118) Balancing frustration with knowing that patience and positivity can better spark change with Candice Batista
Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration
Kaméa Chayne
4.8 • 694 Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2019
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
How has the media coverage of sustainability evolved over the last decade, and how can we support its presence in mainstream narratives? What was it that instilled in us this idea that living sustainably is all about sacrificing things rather than about gaining things that can truly enrich our lives?
Sharing her wisdom here is Candice Batista, an environmental journalist and the founder of The Eco Hub. Let's dive in!
HIGHLIGHTS
[3:26] What sparked Candice's interest in environmental journalism.
[7:11] Candice talks about how she was 'very preachy' at first and why she now approaches her messaging from a more educational tone.
[8:51] Kaméa: "What's your current greatest challenge in helping to inspire public engagement and action?"
[12:58] Candice: "People can tell when you're doing something because you have to or when you're doing something because you're really passionate about it."
[13:53] The misconception that eco-living is all about sacrifice.
[20:44] Candice: "When you have less stuff, you actually have more space in your brain and your psyche because you're not cluttered with all these things."
[22:59] What Candice has changed her mind about throughout her years reporting on sustainability.
[27:16] Kaméa: "How can we better inspire care and action?"
[27:36] Candice: "If you have a voice and you can use it, then use it."
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| 0:53.8 | We are unbelievably detached from nature in our society and we are living outside of nature. |
| 1:00.2 | And when you live, in my opinion, outside of nature, you can't really connect to the soil, the air, |
| 1:07.7 | all the different things that we need to survive. |
| 1:13.6 | How has media coverage of sustainability evolved and shifted over the last decade? |
| 1:19.9 | And how can we continue to support its presence in mainstream narratives? |
| 1:24.4 | What was it that instilled in us this idea that living sustainably is all about sacrificing |
| 1:30.0 | things we think we need and want rather than about gaining things that can truly enrich and |
| 1:36.0 | better our lives? |
| 1:38.2 | That's just the tip of the iceberg of what you'll hear today. |
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| 1:50.1 | Just head to greendreamer.com. For now, to our episode. Let's dive in. |
| 1:58.7 | Hey, it's Kamea Shane, and this is Green Dreamer, a podcast for creatives, visionaries, and |
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