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🗓️ 15 March 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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What impact did the pandemic have on our environment with all of the disposable items designed to protect us from infection, and how can we move forward safely with less waste? (01:39)
How biodegradable are biodegradable plastics? (06:25)
What are the pros and cons of plastic? (07:29)
How do we stay motivated and inspire others to live a sustainable, minimalist lifestyle when those around us do not; that is, if we live sustainably but more people live unsustainably, aren’t all of our efforts meaningless? (09:25)
What is your perspective regarding sustainability? (11:20)
What is the “circular economy”? (12:28)
How much does farming crops damage the environment compared to farming meat? (20:22)
How do we frame sustainable living to interest non-environmentalists? (28:32)
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0:00.0 | a |
0:25.2 | Hello Minimizers, welcome to the Minimalist Podcast to rediscover what it means to live |
0:31.9 | a meaningful life with less. |
0:34.0 | My name's Joshua Fields-Millburn, and I'm Ryan Nicodemus, and together we are the Minimalists. |
0:38.2 | The less we consume, the less waste we produce, amen. |
0:43.4 | But that's only one way that Minimalism helps the environment. |
0:46.5 | Today on the show, we're talking about something that's pretty important to us. |
0:50.8 | Sustainable living. |
0:52.5 | We're here with Claire Potter. She's the author of this new book. It's called Welcome to the |
0:56.5 | Circular Economy. And this Thursday on the Minimalist's private podcast, Claire, Ryan, and I. |
1:02.9 | We're going to discuss how helping the environment actually helps the economy. |
1:08.2 | We'll also address some misconceptions about living sustainably. |
1:11.9 | You can check that out at patreon.com slash the Minimalist. Your support keeps our podcast |
1:17.2 | and YouTube channel 100% advertisement free because, say it with me, y'all. |
1:23.9 | advertisement sucks. Oh, Claire, thank you so much for being here today. |
1:28.5 | Thank you so much for being here today. Thank you for having me. It's great to be here. |
1:30.7 | Good to have you. I really enjoyed your book and we're going to dive into the book. But |
1:33.9 | as you know, this is a listener driven show. And so we're going to get right into the questions. |
1:39.4 | Our first question today is from Sam on Patreon. |
1:43.7 | I'm a fan of safety and sustainability, but it seems like the pandemic created more |
1:48.4 | waste than ever with all those disposable masks, gloves, test kits to go containers, |
1:54.2 | chemical cleaners, and packaging from online shopping. What impact did this have on our |
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