As per my last project update, I’ve now decided on a project, which wasn’t part of the original set of projects, but it’s one I’m much happier with. Exercise 4 – 10 Friends and Family Members Present your project to 10 people and get 3 pieces of advice from each.After each conversation, if you got good advice, you can update […]
Continuing yesterdays discussion about why I’m quitting meat. We talked about the emotions and feelings involved in eating meat, then we thought about how that meat is connected to the world around me. Today, we’re going to look a little bit into some science behind those feelings to see if those feelings are justified. A real-life example of how to […]
If you’ve listened to past episodes, you know what it means now to Live ECO, but now we need to apply it to our lives! Today, I wanted to share my experience with becoming environmentally-conscious about meat. Tomorrow, we’ll get into the science and the reasons why meat is bad for the environment to reinforce our sense and feelings we […]
I talked before about how to me, to live ECO means to live a life that is Environmentally-COnscious. Becoming aware of our connection to nature is the start to a sustainable life…But it’s only the start. What do you do next?
First ever Funday Monday! Where we forget about ECO stuff for a day and do something random and/or fun. Today I decided to just talk about myself so you guys can learn more about who I am and why I do what I do! We also end with some random get-to-know-you questions! Excited for more Funday Mondays in future! Be […]
As much as possible, I want to keep politics out of the Verdant Growth Daily, since I believe that the environment is NOT a political issue. But from time to time, it’s natural that it’s going to come up. So today I wanted to just give my thoughts about Biden vs Trump, and how we can use nature to bridge […]
Congratulations to new President Biden! I’m really excited for the future of our planet now that we have a president that listens to and respects science. Biden has re-entered us into the Paris Accord…But…What is the Paris Accord? That’s what we’re talking about today. Here’s to new hope for the environment!
Episode 1 of This Sustainable Life: Solve For Nature is now live! Joshua Spodek PhD MBA is a three-time TEDx speaker, #1 bestselling author of Initiative and Leadership Step by Step, host of the award-winning Leadership and the Environment podcast (Now rebranded to This Sustainable Life), and professor at NYU. Learn more about Josh and check out his podcast at […]
We throw away things from our lives every day. But the term “throw away” tells us everything we need to know about what we’re doing. We’re not making things disappear. We’re just moving them away from us. We’re just changing the location of our waste. What we need to do is “throw away” less.
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so I thought it would be appropriate to discuss how much environmental activism is tied together with black rights, indigenous rights, and other kinds of modern day activism.