Strategy of the Commons

Nicole Rinaldi El-Abd

Asks the question "are we capable of living sustainably and if so, what's stopping us?" Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nicole-rinaldi-el-abd/support

  • 4 minutes 16 seconds
    Episode 11: Living a more sustainable life - Consumerism

    In this episode, I discuss how changing our consumerism habits can change our environmental impacts. 

    8 October 2019, 3:42 am
  • 4 minutes 21 seconds
    Episode 10: Living a more sustainable life - Transportation

    In this episode I talk about how we can be more sustainable through our transportation choices.

    29 September 2019, 6:40 pm
  • 4 minutes 25 seconds
    Episode 9: Living a more sustainable life - Waste

    In this episode, I begin a series of discussions about what people can do, as individuals, to be more sustainable. This episode addresses issues related to waste. 

    23 September 2019, 12:39 am
  • 4 minutes 2 seconds
    Episode 8: Problems with Perception - Delays

    In this episode, I discuss how the fact that certain environmental issues take a long time to manifest can make it difficult for people to understand the cause and effect between their actions and the impacts and discuss possible solutions. 

    17 September 2019, 3:18 am
  • 5 minutes 11 seconds
    Episode 7: Problems with perception - Nonpoint and disperse sources

    In this episode, I discuss how the disperse sources of certain contaminants can make it hard to perceive the cause and effect between their presence and the effects they may have in the environment and talk about some possible solutions. 

    9 September 2019, 3:30 am
  • 4 minutes 50 seconds
    Episode 6: Problems with Perception: Distance

    In this episode I discuss the issue that some environmental issues are hard to perceive because they are happening too far away and how to overcome this challenge. 

    24 August 2019, 2:54 am
  • 5 minutes 20 seconds
    Episode 5: Problems with Perceiving - Invisible Pollutants

    In this episode, I discuss problems with pollution we may not be able to see and some possible solutions for reducing these emissions. 

    16 August 2019, 10:00 pm
  • 4 minutes 59 seconds
    Episode 4: Intro to Problems of Perception

    In this episode, I set up a discussion for the next series of episodes that will explore what stands in the way of people seeing the cause and effect relationship between what we do everyday and the associated environmental impacts.

    10 August 2019, 3:54 am
  • 4 minutes 30 seconds
    Episode 1: Introduction
    In this first episode, I talk a little about how I came up with the idea for the podcast and the issues I hope to discuss. 
    8 August 2019, 1:27 pm
  • 4 minutes 59 seconds
    Episode 3: Discounting the Future

    This episode talks about the problem of discounting the future and discusses possible solutions.

    3 August 2019, 3:46 am
  • 4 minutes 29 seconds
    Episode 2: Psychology of Climate Change Denial

    In this episode, I talk about how denial is a defense mechanism, that certain people may be more prone to denying climate change based on their upbringing and personal beliefs, and the possible effects of confirmation bias on reinforcing denial before talking a bit about how to act on these issues. 

    26 July 2019, 9:54 pm
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