A young couple share their experience to go more green. With Olivia Sop & Jeremy Vairogs

Plastic free July Olivia Sop & Jeremy Vairogs. 

It feels like now more than ever, we have to make a commitment to producing less waste. We have to remain optimistic that humans will address the pressing issues around environmental deterioration. This week on Forked Podcast, I introduce Olivia and Jeremy, who share their discoveries during their challenge for a plastic free July. 

https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/

In this episode we discuss:

 

• Once we begin to be more conscious of just how much plastic we use, it can be a real wake up call. 
• The importance of everyone in the home cooperating with any initiatives to be more green friendly. 
• Olivia and Jeremy explain how their plastic free July initiative was to cut down or eliminate all together, any single use plastics. Eliminate the use of: disposable coffee cups, plastic utensils, takeout food packaging, and plastic shopping bags. 
• We recognize that some cities make a plastic free initiative much easier. 
• Consumer demands and habits will inevitable shape the companies and the best practices of those companies in regards to the environment. 
• Alternatives need to be convenient and affordable. Going green needs to be accessible to everyone. The reality is that if it’s not convenient and easily performed, people might not do it. 
• We discuss why technology in the green movement moves so slowly.

Here is a very interesting podcast that discusses technology and stagnation with Peter Thiel on The Portal 

https://youtu.be/nM9f0W2KD5s