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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rob: Hey everyone, thanks for being here and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thanks for having me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does this all sound good? Cool!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so awesome to be here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had met Urlinda in San Diego about two
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,years ago, and that's how ultimately I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ended up here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tonight I am hoping to inspire you to make
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some positive changes when it comes to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the environment and to the human race as a\Nwhole.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will give you a little bit of a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,background on some of the things that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the projects that I have been
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working on and what I have been doing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will give you a little bit of a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disclaimer, although this room is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably pretty full of radical people, so
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is less needed, but I do a lot of very
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extreme things, and the idea is to catch
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people's attention, get them to stop and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self reflect and think about things that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they maybe have never thought about.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The things that I do are often are very
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extreme, but my message is actually one of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moderation, of treating people with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,respect, treating the earth with respect,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just go about it in attention-grabbing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ways of doing it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my project sis the Food Waste \NFiasco.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We waste about a third of all the food we
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,produce around the world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about half of the all the food we produce
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the United States where I live.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my campaigns I have dived into
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about 2,000 dumpsters across the United
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,States in about 29 states, and a handfull
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in other countries, like the UK, but
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mostly the United States.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the idea is to create a visual that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helps people understand how much food is\Nbeing wasted.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is about 2 days of dumpster diving
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Madison, Wisconsin.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might have seen one of my videos, it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was called "People are Good", so I landed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Panama with just the clothes on my back
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my passport, which was 7 countries
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,away from San Diego.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I landed there with the sandals on my
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feet, some shorts, a shirt, a jacket, a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hat, and my passport, and that is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literally everything I had.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to make it back to San Diego, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the idea was to put myself out there and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by doing that, show that actually there
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is an incredible number of good people out
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there, and that if you put yourself out
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there, people will help.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mainstream media often portrays
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world as this very dangerous, crime
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ridden place, but the reality is that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generally, people are actually pretty \Ngood.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that was that, and that turned into a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,television show that was on the Discovery
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Channel, I think it played here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with that one I flew to Brazil and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had to travel to Panama.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my most recent projects was\N"Trash Me".
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one was inspired by Morgan Spurlock's
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Super Size Me", where he ate just
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,McDonalds for thirty days.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tried to look at some of the successful
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,campaigns out there and how I could apply
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that to environmental activism, so I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thought "Okay, how can I do something
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will really get people thinking about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much trash they are creating,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, you do not create nearly as much
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trash as we do in the United States, but
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still a fair amount, but no where near as\Nmuch.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the United States the average person
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creates about 4.5 pounds of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trash per day, about 2 kilograms.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we throw it in the garbage can and we
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never think about it again, most people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They never think about it again.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I wanted to create a visual that shows
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people how much it really adds up to.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is me for thirty days just living
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the average American.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ate, shopped. and consumed just like the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,average American does.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had an specially designed suit to hold
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every piece of trash that I created for\Nentire month.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This right here is actually about one 1/3
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,less trash than the average American
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creates in a month, so that is the idea of\Nthat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then for the last 13 months I have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been traveling the United States and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,parts of the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is every single possession that I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,own, so everything that I own is here with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me tonight in the car.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hopefully it is still there, because that\Nis everything.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Birth certificate, passport, all of that \Nstuff.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every possession I own... so the things I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do are often pretty extreme, but the idea
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this is that the average person in the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,United States and Europe has 10s of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1,000s of possessions, most that we never\Nuse.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By owning just 110 possessions, it get
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people to stop and think about how much\Nthey have.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really, it is about getting people to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think about "Am I happy? Am I healthy?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And are there things that I could do to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,change my life to be happier, healthier,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more purposeful, more passionate, and live
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that is better for the earth?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are a couple of my campaigns, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really my life is my campaign, just
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leading by example and showing ways of\Ndoing things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I definitely have not always been an
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environmentalist, and environmentally-
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,minded person, a conscious person.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we rewind about ten years, this is me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here on the left.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a pretty drunk dude, I know Belgians
