This week, I began attending a workshop offered by the Climate Stories Project (https://www.climatestoriesproject.org/) called the Climate Stories Ambassador Workshop. The goal of the workshop is to create more Climate Stories Ambassadors, people who are wanting to go out and encourage more people to share their climate stories and engage more people on climate change. Over the 3-workshop course, we […]
Why vote or live sustainably? – You’re too small to matter, right?
Did you vote in the last election? Why would you? Your impact is too small to make a difference. There are so many people voting yours barely matters. Maybe you’re in a state that doesn’t even have that many electoral votes, so now your vote matters even less. The chances of one person’s vote tipping the scales are infinitesimally small. […]
TSL: SFN – 8 Billion Day w/ Michael Bayliss
Today I’m following up with Michael Bayliss, host of the Post-Growth Australia Podcast (PGAP), activist for within the environmental and post-growth movements, Communications Manager and former Victoria/Tasmanian President at Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Last time we spoke, he decided to taken on a personal challenge, but the challenge ended up taking a life of it’s own and evolved into a project […]
Climate Questions: Coming up with questions to start climate conversations
As regular readers might know, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to have more and better climate change conversations, and as I thought more and more about how to do that, the sage words of Josh Spodek, host of the This Sustainable Life podcast came back to me: Stop thinking about how you’re going to do it, and just […]
The Arrogance of Man
We’ve become arrogant. We’ve come to a point where we believe we have conquered nature, and nature bends to our will. But we have not. Increasingly strong heatwaves, hurricanes, and wildfires are mother nature’s warnings: we are not above nature. And if we don’t fix the damage we’ve done, mother nature won’t allow us to live on this planet anymore. […]
TSL: SFN – The Music of the Ocean w/ Joshua Sam Miller
Joshua Sam Miller is an environmental activist, mindful musician and immersive media producer dedicated to raising world-wide environmental awareness by curating immersive sound and visual experiences in support of ocean conservation. His work as a multi-disciplinary artist and conscious entrepreneur is motivated to support a healthier, more sustainable world. He believes that modern society has created an unhealthy model that […]
TSL: SFN – Making Your Voice (And Wallet) Heard w/ Tanja Hester
Tanja Hester is the author of Wallet Activism: How to Use Every Dollar You Spend, Earn, and Save as a Force for Change and Work Optional: Retire Early the Non-Penny-Pinching Way. She spent most of her career as a consultant to Democratic politics and progressive issue campaigns, and before that as a public radio journalist. Tanja retired early at the […]
This Sustainable Life: Solve For Nature – The Population Problem w/ Michael Bayliss
Today we’re talking with Michael Bayliss, host of the Post-Growth Australia Podcast (PGAP), activist for within the environmental and post-growth movements, Communications Manager and former Victoria/Tasmanian President at Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). The focus of his work involves advocacy regarding choice for small families and for working cooperatively with our global neighbours to create equitable societies that do not rely […]
Earth Day 2021: Change Your World
Your impact is small. We hear it all the time. Your individual action will have such a tiny impact on the environment it almost doesn’t matter at all. It’s pretty much true. And that’s okay. Unless you’re a Bill Gates, Elon Musk, or Mark Zuckerburg, most people’s actions have very little effect on the world as a whole. The same […]
The VG Daily: 037 – Fossil Fuel’s Dirty Tactics: Deflection
The fossil fuel industry has been trying to cloud their impact on climate and the planet for decades, so it’s really important that we recognize when they’re trying to use their tactics to confuse us. By deflecting the blame onto individuals, they take the focus off of themselves, but does that mean you shouldn’t bother with individual action? Recommended Reading […]