Navigating The Eco-Contradiction Minefield
“Hi Stephanie, One topic I’d like covered is the ways in which trying to live a low impact lifestyle can actually contradict each other. Secondhand polyester, or eco-friendly fibers but new? Plant-based but packaged food, or animal-based and package-free? Thanks for any help you can offer. – Heather”
We’ve all been there: we want to do better, but eco-contradictions trip us up. Even worse, in most cases achieving definitive right (versus definitive wrong) clarity is impossible.
No one wants to spend hours down an internet research rabbit hole, and so on this episode I’m answering a listener’s question about how to best proceed when hit with an environmentally friendly contradiction. My hope is to leave with you with the 3 tried-and-true tricks I use in my own life to guide my decision-making, no rabbit hole required.
Here’s a preview:
[1:45] Why it’s important to check dichotomous thinking at the door
[3:05] How to identify—and be guided by—your heart-first values
[7:10] Why rank ordering potential solutions is a quick and easy way to manifest your course of action
[11:45] A simple rule of thumb for supporting heart-first values with your dollars
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One thought on “Navigating The Eco-Contradiction Minefield”
So i heard this and could not help wondering why nr 6 on your list wasn’t Locally grown and hunted organisation produce and game?
As i figure local game is Way better than alot of the transported nuts ans other produce you would need to make some of the stuff from nr 5?
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