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get pretty drunk, but I rivaled everyone \Nin the room.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was a typical night, drinking cheap,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cheap beer out of plastic cups.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During College I was very passionate about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drinking, women, material possessions,\Nmoney.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My goal was to be a millionaire by the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time I was 30 years old.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was very focused on that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My car, I would shine it for two hours
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every Sunday, spotless.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a part-time job which was basically
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just going to the library and talking to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every girl in my path, telling her to come
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to my parties.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what I was doing during college,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is another typical night.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what you call a "duck bong", I do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not know if it has made its way to \NBelgium.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How it works is that it is like a beer
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bong, except you cut the beak, and the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,foot off of an ornamental lawn duck, which
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is hallow, and you fill it up with beer,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that thing can fit like maybe 5 or 6
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beers, you fill it up with vodka as well
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you feel like it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was another typical night.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as I said, I spent, you know, 20 or 30
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hours a week pursuing women, and I was not\Nalways successful.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On this particular night this was a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christmas tree that crossed my path when
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was no women that wanted to come
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,home with me that night.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have not always been very caring about\Nthe environment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did go to school for biology, with a\Nchemistry minor.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aquatic science was my concentration.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually always cared about the \Nenvironment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was growing up fishing and out
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,playing in the ponds and things like \Nthat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the thing was, I always felt like I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was actually living an environmentally
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,friendly life during this time because my
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mom had taught me the basic things like
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recycling, shut off the water when you are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not using it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would occasionally get in a fight with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my roommates about leaving the water
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,running or the lights on.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was doing some of those things, but what
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happened was that I realized in about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2011 after I graduated from University and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was about two years later, I started to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watch a lot of documentaries and I would
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,read a lot of books and I realized that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the most part my life was actually
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,causing environmental and social \Ndestruction.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was doing a couple of things that were
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sort of good for the environment, but the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reality was that I realized by watching
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these documentaries that the food I was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eating was coming from these factory
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,farms, the gasoline I was pumping into my
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,car, all of the trash that I was creating,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of the cheap products that I was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,buying at the big box markets, all of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this stuff was causing environmental
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,destruction both in my community, but also
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of globalization, all the way on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other side of the world, but also it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was causing social destruction by the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people working in really crappy condition
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that I could have my $4 toaster and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things like that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So at that point I really decided that I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wanted to change my life from drunk dude
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to someone that was living something\Nbeyond myself.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people at this point feel at
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,total sense of doom and gloom, like "What
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can I do now?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that point I was 25 years old, I had
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been doing this whole way of life for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quite a while so it can be... you can have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that feeling of "Well what can I possibly \Ndo?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I actually at that point felt \Nextremely empowered.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason was that these documentaries
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I watched and these books that I was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reading taught me how I could change my \Nlife.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I did was just make a long list of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of the changes that I wanted to make,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I hung it up in my kitchen in a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really prominent place, and then I taped
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a pen next to it so that each week that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pen would be there and my goal was to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,check off 1 thing each week.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some examples of things that I did early
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on... I mean at that time I was shopping
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Walmart, filling up my cart with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything, using plastic bags, all of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sort of stuff.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was doing very little.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the big changes that I made early
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on was going to local businesses.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a farmers market, just buying my
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,food locally from the local farmers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,market or going to the local tool shop
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than the big Lowes, or Home Depot,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or Walmart, or things like that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I changed my... I realized the food I was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eating, changed my diet, started to eat
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more whole foods, more unpackaged
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,processed stuff, I actually started to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look at the ingredients on things and see
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Whoa, this is not even really food that I\Nam eating,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to eat actual food, switched to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a more plant-based diet.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the other thing when I really
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started to unravel my life, I started to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realize that I had just been sold a whole
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lot of things, sold this concept of what
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the human body needs to exist, what we
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need to be successful or happy or\Nhealthy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Story of Stuff" was an early short
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,film that really inspired me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had another one called "The Story of \NCosmetics,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned that all of these things that I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was using, like all of the shampoo, the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conditioner, the face wash, the body wash,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the deodorant, the Listerine mouthwash,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lip balm, all of these things, a lot
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them were made with fossil fuel by-
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,products, petroleum by-products.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just putting all of this nasty stuff
