E10 Futuresteading Shortie : Right-now-easy Ways To Make Change
05/24/20 • 40 min
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Together, we’ve got this.
But we’ve also gotta make it happen, grabbing the moment by the short n curlys and becoming everyday changemakers.
This week we break our own rules of sticking to 20 minutes and blow out to 40. But we think it’s worth it, and hope there are ideas within that pique your curiosity and propel you to action.
We yak about a stack of ways to make change that each and every one of us can bring to fruition pretty much immediately. All simple, doable, impactful.
Again, we apologise for the odd audio crackle. This pod-via-distance thing isn’t ideal but we’ll get the band back together as soon as we can! Thanks for understanding.
SHOW NOTES
What can you change? Here are 20 easy-as ideas (for people who like lists)
1. Divest your superannuation away from coal industry supportive funds.
2. Join your local food co op & continue to actively participate (being willing to roll with the inconvenience of things sometimes being unavailable).
3. Stop using single use plastic.
4. Grow your own food and swap what you can't grow.
5. Make your own presents.
6. Buy less shit.
7. Drive less (“do I really need to go into town?”)
8. Always think local: holidays, presents, food.
9. Reframe 'luxury' as drinking fresh milk not visiting a spa.
10. Go slow: play with your kids, grow from seed, swim in rivers, make from scratch, draw, nana nap, write letters not emails, cloud watch, picnic, hand water.
11. Write to leaders demanding change: local, state & federal.
12. Teach your kids to be practical not digital: build, grow, create, learn.
13. Really live in the season: food, activities, clothing,
14. Connect more deeply with the natural world: seasonality, camping, bushwalking, river swims, bare feet.
15. Support the second hand economy .
16. Celebrate simple: actively seek simplicity over complexity
17. Share your knowledge: seek skills from the elderly and teach children your skills.
18. Redesign your house renovation to be smaller: less is more
19. Veto your work: actively seek projects that align with your beliefs
20. Commit to & value a home based life
LINKS
- To watch: War On Waste
Together, we’ve got this.
But we’ve also gotta make it happen, grabbing the moment by the short n curlys and becoming everyday changemakers.
This week we break our own rules of sticking to 20 minutes and blow out to 40. But we think it’s worth it, and hope there are ideas within that pique your curiosity and propel you to action.
We yak about a stack of ways to make change that each and every one of us can bring to fruition pretty much immediately. All simple, doable, impactful.
Again, we apologise for the odd audio crackle. This pod-via-distance thing isn’t ideal but we’ll get the band back together as soon as we can! Thanks for understanding.
SHOW NOTES
What can you change? Here are 20 easy-as ideas (for people who like lists)
1. Divest your superannuation away from coal industry supportive funds.
2. Join your local food co op & continue to actively participate (being willing to roll with the inconvenience of things sometimes being unavailable).
3. Stop using single use plastic.
4. Grow your own food and swap what you can't grow.
5. Make your own presents.
6. Buy less shit.
7. Drive less (“do I really need to go into town?”)
8. Always think local: holidays, presents, food.
9. Reframe 'luxury' as drinking fresh milk not visiting a spa.
10. Go slow: play with your kids, grow from seed, swim in rivers, make from scratch, draw, nana nap, write letters not emails, cloud watch, picnic, hand water.
11. Write to leaders demanding change: local, state & federal.
12. Teach your kids to be practical not digital: build, grow, create, learn.
13. Really live in the season: food, activities, clothing,
14. Connect more deeply with the natural world: seasonality, camping, bushwalking, river swims, bare feet.
15. Support the second hand economy .
16. Celebrate simple: actively seek simplicity over complexity
17. Share your knowledge: seek skills from the elderly and teach children your skills.
18. Redesign your house renovation to be smaller: less is more
19. Veto your work: actively seek projects that align with your beliefs
20. Commit to & value a home based life
LINKS
- To watch: War On Waste
Previous Episode
Ep 9 Erin Rhoads - The Rogue Ginger leads us up the on ramp of change
Maybe you’ve done this before: typed into Google, “Where can I buy glass bottle milk?” or “What local butchers will accept my battered tupperware?”. If you have, it’s likely you’ve stumbled upon The Rogue Ginger.
Erin Rhoads is a proud red head whose simple question, “Why is the world filled with plastic?”, changed the course of her life.
Since 2013, this down-to-earth mum from Melbourne has been blogging about how to reduce plastic and waste, and live a more eco-friendly existence. On her website you’ll find years worth of zero-waste resources, amazingly curated lists on where to shop waste-free and wildly practical information about making the change - with a notable absence of dogma.
Our conversation with Erin goes beyond waste reduction to encompass the psychology of change, on-boarding friends and family with your belief system (or not), localism vs. globalism and what true wealth looks like.
It’s a laid back, tea-with-a-friend style chat that’ll leave you with a warm sense of solidarity - and renewed enthusiasm for making positive change.
SHOW NOTES
- Erin highlights the importance of sharing our stories of joy and contradictions while we embark on change - so it doesn't feel impossible for others to follow.
- Finding ways to create uplifting and engaging challenges for individuals (rather than dutiful misery).
- As consumers, our voices are loud. Erin gives us ideas for sharing our thoughts about how companies can do better (in ways that are actually effective).
- Practical ideas for actioning your beliefs.
- The merits of Localism vs. Globalism.
- Why it’s worth developing a sense of obligation within our communities to bring about lasting change.
- How giving people tools (particularly kids) is a great way to engender hope and positive action: food growing, seed saving, fire lighting and cooking are as important as maths.
- Connecting with your local council is a great starting point for blossoming changemakers.
- Why it’s time for communities to lead rather than waiting for governments to fill the gap.
- Have Australians ever faced real challenges collectively? This might impact our understanding (and appreciation) of community initiatives.
- The power of third parties like films, music, books and docos when trying to influence change in friends.
- How life as a new mother opened up a can of worms on her plastic-free mission.
- Ideas for overcoming the cyclical phases of new initiatives that sees initial traction followed by a dip in interest and engagement.
- ‘Gamification’ as a possible way to incentivise community engagement.
- The value of initiatives that are easy to set up and participate in - but have far-reaching outcomes such as nature strip gardens and free food pantries.
LINKS
Next Episode
Ep 11 Beau Miles : Filmmaker, storyteller, do-er.
“Adventure doesn’t require new places. It can be cultivated by exploring our immediate lives with greater curiosity.”
Should we try to lead virtuous, principled lives... or do what feels good?
Beau Miles makes a strong case for taking ourselves a little less seriously and having a lot more local fun.
This backyard adventurer and wildly popular filmmaker (most often found up a tree, running a midnight marathon or eating his bodyweight in beans) reckons he doesn’t know much about anything.
But beneath the self-deprecation, Beau is a wealth of ecological wisdom and a master storyteller, taking us right to the heart of what really matters in life.
Get into this philosophical, tangential, slightly mad and marvellously contrarian conversation - then get out there.
SHOW NOTES
- The beauty of honing your powers of observation and the necessity of coffee.
- Building a seasonal map.
- Why it's important to have a personal relationship with the landscape.
- The value of seeking knowledge from places outside your comfort zone.
- Autoethnography as a valuable avenue for knowledge seeking and sharing.
- The liberation of going back to basics.
- The importance of knowing our own strengths, and respecting the strengths of others.
- How to reconnect to our latent understanding of the land.
- The art of reigning in intensity to maintain sustainability.
- Why to push boundaries and be comfortable in your own skin.
- Getting off your high horse.
- Why fear of death is a fundamental human driver.
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