Conversations on a Sustainable Life Libby O'Loghlin & Renée LaPlante

This is a guided visualization of a possible > future on our planet.
Find a quiet place where you can close your eyes and be alone for about 15-20 minutes. We recommend having a journal with you so you can write down what comes up for you after you listen.

Libby and Renée get into next-level footprint change with the 4 Decarbonista principles, an approach that has worked for both of us, even as very different people with different life circumstances and different personalities. Renée breaks down her first year reduction actions step by step, and walks us through the principles as an illustration of how this kind of change can be done strategically. She talks us through setting goals, looking at the numbers, and building a plan and sticking to it (so we don’t get all guilty or sidetracked!). Libby wonders whether weighing your compost is a good idea in all circumstances, and we discuss how planning helps us harness our energy and willpower for the critical things rather than getting caught up or stressed out by the little things we “could” be doing. We discuss how, aside from the actual reductions, a growing self-awareness and getting better at tuning into ourselves can actually become a regular outcome of carrying out a reduction plan. We also revisit the rebound effect and how it can rear its head if we don’t plan for it. Join us in this episode for the juice on how to make a robust footprint reduction plan!

We think it's great to have a sustainability intention, yet most of us can
point to some kind of emotional or material clutter holding us back. When
we can let go of things that don't serve us anymore – and, in the light of
climate change, this might also mean our imagined futures – we naturally
become present to our here-and-now priorities, and gain energy for the new
things we want to tackle.

Libby and Renée welcome you to a series in which we start unpacking climate
change and humanity’s role in it. Why? Well, we’re both moms, business
owners, and coaches but we have very different perspectives and life
experiences, and we firmly believe it takes a complete diversity of people
and approaches to tackle this massive predicament! Tune in to discover
pathways that could work for you.

Libby and Renée unpack the identity around sustainable actions and
eco-activism to question if gender stereotypes and biases are getting in
the way of humanity’s progress towards sustainability. We look at the
energies of ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’, and how branding and semiotics (the
study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation) behind
advertising and media influences our ‘truth’ of what we all think
sustainability is.

In this episode, we look at what can go wrong in sustainability. Lying to
ourselves, overcommitting, and taking token actions are pitfalls we can all
easily fall into. We advocate for a mindset of adaptation and getting
comfortable with chaos while remaining curious, watching out for silver
bullets and blind spots, and still taking action based on the real data we
do have.