171: Inspiring a Generation of Environmental Change-Makers, Marjorie Alexander

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2015

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Marjorie Alexander is an environmental sustainability activist, media producer and host of the podcast, A Sustainable Mind. She seeks to inspire a new generation of environmental change-makers, using skills learned in 10 years of film production. After college, with a dual major in anthropology and film studies, Marjorie honed her skills on 175 films, TV shows, commercials and music videos. But when family and friends asked, “Have you done anything I might have seen,” her answer was always, “No.” She decided it was time to think of her legacy.

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0:00.0	Hello, world.
0:11.0	Welcome to Discover Your Talent, Do What You Love, Number 171.
0:16.6	I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.
0:19.2	Every day, I interview someone from around the world who has discovered her talents to do work she loves, to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.
0:29.7	Today, I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Marjorie Alexander.
0:33.8	Welcome, Marjorie.
0:35.0	Thank you so much for having me, Don.
0:36.9	Our pleasure.
0:39.4	Marjorie, are you using your talents doing work that you love? Absolutely, yes. All righty, we're going to hear the whole story.
0:45.6	Marjorie Alexander is an environmental activist and media producer. After 10 years working in film
0:52.4	production, she decided to make a change.
0:55.2	To have the work that she did out in the world match the passion and values she practiced in her personal life every day.
1:02.2	For Marjorie, passion meant environmental sustainability.
1:06.1	Since then, she has worked with many environmental organizations in Southern California
1:10.5	and seeks to inspire
1:12.2	a new generation of environmental change makers. Marjorie, that's a pithy summary of your career today.
1:18.7	Tell us, one of my favorite words. Tell us what you are doing now that has you engaged and excited.
1:25.4	Well, Don, what I'm up to right now is actually my podcast, and that is called
1:30.9	A Sustainable Mind. What a sustainable mind is about is really the minds behind the campaigns,
1:40.0	the organizations, the products, the startups that are making a change for the better as far as
1:47.5	the environment goes on a day-to-date basis.
1:49.7	Yes.
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