You're listening to episode 21 of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast.

You are listening to the Sustainable Minimalists Podcast, a show about living simply and

sustainably with your family. Here's your host Stephanie Safarian.

Hello there and welcome. I am very excited today to round out our two-part

series on Zero Waste Living

with a conversation on the drawbacks

to eco-minimalism and sustainability.

My guest today comes armed to our conversation with specific challenges that she and many other

individuals face as they attempt to live low or zero waste lives on a low income.

Today we're talking about the finances of sustainable living, of course.

It's actually not as frugal of a lifestyle as it may seem on the outset. But we're also talking about the mental energy

it takes and the significant time commitment it takes to be a sustainable minimalist.

So first, my guest and I today, we get a bit philosophical.

We're talking about whether environmental consciousness is an upper-class privilege,

and we're talking about why it is that in order to be sustainable, we almost always have to spend money.

Why is that?

Then we get practical.

My guest champions the Think Global Act Local mentality and she explains it in detail in the episode.

She also gives us some real practical tips that anyone regardless of their income level can do daily to live a more eco-conscious existence.

Her name is Ganshe Azade and she is a graduate student studying philosophy. She has a passion and

persistence about her that is truly invigorating and I hope she reinvigorates you just as she did me. Now if you

haven't checked out part one of this two-part series yet definitely do so. The first part of this two-part series yet? Definitely do so.

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