This week on Sustainable League I chatted and got to know the guys from Endangered Globe; Stephen, Zee, and Walber. We discuss the constant consumerism state that we find ourselves in, the damage that fast fashion is doing, and how to use business to do some good.
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Show Notes:
2:02 Check out The Cove
2:20 Steve’s story & RIP Steve Irwin
7:45 Walber’s story natural body building, vegetarian > pescatarian
10:03 The daily grind with Zee
14:28 Kindness is not woo woo shit
17:12 “What you purchase means something.”
18:54 There are more followers than leaders
21:22 “The whole point of planning something like Everest is to effect some sort of physical or spiritual gain. If you skip on the process you’re an asshole when you start out and you’re an asshole when you get back.” -Yvon Chouinard
27:15 Constant consumerism and cheaply made products
29:10 “Every dollar that you spend is a vote for the kind of world that you want.”
33:00 The worst thing you can do is, NOTHING.
35:22 Reduce, re-use, recycle
40:39 Percentage of proceeds go to African Wildlife Foundation
41:10 Companies shouldn’t stand for the product that they sell, but for the type of life that they’re trying to create
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