Ripple Effects: How to Convince Your People to Live More Sustainably

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Can you convince others to take climate action without being a nag? When you do what you can live sustainably, there inevitably comes a time when you want to spread the gospel and share your practice with others. It's a fantastic way to expand your low-carbon impact, but how do you communicate with people in a way that they'll actually be receptive to?

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On this episode, you’ll hear:

• Unique ways that our listeners are sharing their climate practices with people in their lives.
• A way to invoke action for anyone who cares about climate.
• Alyssa Barber shares techniques and tips she's used to build a community of hundreds of thousands of people who care about climate.
• How solar panel installation is a lesson in community climate action.

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Here are some of the people you'll hear from in this episode:

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Citations and Further Reading

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• The Montgomery Bus Boycott (U.S. National Park Service)
• A Timeline of the Montgomery Bus Boycott - Beacon Broadside
• Developer Abandons Keystone XL Pipeline Project, Ending Decade-Long Battle
• The Unlikely Takedown of Keystone XL
• Quantifying the potential for climate change mitigation of consumption options
• The Science Behind Why People Follow the Crowd | Psychology Today

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Episode Credits

• Listener contributions: Nicole Collins, Natalie Pullen, Laura Oldanie, Artie Sadahiro, Kellie Rana
• Featuring: Alyssa Barber and Sanchali Seth Pal‍
• Editing and engineer: Evan Goodchild‍
• Hosting and production: Katelan Cunningham
• With footage from Democracy Now! Monday, March 3, 2014 and Montgomery Bus Boycott revised by gdortchjr via the Internet Archive.

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Full episode transcript here