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 […]
The Meaning of Aloha: Sustainability the Hawaiian Way
Aloha! I recently moved to Hawaii. You may have noticed the lack of blog posts, YouTube videos, and content from anything other than my social media (and the occasional podcast episode for This Sustainable Life). It’s been busy getting a new job and getting a whole new life set up for me and my wife and daughter with everything from […]
TSL: SFN – Bringing Climate Change to Bear w/ Doug Chadwick
Remember Doug Chadwick, the wildlife biologist who has written 14 books and more than 200 articles, including National Geographic coverage that spans 35 years? Well he’s back to discuss his challenge! Unfortunately, he didn’t have too much time to record a full 1-hour episode, but it was still such a joy to talk with Doug. He’s such a powerful personality […]
Goals to Grow: 2022
Go Bigger or Go Home. Here we are at the start of 2022. What have I accomplished? How far have I come? Have I had an impact? What do I want in 2022? These are all questions I ask myself as I think about what changes and improvements I want to make in my life going into 2022. In 2021, […]