Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration

With all the awareness of plastic pollution, we've been making great, meaningful strides! Here are 2 recent events showcasing us turning the tide against plastic pollution to celebrate.   Find the full show notes with references and links to our Green Dreamers' projects at www.GreenDreamer.com/21. Thanks for bringing your light! x @KameaChayne

How can we get over perfectionism to just take action in what we want to do? How can we effectively tell the story around sustainability to keep it inclusive and engaging, so that we can grow the movement more quickly? Today, host of Conscious Chatter and Co-Founder of Left Edit, Kestrel Jenkins, shares her wisdom with us.   HIGHLIGHTS:  [07:25] Kestrel: “After a couple years, I burnt out… I had to step back and reassess how I was going to work in this space.” [08:35] Kestrel: “[I wanted my work to be about] bringing more people in… so we can all learn together. I wanted it to have an inclusive approach.” [10:55] Kestrel: “Often I won’t do things because I want them to be perfect, and it holds me back from actually getting over the hurdle of just starting things.”  [14:15] Kaméa: “Let’s say you wanted to start something new today, and a voice is telling you it’s not good enough. How would you respond?” [19:00] Kestrel’s thoughts on what we can do to keep conversations around discouraging issues engaging.  [23:35] Kestrel: “It’s not a simple story. It’s really complicated – an intricate conversation.” [24:30] How Kestrel balances staying objective as a storyteller while also expressing her opinions.   SPONSOR: Kanekta.co is a digital sourcing platform connecting ethical brands and suppliers to retail buyers across the globe.   Thanks for bringing your light! Find the full show notes with links and resources at www.greendreamer.com, and share your #1 takeaway from the episode tagging our featured guest and me @KameaChayne to spread the light and to let us know you're tuning in!

Now that we know about plastic pollution, what's next? What do we need to start from scratch to building a physical eco product and bringing that to life? Today, eco smartphone case brand Pela Case's Co-Founder, Jeremy Lang, shares his wisdom with us.   HIGHLIGHTS: [06:50] How Jeremy turned his idea into an actual product. [08:55] The hardest part for the Pela Case team going from product to launching the brand. [11:40] Jeremy: "We wanted to make sure that it wasn't an eco-friendly product that didn't function well. We wanted to make sure #1 it was designed really well, protected your phone, felt really great. But also was eco-friendly." [13:40] Keys to helping Pela Case take off as a brand. [14:55] Jeremy: "It really seems like we can make a difference." [15:45] What Pela Case's team did to secure some great, viral press features. [17:00] Kaméa: "What do you think the world needs to not have any plastic issues at all? What does that world look like?" [17:45] Jeremy: "You can look at it two ways... what a big pile of garbage, or you can say... what an opportunity..." [20:20] Kaméa: "How can we inspire conventional companies to be more responsible for the products they're putting out (that will eventually be disposed of)?"   Thanks for bringing your light! Find the full show notes with links and resources at www.greendreamer.com, and share your #1 takeaway from the episode tagging our featured guest and me @KameaChayne to spread the light and to let us know you're tuning in!

18 of 18 beaches around the world have been found to have microplastics. And 1/4 of fish tested in markets in California were found to have microplastics in them.   We've yet to understand the impacts of microplastic pollution on a global scale over time, but here I share some new things I learned over the weekend in terms of what we already know, as well as 2 ways we can begin to help to address this more challenging issue as individuals.   Are you working on an important research or project to help address microplastic pollution, or know of one you'd like to share? Get in touch via GreenDreamer.com so we can learn from you and support your work!   Find the full show notes with references and links to our Green Dreamers' projects at www.GreenDreamer.com/18. Thanks for bringing your light! x @KameaChayne

How can we go from having an ecopreneurial idea, especially something that's not yet been done before, to bringing it to life? What do we need to really tackle the issue of plastic pollution all over the world and move into a more circular economy? Today, Plaine Products' Co-Founder, Lindsey McCoy shares her wisdom with us.   HIGHLIGHTS: [5:30] Lindsey: "It is a continual learning journey. Still, we're learning, tweaking, ... I think that's part of being an entrepreneur... constant problem solving, ... when something's not working out the way you thought it was going to, being able to let go and figure out how to adjust." [06:20] Something that didn't work out for Plaine Products that they had to tweak. [06:55] How Lindsey raised awareness for her brand. [13:50] Lindsey: "Something that you're going to use once for a few minutes but will stick around for hundreds of years... just doesn't make sense when there are other options out there." [14:15] Lindsey: "My motto is progress, not perfection... life happens." [17:25] Lindsey: "Instead of asking why organic food is so expensive, maybe we should be asking why non-organic food so cheap." [21:25] Lindsey's greatest learning lessons from her ecopreneurial jourey.   Thanks for bringing your light! Find the full show notes with links and resources at www.greendreamer.com, and share your #1 takeaway from the episode tagging our featured guest and me @KameaChayne to spread the light and to let us know you're tuning in!

