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 […]
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 I decided to go unscripted and candid, and decided to talk about why I started Verdant Growth: the problems in environment and society I see and the two strategies I want to use in my life to fight them.
On my walk with Manoa today, I suddenly came to a break in the trees that gave me a view of all of Osaka, as well as a new perspective on human society. Also….I made it thought 10 episodes! I’m excited for me. Thanks so much to everyone who has come along for the journey. I appreciate all of you!
The term ‘meditation’ comes with a lot of baggage, but the awareness that it teaches is so valuable in learning to live by your own values. It will help you to create better connections with your family and friends, nature, and yourself. Here’s why! Headspace Guide to Meditation (Affiliate): https://amzn.to/2N1GfKA
Today we’re going to address one of the things I hear a lot: “I don’t have time to be ECO. I can’t be more ECO. I can’t be bothered with being ECO. I can’t sacrifice like you can.” Sound familiar? Everyone thinks that living more sustainably means making sacrifices and giving up things you love. But I would venture a […]
Today we’re talking about Joshua Spodek, PhD, MBA, host of This Sustainable Life podcast, award winning author of Leadership: Step by Step, and most environmentally-friendly person I know. He was my inspiration for starting Verdant Growth and is now teaching me to lead others on environment. He’s an incredible person, and I highly recommend you watch/read/listen to everything he’s posted. […]
In today’s daily, I wanted to dispel the myth that I hate plastic. I don’t! Plastic is great…And awful. And here’s why!
After my discussion yesterday on A Plastic Ocean, I decided to continue the plastics discussion with a talk about why plastic recycling is really a myth.