Easy Ways to Be Eco-Friendly (Ep. 262)

The Inforium

Thomas Frank and Martin Boehme

Personal Branding, Career, Productivity, Business, Learning, Lifehacking, College, University, Education, 101, Lifestyle Design, Work Smart, Class

4.8 • 998 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Looking to save the earth, but don't have a lot of time or money to dedicate to the cause? You're in luck! Here are some easy ways to be more eco-friendly. Full show notes This week’s episode is sponsored by: Skillshare: with over 25,000 courses in a wide range of different skills, Skillshare can help you take things to the next level. Get started with 2 free months of unlimited learning (including Thomas' Productivity Masterclass!) at Skillshare.com/geek. Brilliant: Accelerate your learning in math, science, and computer science. Start learning for free at Brilliant.org/CollegeInfoGeek — and if you’re one of the first 83 people to use this link, you’ll also get 20% off your subscription. Things mentioned in this episode: 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy Mr. Money Mustache Thomas’ Productivity course on Skillshare Delta Michelangelo Canaletto Two Four Bike Gravity Stand Life Without Plastic Starbucked, by Taylor Clark Time - Washing Hands In Cold Water Works As Well As Hot Against Germs BoneHurtingJuice subreddit Hardcore History Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page. You can also get a free copy of my book, 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less), by staying up to date with the College Info Geek newsletter. Timestamps: 0:00:20 - The dangers of being militant about eco-friendliness 0:11:26 - Reutilizing materials and making things convenient 0:18:30 - Finding alternatives to driving a car 0:22:22 - Sponsor: Skillshare (Learning new skills) 0:23:47 - Sponsor: Brilliant (Learning problem-solving skills) 0:25:06 - Finding alternatives to driving a car (continued) 0:30:05 - Planning better trips 0:32:33 - Buying and shipping fewer things 0:38:18 - Composting and not wasting food, while also not stuffing yourself 0:46:14 - Investing in things that are meant to last 0:49:22 - Saving water and planting trees 0:53:57 - Buying in bulk and cleaning out trash 0:58:57 - Conclusion If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! It's easy, you'll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show gain exposure :) You can also leave a review! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:43.9	gremlin's after midnight so don't do that Jake it is it's a bad call it is a real bad
0:50.5	call bad take good old mogwise anyway my name's Thomas Frank
0:55.2	I'm here as always with my good friend Martin Bamy and what are we talking about
0:58.4	today well destroying the planet we're talking about murdering the planet the other day count the planet? We're talking about murdering the planet. The other day...
1:04.0	Captain Planets bursts through the ceiling and just takes both of us out.
1:08.0	Well, I mean, that'll solve it. I mean, yeah. I think that'll fix it. Job done.
1:11.0	But I was brainstorming. topics then I was like oh wait
1:14.0	just saying it's Earth Day that's cool and it was coincidentally Earth Day when I was coming up with
1:18.4	topics and then I remembered that somebody had actually asked about this so So, and then they had said they were a sophomore in college,
1:25.0	they lived in their own apartment,
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