072- How Pursuing Financial Independence and Sustainable Living Go Hand in Hand with Catherine Agopcan
Journey To Launch
Jamila Souffrant
5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2018
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
At some point or another we've all said to ourselves "I have way too much STUFF!". If you haven't yet, consider yourself ahead of the game as we discuss sustainability and financial literacy with this week's guest, personal financial educator and sustainability advocate Catherine Agopcan. After much trial and error, she arrived at the conclusion that too much stuff was bad for the wallet and the planet. She is now on a mission to show others that caring for the environment and seeking financial independence go hand-in-hand.
She is the founder of Sisters for Financial Independence and The Do Something Project, which provides resources to empower women to start owning their finances in pursuit of financial independence. The Do Something Project is dedicated to a well-lived life full of adventure and good health by following the tenets of minimalism and eco-friendly living.
In this episode we discuss:
- The switch from believing money is bad & not in line with minimalism to viewing money in a positive way
- Why Zero waste is not possible but we should still attempt it
- How looking out for the planet helps our financial pursuits
- Small steps we can start today to be more responsible with the way we consume, live, and invest
- Why you should choose hobbies and pursue interests to help build your skill set
- The hard truths of minimalism and decluttering
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Other related blog posts/links mentioned in this episode:
B Corp - certifying companies meeting environmental, social, transparent and accountability standards like Patagonia
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) - I personally use Fidelity and here's how they use ESG for their funds.
BankLocal - Find a local bank that reinvests in the community
More info on Zero Waste
Other options for local investing via Locavesting
Swell Investing - investing in companies solving today's problems with thematic portfolios on Clean Water, Zero Waste, Renewable Energy, etc.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to episode 72 of the Journey to Launch Podcast, how pursuing |
| 0:06.3 | financial independence and sustainable living while being friendly to our |
| 0:10.7 | environment go hand in hand. |
| 0:12.6 | T-minous 10 seconds. |
| 0:15.0 | Welcome to the Journey to Launch Podcast |
| 0:17.8 | with your host, Janila Sufrant, |
| 0:19.8 | as a money expert who walks her talk. |
| 0:22.4 | She helps brave journeyers like you, get out of debt, save, |
| 0:26.7 | invest, and build real wealth. |
| 0:29.7 | Join her on the journey to launch to financial freedom in five four three two one. |
| 0:37.0 | Hey hey hey jun, welcome back to another episode of the Journey to |
| 0:46.6 | Launch Podcast. Welcome back if you are returning Jernier. So happy to have you here |
| 0:51.8 | again and if you are new to the podcast welcome come |
| 0:56.0 | aboard get us get in this rocket let's take off together I'm super excited to be |
| 0:59.8 | talking to today's guest Catherine Agup. She is going to be talking about |
| 1:04.7 | something that we have not really touched upon that much or maybe at all on |
| 1:08.9 | this podcast and that's how to pursue financial independence or how financial independence goes hand in hand |
| 1:15.3 | with sustainable living and being friendly and responsible to our environment. |
| 1:20.6 | It's our home, so how do we take care of it? And with Catherine, we're going to talk about a lot of great things. We're going to talk about her background to reaching financial independence. Why it goes hand in hand and how you can be responsible and so you live your best life but with |
| 1:36.1 | people planet and profit in mind and how we invest in companies that do that and |
| 1:41.2 | how we personally live our lives in that way. So if you want |
| 1:45.0 | the episode show notes for this you can go to journey to launch.com slash |
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