You Can Make A Difference Where You Are – Laur Hesse Fisher, MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative

“There are those individual actions that we can take. But if I can work with my community or work inside of my company, or if I can work inside of my house of worship and we can build some community and some action that way, it will have a much bigger impact than anything that I can do as an individual… The communities that they're already a part of, whether they're residential, like in their neighborhoods, or it's the nonprofits that they're a part of, or the places where they have other kinds of communities like religious communities, and start conversations there. What could we do as a community? What could we do as an organization?” Laur Hesse Fisher on Electric Ladies Podcast

It’s easy to feel powerless as political forces try to dismantle sustainability-climate-clean energy initiatives, levers and economics, BUT we can make a difference anyway. And it matters. Small steps add up. Impact matters. There are steps each of us can take individually to help avert climate change. How?

Listen to Laur Hesse Fisher of MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative and TIL Climate podcast, in this discussion with Electric Ladies host Joan Michelson that aired last year and is more relevant than ever. Laur explains how we can leverage the things we do now, the places we already go, and people we currently talk to and make a difference that way. 

You’ll hear about:

• Why reaching people outside the climate-tuned bubble is critical.
• How we can leverage the relationships we already have, the local media, and local events to make a bigger difference than we can make on our own.
• Why voting is so crucial this year – and not for the reasons you might have heard
• Plus, insightful career advice, such as…

“My advice would be, as you're thinking about where you want to go, talk to people about that. So you might not know where you want to go, in which case I recommend informational interviews. Those are great for learning about other people's career paths, what it took for them to get there, what did they learn along the way? I mean, people are really open to having a half an hour conversation.”

Laur Hesse Fisher on Electric Ladies Podcast

Read Joan’s Forbes articles here too.

You'll also like:

·      Most Americans Want Climate Action, Study Says. How To Bridge The Political Divide, ELP Host Joan Michelson’s article that includes Congresswoman Houlahan.

·     Women Rewriting The Climate Conversation, a panel from The Earth Day Women’s Summit moderated by Joan Michelson

·     UN Climate Week discussion on how some creative women are making sustainable fashion a reality, moderated by Joan Michelson.

·     Kerry Bannigan, Managing Director of PVBLIC Foundation, on sustainability and social responsibility on the runway.

·     Zainab Salbi, cofounder of Daughters For Earth, on the pivotal role of women climate entrepreneurs.

·     Jill Tidman, Executive Director of The Redford Center, environmental storytelling through media, film, series and documentaries.

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