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on to me and I just really started to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think, "Wow, human beings have existed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for millions of years without this stuff,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it must be possible to live without \Nit,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I put it all on my curb and for the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most part stopped using most of those
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things but found natural alternatives for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the things that I did want to continue \Nto use.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got rid of plastics and things like\Nthat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got rid of microwave so that I would
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually cook real food.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just continued making positive changes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my life for about two years, and what
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happened was the more positive changes I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made, the more happy and healthy I became.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of it was not something that I would
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,necessarily realize, but there were all
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sorts of connections.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, when I got rid of my car and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I no longer had a trunk, I was no longer
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able to fill it up with stuff, which meant
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I bought less stuff.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are all of these ways that I did not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realize how one change would ripple into
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other changes as well.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a year and a half or so of doing all
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that, I decided that I really wanted
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take sustainable living and bring the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,message out to people, and do it in a way
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was kind of fun and would get people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,excited and hopefully inspire people to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make positive changes as well.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2013 I made my website for $100 online,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made a Facebook page and decided that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going to be an adventurer, doing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adventures for the environment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first big adventure was called "Off the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grid Across America", and I biked across
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the United States on a bamboo bicycle, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the idea was to bike from west coast to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,east coast having no environmental inpact
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatsoever, no negative environmental
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,impact, while deeply immersing in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sustainable living and learning myself.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they say that it takes 21 days to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,form a habit so I thought if I do this for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,104 days, which was how long the ride was,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I will really, deeply form this \Nhabit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I set rules for all of the basics of \Nsustainable living.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The key things of sustainable living that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we deal with every single day: food,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,water, energy, waste, transportation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are things that every single one of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,us in this room deals with basically every\Nday.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We eat everyday, we drink water every day,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,usually we have transportation wherever
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are going, we create waste everyday
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it is garbage or something out of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our body, and then energy, we are using
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,electricity pretty much every day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Diving into these key things that a lot
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of us... like for me in the past I never
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thought about in a given day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For food the rule was that I could only
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eat local, organic, unpackaged foods.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That meant food from whatever state I was\Ncrossing through.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Organic just meant that I... it did not mean
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,necessarily that it was certified but that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it just came from the farmer and I had
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talked to them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then lastly unpacked, so nothing wrapped\Nin packaging.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew that this was going to be really
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hard because a lot of places, that food
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just does not exist.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I made one exception, and that was that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could eat any food that was going to \Nwaste.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason being is, of course if it is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,already in the garbage, the dumpster...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do you call it over here? Bin. Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bins. Huh? WHAT WORD DID HE SAY
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find your language quite funny.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if it is in the garbage, the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environmental impact has already happened
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so if it is in the garbage I figured "that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sounds weird, but if it is in the garbage
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I might as well eat it," but that is what
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was doing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found the first dumpster that I ever
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looked into, I was crossing the Sierra,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nevada mountains, it was about 7 seven
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,days in, I looked in there, I was was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really nervous at this time because I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still had a good sized ego at that time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for someone to know that I was eating
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of the trash would have damaged that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ego, but I had come up with this trip and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to do it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked inside the dumpster, and sure
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enough it was filled with perfectly good \Nfood.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that particular dumpster, the first
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thing I ever ate was a still-frozen, half
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gallon of moose tracks icecream.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just melted a little bit around the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,edges, I didn't have a spoon so I just
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,used the edge of my sunglasses and they
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were quite sticky for a week or two.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, for the rest of the trip
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of going into the grocery store
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and asking "Do you have anything local?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the answer was "what do you mean?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the time they just had no clue
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the food was from.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got tired of that, so instead 70% of my
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,diet that summer ended up coming from the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dumpster.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was about 3 pounds a day worth of food,\N280 pounds.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For water, the rule was that I could only
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use natural bodies of water.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the entire summer I could not have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turned on a faucet, used a flushed toilet,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taken a shower, anyway that we use water
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a given day in the house I was not able\Nto do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead I had to use natural bodies of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,water like lakes and rivers, purify the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,water myself, go swimming, even in some
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretty dirty ponds.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the exception again with that was that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could use water that was going to\Nwaste.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a fire hydrant in Brooklyn, the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leak is right here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lived off of this fire hydrant for 5
