S1 Ep7: First Steps To Sustainability
Update: 2019-10-24
Description
Tshirt to Tote Bag Workshops - 2,700 Litres of water for cotton for 1 tshirt = 3 years of drinking water https://www.wri.org/blog/2019/01/numbers-economic-social-and-environmental-impacts-fast-fashion
John Hardy - green school - sustainable practices
Join a community space - feel connected
Zero Waste - Minimal Waste
3 areas in your life to make a difference - cutlery - water bottles..No need to buy new
Value Added Gap - Katie Patrick https://twitter.com/katiepatrick
Drive positive behaviour change to take action -
Small changes & Collective Action
Zero Waste Movement - Bea Johnson - Lauren Singer
- Plastic Free Kinsale
- Extinction Rebellion
- Young Friends of the earth
- Not Here Not Anywhere
https://notherenotanywhere.com/
-Voice - https://voiceireland.org/
-Not here not anywhere https://notherenotanywhere.com/
-Extinction Rebellion https://extinctionrebellionireland.com/
Individual Solutions - Project Drawdown
Top 5 Things:
1. Manage refrigeration chemicals -Individual and industry level (so no fridge burning)
2. Install onshore wind turbines - industry levels
3. Cut down on food waste - individual level * Episode
4. Eat more plants and less meat - individual level
5. Restore tropical Forests - POLICY MAKERS
Pat Top Tips:
1.Think Twice - ASK Questions:
-Do you really need it? Rethink you behaviour
-Do you really need it? Rethink you behaviour
- How and Where was it made - think local think regenerative
2. Bring Your Own : Did you know that 40% daily carbon footprint comes from our daily choices so why not bring your own items to make small changes together.
3.Bathroom Routine - Mix it up -use natural products - Start with what you already own and make a small switch try a bar of soap.
4. Think LOCAL
REGENERATION PRACTICES
Marie Condo - Look at your daily life - tackle one room at a time
Quote:
Not about one person doing it perfectly, it’s millions of people doing it imperfectly
Anne-Marie Bonneau
Greta Thunberg - Activism comes in many forms - step in the right direction -
Share on whatsapp - Try and have those difficult conversations with people who you know are not aware of their environmental impacts.
Shop less - shop second hand
Tshirt 2,700 Litres = 3 years of your drinking water!
Second hand depop online resources - Ebay with tags on - Renting clothes Platforms
Sustainable Fashion Dublin - Workshops - Swap Shops
SWAPSIES - Platform - Online Resource Hub
Fashion Revolution Ireland
120K per year per person @ x cups / day
Book Recommendations:
Let my people go surfing Yvonne Chonard
Climate Justice - Mary Robinson
- Stories of women all over of world
- Stories of women all over of world
Naomi Klein - This Changes Everything https://www.bookdepository.com/This-Changes-Everything-Naomi-Klein/9780241956182?ref=grid-view&qid=1571834553234&sr=1-1
Naomi Klein - On fire <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/On-Fire-Naomi-Klein/978
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