

"I'm sure the majority would rather have seen Billie speak," Tsui told Vogue. "But can you imagine how powerful it is to use your platform to draw an audience who knows about the climate crisis but isn't yet fully engaged?"