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,days while I was in Brooklyn.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I bathed in it, that is what I am doing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here, I brushed.... I went over there to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brush my teeth, did my laundry in it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,used it for cooking, all of that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one leak alone is... I timed it, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was wasting two gallons of water a \Nminute.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is about 8 liters per minute.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What that means is that it is 770 gallons
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of water per day, which is enough to meet
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the drinking needs of 1440 people, just
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of this one fire hydrant alone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the entire trip I only used 160
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gallons of water, which is what the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,average person in the United States uses
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in about 2 days.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For energy I could only use electricity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I created myself for the entire \Nsummer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would not have been able to give this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,presentation, I would not have been able
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to touch this, or use any of this stuff.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could not turn on a light switch, or
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use someone's refrigerator, or open an
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,electric garage door.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically every say that electricity was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved in life I had to stop and think\Nabout it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was the challenging ones where for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,example if I wanted to go into a store,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was only automatic doors, I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would have to wait there until someone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goes through the automatic door and then\Ngo in.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or if I was biking and it was night and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an automatic light would go off, I would
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to go over there and unscrew that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,light bulb and hope that they would figure
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it out the next day why it was not going \Noff.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was really deep immersion, and what I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learned is that my life is totally
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,electrified at all points in my life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basically I was consuming electricity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,70% or more of electricity in the United
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,States is from fossil fuels, so I was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basically burning fossil fuels at most \Ntimes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only by really deeply immersing myself
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into this was I really able to start
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understanding it more.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, my exception with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,electricity was that I had a computer and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a cell phone, and they were both
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,charged by the solar panels.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My exception was that I could log on to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the internet, and I knew that by doing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was probably using some
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,electricity via the router probably using
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little more electricity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I did not know and that I learned
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on that trip, I visited a business called
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Renewable Choice Energy" in Boulder,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Colorado, and their job is to get
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,companies like Facebook and Google to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,switch over their servers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The servers are the places that host the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,computers, where all of the data is \Nstored.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So their job is to get them to switch over
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,solar and wind powered farms to produce
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the electricity for that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What they taught me was that when we are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,storing stuff on the cloud, what the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cloud really is is just someone else's
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,computer, somewhere else.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I learned is that every single time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I uploaded a blog, or a youtube
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,video, or a picture or Facebook, that all
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that was being stored somewhere else,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so every second of my life, whether I was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asleep or I was awake, was actually\Nburning electricity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only by really deeply going into it was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able to understand more deeply my
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interaction with the earth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For waste, the rule was I had to carry
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every piece of garbage that I created all
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the way across the country with me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I had a candy bar in San Francisco,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that wrapper was coming all the way over
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Vermont with me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone who bikes, which I am guessing a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lot of you do, or if you have done long
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,distance hiking, you know that a little
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weight really adds up.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tried really hard to create as little
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trash as I could, and this is what I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,created in 104 days.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is 2 pounds, which is what the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,average American creates by about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one o'clock in the afternoon on any given\Nday.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then lastly, for transportation the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rule of course was that I could either
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bike or walk the entire way.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even on my off days I could not use public\Ntransportation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I learned during this time, which is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lesson that I am sure a lot of people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here in Belgium know, you are far a head
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of us when it comes to cycling, but
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really I learned that cycling is for \Neveryone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On that trip I met 60 and 70 year old
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women cycling all the way across the\NUnited States.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met 10 year-olds cycling to school.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met people that were way larger than
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you ever would imagine would fit on a bike
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were biking hundreds of miles, or
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were biking 30 miles back and forward\Nbetween work.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really learned on that trip that cycling
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something that is accessible to so many\Npeople.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After that adventure, I went back to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,San Diego and I was in my apartment that I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had still, and I still was... still at
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this time after a couple of years, still
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,picking up on ways that I was causing\Nenvironmental destruction.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, when I got back to San Diego,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had my money in a Chase bank account,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JP Morgan Chase, and I realized "Wow,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is going on with my money?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, they invest in... largely in fossil
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fuel infrastructure projects.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here I am trying not to use fossil fuels,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but my money is being used to invest to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make fossil fuels more accessible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to take my money out of the big
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,banks, I had to take my money out of any\Ninvestments.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned that my mutual funds were
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,invested in cigarettes and fossil fuels
