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Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
About this Episode
This podcast tackles the often overwhelming world of sustainable practices with straightforward advice and relatable insight.
Key Topics Covered
- Overwhelm and where to start with sustainability at work or at home
- The importance of mindset: "putting your green glasses on"
- Visible actions vs. invisible actions for sustainability
- How small changes shift social norms and influence others
- The underestimated impact of talking about and sharing your choices
- Tangible & easy sustainability actions you can take right now
Actionable Takeaways
- Begin with Visible Changes
- Use a reusable coffee cup and water bottle.
- Choose walking, cycling, or public transport over driving.
- Reduce food waste and try more plant-based meals.
- Visible changes subtly shift social norms (05:49).
- Tackle the Invisible (But High Impact) Actions
- Switch your bank to one with ethical investment policies.
- Review and update your pension to an ethical or low-carbon fund.
- Change your energy provider to a green tariff.
- These background actions move far more carbon and money than daily visible actions (08:03).
- Share What You’re Doing
- Talk about your green choices with friends, family, and colleagues.
- Don’t hide or apologize for sustainable choices; sharing normalizes these behaviors and builds momentum (12:19).
- Community connections, whether local or at work, create a warm glow and reinforce positive changes.
- Mindset Shift
- Don’t see “everything, everywhere, all at once” as pressure—it means there’s endless possibility.
- You can’t get it wrong if you try, learn, and keep going (18:45).
- Change happens through people, not just policies (19:49).
Show Links
52 Simple Sustainability Hacks E-Book
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