Andrea Bell Talks About Sustainability: "The House is On Fire"

Sustainability: Andrea and I know each other from homeschool days — we’ve seen each other at our most unsustainable and we’re still friends. Andrea runs a {gorgeous} sustainable lifestyle magazine called Trend Privé, so that is how this conversation started…

“The part that I think needs to be addressed is that it's totally okay to be overwhelmed and feel frustrated and really angry and hurt and sad that the powers that be have let us down or that we didn't realize earlier, or however it is that that's showing up for people, it's important to say:

Okay. That's okay.” — Andrea at the 46:00 mark

We're talking sustainability today.

Do you feel like you have a sustainable life?

Do you work for a sustainable company?

Do you have a sustainable family?

Do you feel like this earth is sustainable?

We start off talking about the magazine. And then into that idea of the fashion, beauty, wellness industries. They're not highly regulated industries. And so of all the places to start with sustainability. That's an interesting, challenging choice.

We discussed coveting money, whether or not that's a good idea. The TV show Maid — I added in a break so you can skip in case you haven’t seen it. There’s a mild spoiler — We talk about activism. We talk about my need for a punching bag. We talk about grandmothers chained to old growth forest trees 20 years ago. And what came of that? And we end with the idea that the house is on fire.

A little bit of it as a dramatic ending.

Enjoy. See what you think as usual. Love to hear from you. So please stay in touch. Give me feedback. I do plan on dropping these once a week. Again, we took a little hiatus while I was. Supporting a family member. And necessary hiatus, but I feel like we're back and ready to do the weekly drops.

Notes:

* Trend Privé Magazine— Sustainable Lifestyle Magazine.

* Wild and Precious Patreon — Contribute if you feel like it.

* Wild and Precious Newsletter — on Revue

* Wild and Precious Blog — at underbel.li

Onward. Toward a sustainable future.

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