With the average American home containing over 300,000 items, it's no wonder why so many of us struggle with clutter. Despite what advertisers and marketers tell us, our lives are more than what we buy or the stuff we own. This week, we chat with Rosey Williams about living mindfully, voting with our dollars, and the business case for diverting our waste streams away from landfills.
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Rosey's relevant resources
- Connect with Rosey on LinkedIn
- Learn about Rosey’s employer, Link International Inc.
- Meet environmental activist and blogger of the zero-waste movement Lauren Singer
- Watch How to Fit Two Years of Trash in a Mason Jar with Lauren Singer on YouTube
- Learn more about the field of international studies
- Learn about China’s Sword Policy on YaleEnvironment360
- Join San Diego Leaders 2020
- Check out the Equinox Project’s Quality of Life Dashboard
- Visit Joshua Tree National Park
- Learn about the San Diego County Taxpayers Association
- Explore zero-waste lifestyles on YouTube
- Read about eco-minimalism
- Learn about PreZero US
- Visit Solana Center for Environmental Innovation and become a Master Composter
- Support the Indigenous Environmental Network
- Read Indigenous peoples are the original environmentalists. It is time we start treating them that way
- Read Indigenous people and the nature they protect
- Join a Buy Nothing Facebook Group
- Watch the Story of Stuff on YouTube
- Read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo
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A special thank you to Rosey Williams. Feelanthrope is produced by Ally Celones Senturk. Our audio engineer and composer is Kory Hilpmann, with original music by Danny Nguyen. Our designer is Kait Kolsky.
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