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Let's Get Real - Staying Optimistic with Lilly Tong

Staying Optimistic with Lilly Tong

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11/01/21 • 36 min

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For the Season 3 Opener, Nina interviews Lilly Tong, climate creative and activist and host of Make Peas Not Beef. Lilly is passionate about building smart cities that leverage sustainable practices and technological innovation to combat climate change. In this conversation Lilly and Nina talked about the importance of optimism to being a climate activist. They also riffed on veganism, reducing use of plastic and the privilege of clean drinking water. Finally, Lilly shared the three things that all of us can do to be climate activists.
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For the Season 3 Opener, Nina interviews Lilly Tong, climate creative and activist and host of Make Peas Not Beef. Lilly is passionate about building smart cities that leverage sustainable practices and technological innovation to combat climate change. In this conversation Lilly and Nina talked about the importance of optimism to being a climate activist. They also riffed on veganism, reducing use of plastic and the privilege of clean drinking water. Finally, Lilly shared the three things that all of us can do to be climate activists.
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