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among other things, so taking my money
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of those.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By this time I was creating so little
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trash that I was able to take the garbage
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can out of my house.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2015, in January, it was New Years Day,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided that I wanted to move out of my
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,apartment and live in a tiny house so that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could live off the grid and not have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any bills or any debt to my name.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went onto Craigslist on New Years Day
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was going to buy myself a little
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,camper so that I could live in that while
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building a tiny house.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found this online, and it said it was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,$950 and I thought "surely that must be a\Ntypo?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, $950, that is like one months
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rent for a lot of people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put $950 in my pocket... well actually
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a $1000 in my pocket, and I bike up to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this guy's house, it was about 6 miles
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,away, and I said I was not going to buy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it, but I do not know why I had the $1000
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my pocket if I was not going to.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I realized why it was only $950, it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as basically just a little wooden box on \Nwheels.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was 5 feet wide..... this is actually
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,larger, this screen right here is larger
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the actual size of the house because
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,5 feet wide is substantially shorter than \Nthis.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was about 5 feet tall, so I could not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quiet stand in it but I thought
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Okay, this is much smaller than I was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intending to live in," but I like to do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extreme things and one of the things that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really stuck out to me is that in the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,United States and in many parts of Europe,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the average house size has actually
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doubled in the last couple of decades.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the States it has gone from 1,500
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,square feet, to 3,000 square feet.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where house sizes have been \Ngoing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then at the same time, happiness and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,health is just crashing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trying to show that correlation between
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having a larger house and actually being
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,healthier and happier, a lot of the times
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see an opposite correlation with that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, I practiced sustainable living, also
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the extreme, to really, again, do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things that would catch people's
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attention, get the news to come out and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,report, and be able to bring this stuff to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people that maybe have never thought
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about any of these things before.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For food, I grew some of my own food.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You hear in Belgium have plenty of rain I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,am assuming, but San Diego was a desert
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was in a mega drought, so it was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not exactly easy living off of the grid
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being completely dependent on rain
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,water and growing food.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One way that I was able to do that, is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is something called "wicking bed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gardens", and how it would work is you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fill... you create a little reservoir on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bottom, and then you fill it through
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a pipe, and then the water wicks up
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the roots so that there is no
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,evaporation at the top.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By using tricks like that I was able to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grow more food with less water.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While I was there, 100% came from
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,harvesting rain water.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The average American uses about 80 to 100
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gallons of water per day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The average European uses about 50
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gallons of day, and the average African
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uses about 2 to 5 gallons of water per \Nday.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was using 2 to 5 gallons of water, about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same as the average person in Africa.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people would think that this...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most Americans would thing that this is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really extreme using so little water, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the things that I really learned
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the last 5 years of really diving
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into sustainability is that everything is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,totally a matter of perspective.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this scenario for example, an American
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would see that using just 2 to 5 gallons
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of water per day to be a really extreme
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thing, but if you took someone from Africa
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has been doing that their whole life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you brought them to the United States,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they saw that we were using 100
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gallons of water and are just pouring it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down the drain, to them that would be \Nextreme.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more that I looked at all of these
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things, really everything is always a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,matter of perspective, and when you change
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your perspective you can totally change
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world around you just simply by
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,changing your mindset.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was able to live on 2 to 5 gallons a day
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by using it really wisely and really just
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not wasting any of it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For energy, the rule was... for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,energy I was living just completely off
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of solar there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason I was able to do that was by
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living pretty simply.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another thing that I have really come
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across a lot, is that a lot of people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think that sustainable living,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environmentally living is only something
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can do if you are wealthy or
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,privileged to be able to do that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are elements of that where I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understand where people are coming from,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some truth to that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I have learned is that the more
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you simplify your life and live based
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on what you need rather than everything
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you think you want, the more
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accessible it becomes to everyone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With solar, if I had a huge
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,refrigerator and a flat screened T.V. in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every room, and a hair drier, and all of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these electrical items, then I would not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been able to afford to live off the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grid with just solar, because I would
