How to find joy in climate action | Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
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🗓️ 13 April 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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We can all play a role in the climate movement by tapping into our skills, resources and networks in ways that bring us satisfaction, says climate leader Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. She suggests drawing a Venn diagram to map these questions: What are you good at? What is the work that needs doing? And what brings you joy? Where your answers intersect is where you should put your climate action effort. "Averting climate catastrophe: this is the work of our lifetimes," Johnson says.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Ted Talks Daily, I'm Elise Hugh. |
| 0:06.8 | I don't know about you, but the climate catastrophe can often make me feel overwhelmed and |
| 0:11.4 | not sure where I can be the most effective. |
| 0:14.6 | Climate leader Ayanna Elizabeth Johnson turns that around in her talk from Ted 2022. |
| 0:20.2 | She shows how we can each bring what we're good at to speed up climate action and find |
| 0:24.7 | joy in doing it. |
| 0:29.1 | The port for Ted Talks Daily comes from Airbnb. |
| 0:33.0 | When you're staying at an Airbnb, you might be like me wondering, could my place be an |
| 0:37.6 | Airbnb and if it could, what could it earn? |
| 0:41.4 | I think about this all the time. |
| 0:43.2 | Sub, whose extra room in London was storing furniture until his mom had the idea to start |
| 0:47.9 | Airbnbing it. |
| 0:49.7 | Now that extra room helps pay the mortgage. |
| 0:53.4 | And know what your place could be earning at Airbnb.co.uk slash host. |
| 1:02.0 | People often ask me what they can do to help address the climate crisis. |
| 1:07.3 | But what they usually mean is what's one quick easy simple thing they can do. |
| 1:14.5 | Well that particular ship has sailed. |
| 1:17.5 | The climate challenge is gargantuan. |
| 1:20.5 | This largely to fossil fuel executives and the PR firms and politicians doing their bidding. |
| 1:26.4 | We need to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from electricity, transportation, agriculture, |
| 1:32.1 | industry and buildings. |
| 1:34.1 | We need to protect and restore ecosystems. |
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