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Climate Optimism?

Climate Optimism?

When the climate narrative is all doom and gloom, many of us find it difficult to rally. It’s the Snooze Button Effect in real-time: the barrage of “climate apocalypse” headlines lose their urgency, their potency.

If you’re desensitized to environmental news, know that you’re not alone.

Today I speak with angry-activist-turned-climate optimist Anne Therese Gennari about becoming more resilient and motivated when confronting the climate crisis –  and why optimism is key when it comes to rethinking how we live in this world.

Welcome to Climate Optimism Week! Today’s show is the first in a two-part series outlining reasons to be hopeful in the climate fight.

 

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[5:00] How can we be climate optimists when the planet’s future looks so dire?

[11:30] 2 benefits to toning down the urgency

[20:00] Can capitalism be our ally in the climate fight?

[25:00] What it really means to maximize your positive footprint

 

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When the climate narrative is all doom and gloom, many of us find it difficult to rally. It's the Snooze Button Effect in real-time: the barrage of "climate apocalypse" headlines lose their urgency, their potency. On this episode of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast: how to become more resilient and motivated when confronting the climate crisis – and why optimism is key when it comes to rethinking how we live in this world.

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What We Leave Behind

Every week, we drag our trash bins to the curb, close the lid, and forget about them. But where does "away" actually go? And does the mere existence of waste "management" mean we can continue to consume more and more without major consequence?

On today's show, author and sanitation worker Simon Paré-Poupart discusses what he's learned in his 20 years on the back of a Montreal haul truck. He's here to pull back the curtain on the grueling yet essential work of waste collection. He's also here to offer a  sociological reflection on modern consumerism, systemic waste, and the human cost of hiding our cultural detritus.

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[5:00] We didn't always have all this trash, and we didn't always have a need for "waste management"

[12:00] A society's trash reveals an awful lot about a society. What does our trash reveal about us?

[19:00] Recycling might give us a boost of moral satisfaction, but that moral satisfaction is ultimately just fuel to buy more stuff

[22:00] On why waste management is integral to maintaining the status quo

[27:30] The mere existence waste management is a symptom of this much larger problem

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