525. Changing Our Plastic Story with Kathryn Nelson

Commune with Jeff Krasno

Commune Media

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

We use plastic in almost everything. Plastic in our homes, plastic in our food packaging—there's even plastic in our clothing. But did you know that only 9% of all plastic waste ever produced has been recycled? The rest is poisoning our environment, and it is also poisoning us. In this episode, Kathtryn Nelson, also known as The Plastic-Free Mermaid, shares what we can do to solve this plastic problem so we can take better care of ourselves and our planet.

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In this episode we cover:
00:01:20: What are plastic gyres?
00:02:48: Can the plastic in our oceans be cleaned up?
00:03:46: Is recycling effective?
00:07:11: What’s the real solution to our plastic problem?
00:08:25: How can we create social norms for solving environmental issues?
00:10:53: What are some habits we can adopt to minimize our everyday plastic use?

This episode originally aired on Blinkist: https://www.blinkist.com/en/shortcasts/commune-with-jeff-krasno/982

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasno. Today on the show, you'll hear a Blinkist shortcast episode titled Changing Our Plastic Story. A Blinkist is this cool app that gives you key essential messages for more than 5,500 nonfiction
0:23.5	books and podcasts sent right to your smartphone to read and to listen to. So Blinkist has taken a number
0:30.1	of the Commune podcast and produced them in really interesting, unique way. So I'm going to feature
0:35.0	a few of those episodes here on the Common Podcast.
0:39.0	So in this episode, I was joined by the self-described plastic-free mermaid, Catherine Nelson.
0:47.1	Catherine's lived free from disposable plastics for 10 years now. So we discuss the pervasive problems brought on by the plastics we use in our homes
0:58.8	and in our everyday life and how it is particularly harmful to the Earth's oceans.
1:05.2	Catherine challenges the efficacy of plastic recycling and suggests that the real solution
1:10.7	to our plastic problem is to, quote,
1:12.8	unquote, turn off the tap of plastic production by targeting corporations, which she acknowledges
1:22.2	will be a heavy lift. By emphasizing the power of cultural and social norms in influencing change,
1:30.4	Catherine provides optimism for the future of our oceans with suggestions for mutual support
1:36.8	in bringing about the positive shifts that we need in behavior to tips for reducing plastic
1:42.8	consumption and adopting a new way of seeing the world
1:47.0	to better foster a more sustainable lifestyle.
1:50.0	Okay, but before we dive in, I have a teeny favor to ask of you.
1:54.0	Here at Commune, we are super curious
1:57.0	what topics do you want to hear about on the podcast next year? Well, you can go to
2:03.6	Onecommun.com slash 2024 survey. That's Onecom slash 2024 survey to let us know. And who knows,
2:14.1	we may create a whole episode inspired by your idea.
2:18.8	So thanks so much for being involved.
2:21.0	And without further delay, I now present to you, Catherine Nelson. Today's episode is about one of the biggest problems that we are collectively facing today.
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