This episode is all about plastic and our complicated relationship with this helpful, harmful and everlasting material. Whether you know little about plastic or a lot, our amazing guest the writer, author and poet Allison Cobb will help you to see your plastic possessions in a new and more interesting light.
We talk about her latest book, Plastic, an Autobiography which Allison wrote after a 4-foot plastic car part landed on her doorstep and lead her to explore the world of plastic from its moment of creation in 1907 to our modern-day consume-and-dispose culture. The book takes the reader on a journey throughout the life cycle of plastic where death is transmuted into deadly eternal life weaving in stories from World War 2 fighter pilots to the atomic bomb, to “cancer alley” (where plastic plants are situated) to Hawaiian beaches home of the albatross and everywhere else in between.
Episode highlights
- Where plastic comes from and how it gets made
- How the profit problem of plastic was solved after WW2
- A new way to meditate
- How to imagine a new and better reality for the planet
- Why it's important to find joy in the midst of despair
- How you can starve to death on a full stomach
- How producers and consumers can solve the plastic problem
- And of course, Allison sets her personal environmental challenge in line with her values
I’d love to hear your thoughts about this episode. Was there anything that surprised you? Has it helped to change the way that you see plastic products?
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Show Me The Way by Vendredi https://soundcloud.com/vendrediduo
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