How A Carbon-Negative Conversation Resulted In So Many Positives With Beth Craig

Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration

Corinna Bellizzi

Education, Society & Culture, Earth Sciences, Self-improvement, Documentary, Science

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🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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In a world where consumerism and capitalism reign supreme, keeping track of your carbon footprint is almost impossible, let alone reducing it. But Beth Craig proved that anything is achievable with the right mindset by adopting a carbon-negative lifestyle. Joining Corinna Bellizzi, the Founder of Integrity Hero shares how avoiding carbon resulted in so many positives in her life. She started to eat healthier, free herself from overwhelming debt, and get rid of lavish things that only caused her unnecessary pain. Beth explains why gratitude and giving back are the main elements of starting a carbon-negative lifestyle, which she expresses by joyfully supporting charities of her choice.About Guest:Beth Craig is a self-employed consultant, teacher, and writer who teaches students about supply chain issues, social justice, and environmental sustainability. She is a reliable expert in leadership, project planning and management, advertising, sales, and legal writing.Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-d-craigGuest Website: https://www.integrityhero.org/Guest Social: https://www.instagram.com/integrityhero_org, https://tiktok.com/@integrityhero, https://youtube.com/channel/UCke4PSSzvZadlTmvWqfbeSAShow Notes [RAW AUDIO]:0:00 – Introduction5:10 – Living a carbon-negative life11:17 – Cookstoves15:39 – Turning negatives into positives28:47 – Parenting35:45 – Vetting charities and nonprofits44:50 – Manufacturing practices48:30 – Doing what you can57:46 - ConclusionJoin the Care More. Be Better. Community! (Social Links Below)Website: https://www.caremorebebetter.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveJg5mSfeTf0l4otrxgUfgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetter/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebettr Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability PodcastCare More. Be Better. is not backed by any company. We answer only to our collective conscience. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show (https://www.caremorebebetter.com/donate). Thank you, now and always, for your support as we get this thing started!

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0:00.0	There was an MIT study done that everybody, even a homeless person, has at least an 8.5 ton footprint because of infrastructure alone.
0:07.8	So you can't really get away even if you decided to go super groovy.
0:11.0	There's still highways.
0:12.1	There's still water that runs.
0:13.6	And if you don't use it by some grace of your inventiveness, you're still going to have the issue of your ancestors having done it to
0:21.5	bring us to where we are here.
0:23.1	In my opinion, it's all about cleaning up the legacy of the footprint as well.
0:26.7	And that's what I'm on.
0:27.6	I'm advocating when somebody decides to go bigger with this whole thing, is that they also
0:31.9	donate to get rid of the legacy footprint that we were handed by our ancestors.
0:37.5	Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact
0:43.6	of conscious companies and everyday heroes.
0:46.6	Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain.
0:52.2	You'll learn how you can make a difference, vote with your dollars, and get involved today.
0:57.0	Here's your host, Carina Belizzi.
1:02.2	Hello, fellow do-goaters and friends.
1:04.2	I'm your host, Karina Belizzi.
1:06.5	Every week, I invite you to care more
1:08.5	so that together we can create a better world together.
1:11.8	Today, I want to share some news from the impact that we've had together over the course of the past several weeks.
1:18.9	In September, our audience, all of you got to know Sepora Berman of Stan.Earth as we talked about the concept of a fossil fuel treaty. Well, on the heels of that,
1:30.0	an artist and musician Donna Grantus discovered us through that content and even asked if she
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