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have needed a $10,000 or $15,000 system.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By simplifying my needs I was able to live
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just off of solar.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This.... this is funny, we are talking
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about poop for the second time tonight
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after the first documentary, that is \Ngreat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you plan that? No? Okay.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is actually my favorite thing to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talk about, and I feel actually very much
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same with the short film we just \Nwatched.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things that I really learned
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that anytime something is easy, I have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learned to stop and think, "Why is this\Neasy?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is the ease... basically what I have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learned is that every time something is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,easy, what that typically means is that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the burden is being placed elsewhere.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An easy example, for example everyone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here has probably driven a car, and you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know that when you are driving a car,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imagine that this is your ankle, you are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going zero miles per hour, and you just
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,move your ankle slightly forward and all
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a sudden you are going 60 miles an\Nhour.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very easy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where as biking or walking, you actually
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to use energy to do that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So where is the burden being placed?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that scenario, it is being placed on \Nmany things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The extraction of fossil fuels causing oil
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spills... there are 10,000 oil spills per
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,year as an example.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is climate change, it is the emissions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all if the green house gases.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the people that are getting sick
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working in those conditions, the animals
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are dealing with those sorts of \Nthings.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is an example of how the burden is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually being placed elsewhere.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to think, "Flushing the toilet,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,okay, where does it really go once I am
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,done with it, what actually happens to my
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,poop and pee?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The toilet is an example of one of those
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things that is really easy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just hit that leaver, and then
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(whoosh sound)\Nit is gone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to think about what really
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happens to it and look into it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I learned is that it is easy because
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the burden is being placed elsewhere.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the example of the flushed toilet, you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have all of the chemicals you have to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clean the water before you poop in it, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then all of the chemicals that are used to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clean the water again after you poop in \Nit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have all of the electricity that is \Nused.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So 20% of all electricity is used just to\Npump water.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are actually using electricity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,indirectly just to flush the toilet.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the pollution that happens from
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it because a lot of the time it overflows
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into our lakes and rivers and oceans.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of these things were happening, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then ultimately you have a waste product
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you have to deal with, it is actually\Na problem.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I learned about what we call
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humanure", as in human manure, I realized
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that instead of waste becoming a problem,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it actually is a resource.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the sayings in permaculture is that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Waste is just a resource out of place,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather than using 1.6 gallons of water
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each time, which I obviously did not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to flush, I was able to turn it into
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a valuable resource.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the compost pile.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people would... who here has ever
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pooped in a 5 gallon bucket? A couple?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some back there? Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, this was sort of the holy grail of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sustainable living because it was taking
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,responsibility for all of my actions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people have social media and so
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on, there are a lot of people who have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,said things like... well, first of all
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would assume that I was going to die,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if I was not going to die then I was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to kill the entire city of \NSan Diego.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things about composting, how it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,works, is when you... a compost pile
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it is human waste or not, what you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have is microorganisms like bacteria, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you have macroorganisms like beetles
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and larvae and worms.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What they do is they are eating all of the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contents in there, and one of the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,biproducts from all of that is heat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A compost pile can heat up to 160 \Ndegrees.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of the bacteria, and the pathogens
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are in our body are designed to live
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at about body temperature.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once they are in the compost pile, the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heat that is created by all that movement
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the micro and macro organisms kills all
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that off, so it is really safe.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was at least able to tell people that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I am indeed not going to kill the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,city of San Diego, but the thing that I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did not know at the time was that people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still would say "Ew, this guy is eating
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,food grown off of poop!"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like "Yeah, but I do not have a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good response because I am assuming that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are not doing that,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then I read a book called "Wasteland"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was doing "Trash Me" this fall, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I finally really learned where our poop
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goes as I looked into it deeper.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take New York City for example where I was\Nat the time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you have, is you have millions...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well 8 million people are still there,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about 8 million poops a day, maybe more
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depending on how people are doing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is that? Anyway.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens is that all of that goes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the waste water treatment plants, but
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you have going along with that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the average person in the United States
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has 13 prescription meds total.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people have zero, some people have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,20, but it averages out to billions of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prescription medications, so you have all
