Low Waste Living and How to Create a More Sustainable Planet

Wondering how to reduce your environmental footprint? Hint: It has less to do with you as an individual, and more about keeping the world's largest corporations accountable.

This week I sit down with Environmentalist and Sustainability Content Creator Lauren Ferree to discuss the world's biggest polluters, how to approach low waste living, and most importantly, how to not lose hope in the midst of all.

Some of the questions we dig into: 

- How can someone start their low waste journey?
- Why Lauren no longer uses the term "zero waste"
- What are the world's biggest polluters?
- How can we hold corporations accountable?
- Are the introduction of paper straws more of a marketing campaign or actually relevant?
- How do you hold out hope when it can feel so grim?

Find Lauren Ferree here:
Website: https://www.relauren.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/re.laurenferree/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@relauren

Links from our discussions:
Bottom Trawling: https://usa.oceana.org/bottom-trawling
Writing Companies About Their Packaging Script: https://www.relauren.com/blog/writing-to-companies-about-their-packaging

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