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. […]
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.
In Episode 2, I wanted to discuss the slogan I choose for Verdant Growth: Live ECO. What does ECO mean? What does it mean to ‘live eco’? And most importantly…Why the heck do you pronounce it “eh-ko” instead of “ee-ko”?? Also, two of my very good friends and former roommates joined me in chat to ask a couple questions that […]
As part of my ‘start of 2021 re-thinking Verdant Growth’ efforts, I spent a lot of time thinking what I can do to be a more effective leader to those wanting to live better. One thing that came to me is that if I want to lead people more effectively, they need to feel comfortable with me. There needs to […]
Here’s me being wayyyy too excited over my new studio lights.
2020 has been a crazy year. We’ve all had to do a lot of staying at home. Some of us have lost loved ones. Some of us have lost jobs. Some of us have lost homes. There’s was a lot of suffering and a lot to be sad, angry, and frustrated about…but it wasn’t all bad news. We had some […]
What’s the difference between a vegetarian and a vegan? And why would you ever want to become one? Let’s talk about it!
There are many aspects to reducing your environmental impact on the world. Sometimes it takes changing habits, sometimes it takes replacing environmentally UNfriendly things with eco-friendly options, and sometimes it takes both. But one thing is certain: there are many ways to make your life more eco and if you try to tackle everything at once, it can easily become […]
The video version of my blog post on the basics you can buy to start living ECO! Episode 1! Making videos is a lot harder than I thought. Trying to work up to making one per week!