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that going along with it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you also have all of the things like
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bleach, and the Drano, and things like\Nthat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all of that is getting mixed together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you have is an extremely toxic
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"poop slurry", that ends up with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,millions of poops mixed with all of these\Ntoxins.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then you also have companies that are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,improperly disposing of things like motor
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oil and things like that, that makes it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even more toxic.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That then is bio-digested in part, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then what is left was turned into\Nfertilizer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where that fertilizer went is it was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shipped down to Texas on rail, so
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this very still toxic fertilizer, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then that was used to grow the food that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people that were commenting on Youtube
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Facebook saying "Ew, this guy eats
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,food growing from poop"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, what I learned was that at least I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was eating off of fairly clean...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one person is not 1 million New Yorkers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,toxic sludge poop.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Onto the next thing, done with poop now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might come up again though.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For trash, I created a little more trash
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than I did on my bike ride.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This would be about a normal 2 to 4 weeks
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of trash, it was a couple pounds a month\Nusually.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for transportation, one of the things
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I learned is that the average person
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the states, it is similar over here in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Europe, spends about $7,000 to $9,000 per
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,year on their vehicle.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What that means is that the normal, kind
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the median income is about $52,000\Na year.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means that the average person is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working January and February every single
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,year just to own their car.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine what you could do for January
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and February of every single year instead
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of owning a car, and that is the reason I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,got rid of my car because growing up I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thought that a car was freedom.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was how to get away from the parents,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be able to go wherever you wanted.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I learned is that the car was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually the thing that was holding me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back the most.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is what tied me to having to work to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pay the bills of the car.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Getting rid of the car was actually one of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most freeing things I ever did.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In San Diego there is something called
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Car to Go", which is an electric car
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sharing program, that made it easier for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me there, because when I did need a car,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could get one.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a lot of cities have things like
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Zip Car" and things like that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How "Car to Go" works is there is a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little... you have your own little card
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here, and then you touch it up to the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,window here, and then you get in, it lets
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you in, and you put in a code, and you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drive it away, and then when you are done
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just park it in a parking spot and it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just bills you by the amount of time that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are in there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the most part I would ride my bike,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the "Car to Go" was for mostly when I was\Nfeeling lazy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole idea of a lot of this stuff is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create visuals that help people to \Nunderstand things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talking about food waste, as I was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting to dumpster dive, I had mentioned
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that early on I was pretty timid about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talking about that, not knowing what
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people would think about me and things
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like that, but the thing was, the more
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I did it, the more that I realized
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this issue is far more important than\Nme.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to talk about it, and I was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amazed that after a short period of time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that generally, when you are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passionate about something and when you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are authentic about something, what I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found is that you do not lose friends, you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually gain more friends.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The food waste ended up being something
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I became really passionate about.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did not realize going into it how
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,important of an issue that it is, but I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have learned that it is one of the most
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pressing environmental and social issues
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Worldwide, we throw away one third of all
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the food that we produce, while over a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,billion people are in food poverty.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We actually have enough food on earth to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feed every single person.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not all of it is healthy food, there is a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lot of Cheetos and things like that, but
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have enough food to feed the entire\Nworld.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the United States we produce enough
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,food to feed another entire American
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,population while 1 in 4 Americans are food\Ninsecure.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is San Diego, California, I was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to come up with a way to really
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,help people understand how much food was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to waste.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the United States it is $165 billion of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,food per year.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To put that into perspective, that is more
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the budget for every national park,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every public library, all of veterans
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,healthcare, all of the federal prisons,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the FBI, and the FDA combined.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a massive number, but a lot of the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time it is still hard to wrap your head \Naround numbers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is two days worth of dumpster diving
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in San Diego, California, and I mentioned
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,early on that I was very timid at the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,idea of dumpster diving, and one of the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reasons was this girl here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,4 years ago, and this was in 2013, I was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very much in love with her and she was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very much "get away from me Rob, I am not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interested in you right now".
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was actually someone who told me "do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not tell anybody that you are dumpster\Ndiving".