As part of 'speaking up for what we believe in,' how can we muster up the courage to say things that are different or that might go against the current? And, what needs to happen alongside conscious consumerism in order for us to accelerate positive change? Alden Wicker, Editor-in-Chief of EcoCult.com, President of Ethical Writers & Creatives, and journalist with bylines in Racked, Quartz, Refinery29, Glamour, Inc Magazine, and more, shares her wisdom with you here.   HIGHLIGHTS: [9:45] The biggest challenge Alden faced building EcoCult into a leading sustainable lifestyle blog. [12:30] Kaméa: "If you were to start all over, what would you do differently to establish yourself more quickly?" [14:20] Kaméa: "Do you get nervous before publishing something controversial, and what gives you the courage to do it anyway?" [16:20] Alden: "There's too much emphasis being placed on guilting people into working harder at being sustainable." [19:05] Alden: "There's this rampant perfectionism in the movement. [19:15] Alden: "There's this idea that we can't demand the government tax or ban plastic bags unless we haven't ourselves used a plastic bag in a year, because that'd be hypocritical. No, I want them to tax and ban them. Because then, it'll be easier for me to not use a plastic bag and be the person I want to be." [19:40] Alden on her viral article "Conscious Consumerism is a Lie" on Quartz. [23:00] Alden: "It's really easy to become popular in this world by overpromising people, or holding yourself up as perfect." [25:10] Alden: "I don't want people to feel guilty. I do want them to feel pissed."   SPONSOR: Kanekta.co is a digital sourcing platform connecting ethical brands and suppliers to retail buyers across the globe.   Find the full show notes with links and resources at www.greendreamer.com, and share your key takeaways from the episode tagging our featured guest and me @KameaChayne to spread the light and to let us know you're tuning in!

In honor of World Environment Day themed "Beat Plastic Pollution," I share some words of wisdom from the following 5 Green Dreamers:   Amber Boyers - Founder of eco swimwear brand Baiia Label Renee Peters - Model, Earth Activist and Content Creator of Model4GreenLiving.com Holly Rose - Writer, Environmentalist, Blogger of LeotieLovely.com Florine Hofmann - Zero Waste Blogger of TheWastedBlog.com Tamara Lim - Founder of zero waste grocery delivery service Wally Shop   Find the full show notes with references and links to our Green Dreamers' projects at www.GreenDreamer.com/15. Thanks for bringing your light! x @KameaChayne

Why has the palm oil industry become so destructive in Southeast Asia? When we're up against such colossal environmental issues, how can we scale up our positive impacts to be able to address them more effectively and powerfully? Here, the Head of PR of Ecosia (a search engine that uses its ad revenues to supporting tree planting projects around the world), Jacey Bingler, shares her wisdom with you.     HIGHLIGHTS:   [3:55] Motivations for Ecosia to focus on tree planting projects. [6:45] Jacey's eerie memory at a palm oil tree plantation and why these plants have become so destructive in southeast Asia. [7:40] Jacey: "As long as there are no palm oil plantations, the government isn't necessarily interested in building proper roads." [10:10] Ecosia's biggest challenge reaching more potential users and what's worked for them. [15:00] How Ecosia builds trust and loyalty among its users to support its exponential growth. [18:40] Kaméa: "What do you think the world needs to accelerate towards a greener world?"     Thanks for bringing your light! Find the full show notes with links and resources at www.greendreamer.com, and share your #1 takeaway from the episode tagging our featured guest and me @KameaChayne to spread the light and to let us know you're tuning in!

What happens when we consciously look beyond mainstream portrayal of reality? And how can we create and innovate in ways that push the needle forward and doesn't just add to info-overload? Here, award-winning, globally exhibited photographer Mukul Bhatia of @FoundinTranslations shares his wisdom with you.   Thanks for bringing your light. Hit SUBSCRIBE, and together let's explore what it takes to bring our eco ideas to life and thrive in every sense of the word.   HIGHLIGHTS: [02:45] "I was always the odd one out... I knew I saw the world in a different light than what mainstream cinema or media [portrayed]." [04:30] "There are so many things that are usually lost in translation, but one thing I found in my journey… was receiving kindness [from every place I travelled to]. [05:30] Mukul: "In this Insta-friendly world, most people don't see the journey." [08:00] Mukul's life-changing realizations from traveling. [9:45] Mukul: "Humankind is very beautiful in underrated ways… it's only when we see good in ourselves that we grow the good."  [12:10] Mukul: "[Sustainable living] is really not supposed to be guilt-oriented, but mostly for the love for the environment you live in." [16:20] Keys to Mukul establishing himself as an internationally exhibited photographer. [20:00] Mukul: "Don't be perfect."   Find the full show notes with links and resources at www.greendreamer.com, and share your #1 takeaway from the episode tagging our featured guest and me @KameaChayne to spread the light and to let us know you're tuning in!

Here, I answer a Question from April @thehonestroot: "What got you into sustainability and green living?"   If you'd like to share your journey into sustainability with me, tag me @KameaChayne #GreenDreamer in your post so I can learn your story, too, and maybe even share it in a future post! :)   Thanks for bringing your light! Hit SUBSCRIBE, and sign up for our Weekly Highlights + find our episode references at GreenDreamer.com.