How to be a better steward of the environment
How to Be a Better Human
TED
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2021
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
If there’s one thing that connects all humans, it’s that everything we walk on, breathe, drink, and eat comes from the same source: planet Earth. From composting to cooking to taking climate action, today’s guests (including Chef Sean Sherman, comedian Jo Firestone, and activist Luisa Neubauer) share the many ways they try to connect to and protect the home we share-- and invite you to get involved in whatever way you can. You can check out TED’s efforts to build a world that is safer, cleaner and fairer for everyone at countdown.ted.com. To learn more about "How to Be a Better Human," host Chris Duffy, or find footnotes and additional resources, please visit: go.ted.com/betterhuman
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| 0:00.0 | Ted Audio Collective. |
| 0:02.0 | Collective. |
| 0:04.0 | You're listening to How to Be a Better Human. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm your host Chris Duffy. |
| 0:11.0 | On our last episode of the show I spoke with my friend |
| 0:14.0 | comedian Joe Firestone and at the end of that conversation as I always do at the |
| 0:18.1 | end of our interviews for this show I asked Joe how she was personally trying to be |
| 0:22.4 | a better human. |
| 0:24.2 | Here's what she had to say. |
| 0:26.2 | So I used to have a compost bin. |
| 0:29.7 | Do you know the brown ones provided by the city? |
| 0:31.9 | The ones that are rat-proof so then they took |
| 0:34.0 | them away the city took them away city's bringing them back and so today I |
| 0:39.7 | asked for one for my building big one there's 13 gallon 21 gallon I said I'm going to do the 21 gallon I don't know if my |
| 0:48.4 | landlord's going to let this happen but I'm trying because I I don't like throwing away food. |
| 0:53.5 | That's great. I admire that. I've been trying to compost myself and I discovered that. |
| 0:58.0 | I'm basically just putting things in this big black composter, but I don't think it's becoming compost as soon it's going to just become a |
| 1:03.8 | giant vat of horrible rotten food but we'll see if it works but that's good for you I'm glad that's a good |
| 1:09.7 | human thing. Sure that's something. Yeah. How to help our planet has come up with a lot of our guests. But the challenge |
| 1:16.6 | when it comes to helping our planet is that the issues are so multifaceted. In our |
| 1:21.0 | interviews, I've heard many different approaches and ideas about how to get involved. |
| 1:25.5 | So on today's episode we're going to listen back to a bunch of fascinating moments with guests |
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