After watching and reading the assignments in Module 11, I came to the realization that I would not survive a Zero Waste lifestyle. At first, I just thought about food waste but then I thought about all of my hobbies that come with packaging or fabric waste that come from project scraps. After listening to the TED talk video, I feel like a hoarder and that I need to do some deep spring cleaning!
While watching the food waste video with john oliver, I honestly got annoyed with him and stopped watching about 9 minutes in to be completely honest. I felt he was yelling and pointing his finger at America, or whoever his viewers are, for being a part of food waste. I got frustrated because as my blogging partners and I learned in our behavior change class, people do not like to be told what to do, especially in an aggressive manor. He was being too aggressive in my opinion without having any credibility to his name. In the nine out of 17 minutes that I watched john oliver talk about food waste, I was saying “who the hell are you?” I am a public health person and I was getting pissed with his platform but it is because it was his approach of information. I feel he should have had an environmental scientist or someone with credentials on his show to talk about food waste. It made me think of the exercise we did in class last week asking is the person credible and do we trust them? Did he even mention at the end if he lives a Zero Waste life? I doubt it he is but maybe I am wrong since he is schooling us on food waste!
I already shop with reusable shopping bags so that is the change I have already done years ago. I have thought about taking cloth bags if I buy bulk but I would be buying the bags or making the bags, which will be contributing to waste. it is a
Hi Rudi,
ReplyDeleteI am sorry to hear that you got so upset! I think you're right that we do not respond well to aggressive or accusatory tones. The TED video was much more patient and inspiring. I couldn't live that lifestyle, either! I love your suggestion of reusable shopping bags, I need to do that more often. Thanks Rudi!
Hey Rudi,
ReplyDeleteI also most likely wouldn't be able to survive a zero waste lifestyle, especially with all the on-the-go snacks I eat that come in packaging. I agree with you in that John Oliver could have been better with his approach and that he probably is a hypocrite and doesn't live a zero waste lifestyle. He probably could have brought up some solutions to everyone and not just in the U.S. if he wanted to get his point across, but he also probably did it the way he did because he doesn't understand how to do it better. Thanks for sharing Rudi!