The environmental news headlines you need to know for Friday, April 26 2024:
[00:30] The world's biggest plastic polluters revealed
[2:30] Biden limits oil drilling in the Alaskan arctic (it's also an election year)
[5:00] One of the worst coral bleaching events happening right now in the Great Barrier Reef
[8:00] Nearly 2 in 5 Americans live in a place with unhealthy or hazardous air. Are you one of them?
[12:00] Can cloning be a legitimate solution to species extinction?
Resource mentioned:
One million species face extinction, U.N. report says. And humans will suffer as a result. (via WaPo)
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Creating eco-minimalist, non-toxic homes (without the extra work). Although minimalism has experienced a rebirth in recent years, the "less is more" movement has been around for centuries. Yet today's minimalist influencers have resurrected minimalism with a decidedly consumerist spin, as modern minimalism is nearly synonymous with decluttering. While there's a lot of chatter about tidying, it's radio silence and crickets when it comes to sustainability. The result? Aspiring minimalists find themselves on an endless hamster wheel of buying, decluttering, buying more, and purging again. Overemphasizing decluttering and underemphasizing the reasons why we overbuy in the first place is thoroughly inconsistent with slow living as a movement; consumption without intention is terrible for the planet, too. Your host, Stephanie Seferian, is a stay-at-home/podcast-from-home mom and author who believes that minimalism, eco-friendliness, and non-toxic living are intrinsically intertwined. She's here to explore the topics of conscious consumerism, sustainability, and environmentally-friendly parenting practices with like-minded women; she's here, too, to show you how to curate eco-friendly, decluttered homes (without the extra work).