Monica Richards: The Eco-Babe's Guide to Sustainability

SuperLife with Darin Olien

Darin Olien

Activism, Motivation, Environment, Education, Self-improvement, Fitness, Wellness, Health, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In a world where every click leads to a purchase and every decision impacts the planet, the conversation about sustainability is more relevant than ever.

Today I’m joined by Monica Richards, creator of the ecobabe consultancy + collective, who shares how to achieve sustainability individually and collectively.

We discuss the essentiality of sustainable living practices such as minimalism, upcycling, and eco-advocacy; the power of personal responsibility and corporate action in achieving significant environmental improvements, including a 30% reduction in global emissions; and the crucial role of personal reflection in driving individual and systemic change towards environmental stewardship.

Monica Richards is the founder and co-founder of two conscious companies: ecobabe and The Collective. Ecobabe is an online community, lifestyle brand and blog where people are empowered with the tools and products to live more sustainably. The Collective is a global community where like-minded individuals come together with one common mission at hand: united action for a regenerative world.

What we discuss:

(0:06:55) - Monica’s journey towards environmental advocacy, fashion industry insights and the challenge of making sustainable consumer choices

(0:13:20) - Minimalism and the "having method”, and the benefits of upcycling and supporting small businesses

(0:29:54) - The importance of language in environmental discussions and how to be an advocate for grounded, common-sense approaches to environmental activism

(0:41:12) - The shift in corporate attitudes during Climate Week in NYC, where companies are now actively seeking environmental solutions, and corporate initiatives like Green Time

(0:52:25) - The importance of introspection for personal and planetary health.

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Find more from Monica Richards:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theecobabe/

Website: https://www.ecobabe.co/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	In a world where every click leads to a purchase and every decision impacts the planet. The conversation about sustainability and
0:16.0	conscious consumerism is more relevant than ever because all of us, the millions of us, the billions of us that are the main people on this planet
0:27.5	making choices, we have the power. In this episode of the Derenalene show, I'm joined with my good friend Monica Richards,
0:36.4	aka the Ego Babe, where she shares how to achieve sustainability and individuality and the full collective
0:46.2	opportunity we have. We discuss sustainable living practices,
0:50.1	minimalism, upcycling, eco-advocacy, the power of our personal responsibility and corporate
0:58.8	action in achieving significant improvements
1:09.8	including 30% reduction of global pollution, which is great.
1:16.9	We don't want to increase pollution through our choices, right?
1:20.7	Our role of our personal reflection in driving our individual and our
1:26.6	systemic change towards environmental stewardship and dare I say just our stewardship for our health because if we're not buying toxic
1:36.4	things that are toxic for the world, they're not toxic to us.
1:41.2	Monica Richards is the founder and co-founder of two conscious companies,
1:45.8	E.cobab and the collective. Echobab is an online community, lifestyle brand and
1:51.7	blog where people are empowered, educated with the tools
1:56.2	and products to live more sustainably. The collective is a global community where like-minded
2:02.2	individuals come together with one
2:04.4	common mission at hand. Unite action for a regenerative world. Kick back, relax,
2:10.9	and kick some ass and enjoy this conversation with my good friend Monica Richards.
2:17.0	Before we dive in today's episode I want to thank my sponsor
2:24.6	Mona Vitality. Mona is 100% organic vegan but it's this perfect formula of getting your body the micro nutrients in the highest quality minerals,
2:40.0	amino acids, fulvic, humic minerals, nutrients that have been gathered from literally the highest
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