I’ve been thinking about food waste a lot lately. Why? It started when I perused Drawdown’s list of top solutions to global warming. Reduced food waste is ranked third, and it’s the highest ranked solution that almost anyone can take action on. But before we can take action, we need to be informed. This post seeks to do so, empowering you to take part in the conversation that needs to happen to solve this gnarly problem!
Category: Simple Living
As the effects of global warming increase in severity, many of us understandably want action. Multiple organizations focus on climate change communication and persuading people to act. But in many ways, this effort has hit a wall: the percentage of Americans who think that global warming is happening has held steady over the past two years, at around 70%. Furthermore, belief does not always incite action. How can we speed up progress in persuading people to act?
What if we take another communication approach? What if we communicate about a topic less likely to face the challenges faced by focusing on climate change? What if we do not even mention global warming or climate change? Why would we make this change in our communications strategy? Because if people act on it as a result, we also contribute to reversing global warming. The topic I’m referring to is simple living.