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I kind of listened to her advise.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was us 4 years later, she obviously\Ncame around.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I learned is that you can eat
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your trash and have the girlfriend too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This project was called "Trash Me",
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the one that I just finished up
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in September, and as I said, with so many
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these things we just never think about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it because the infrastructure is there,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it takes things away and then we never
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to think about it again.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The average America creates 4.5 pounds of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trash a day, throws it in the garbage can,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then where does it really go?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea of this visual was to just
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really help people to think about these
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things on a daily basis.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the frozen pizza here. you have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Starbucks cups, the red beer cups,and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the packaging from buying stuff, the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,batteries, the plastic bottles.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea was to create that association in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people's minds and help people to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually think about that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole idea of all of this is to get
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people to self reflect and think about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what positive changes that they can make
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their life, and so these are some of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the things that I have been making over
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the past 5 years that I have found to be\Nreally beneficial.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are some of the suggestions for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anyone who is inspired to make positive\Nchanges.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I broke these down into the basic aspects
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of sustainable living: food, water,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,energy. waste and transportation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each one of these is on m y website,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a guide for all of these, so food
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or example is robgreenfield.org/food, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it goes more in depth there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for food, some of the things are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eating as much local food as possible,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eating as much food that is grown in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Belgium, or if not Belgium, more like
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spain rather than New Zealand or Chile.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eating as much organic, natural food as\Npossible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stuff that is not sprayed with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pesticides, unpackaged foods.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are there any grocery stores here that\Nsell unpackaged?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Una? Una!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going to stores like that where you can
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,buy foods where you bring your own
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,containers and full them up.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whole foods, so not the grocery store but
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,foods that look basically like they did
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they came from the earth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, apples rather than apple
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sauce, potatoes rather than potato chips.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Growing your own food.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is life changing, planting a seed and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually seeing it turn into food, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then eating it, it can be a very life-\Nchanging experience.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eating seasonal, so stuff that is growing \Nin season.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it is in the middle of January and you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see strawberries in the store, thinking
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Where are these strawberries actually \Nfrom?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the simplest things we can do with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,food is actually eat it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The average person wastes about 25% of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of their food.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually eating the food rather than
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throwing it away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another big one is eating a lot more
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grains, and a lot less meat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This actually is the one that causes the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most environmental impact, eating meat and\Nanimal products.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That one actually should be more at the\Ntop.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which leads into the next one, which is \Nwater.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The average.... sorry, to create 1
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hamburger takes about 660 gallons or about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3,000 liters of water.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To put that in perspective, on my bike
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ride across the country, I went 104 days\Nwithout showering.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine 104 days without showering.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now image turning that into an entire
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,year, which is what I did, and 1 year of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not showering, that was the equivalency
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of 6 hamburgers worth of water.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2 months of showering is the equivalent of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one hamburger, that is how much water it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,takes to produce meat, well, that is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly beef that is the most water\Nintensive.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other things you can do, is flush the \Ntoilet less.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it is yellow, let it mellow, if it is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brown, flush it down.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you have that saying here?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is new? I brought it to Belgium!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take shower showers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every minute off of the shower is about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2 gallons.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grow food and not lawns.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is really one of the most enjoyable
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things is rather than growing grass,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually just growing food instead.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using that water to grow food instead of \Ngrass.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Harvesting rain water, some people make
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these things really complicated.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One thing about all of these things that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am naming off is they are all designed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to decrease your environmental impact. but
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the nice thing is that they do not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually cost you money, they are all
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designed to save you money, which means
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can work less and spend more time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing the things that you want.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then lastly, besides the fact that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of these make the earth healthier,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they also make you healthier, which is the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nice thing about it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Harvesting rain water, some people make
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really complicated and they get like
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a $300 system, I did that when I first
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started to harvest rain water. but then I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realized, you literally just have to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stick a bucket under your gutter, and \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collect that water, it is as simple as \Nthat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Installing efficient faucets, you can get
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little faucet heads that cost about $3,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they use 75% less water, so switching
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those things out takes a couple of minutes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you are saving a gallon and a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,half for minute that you have it on.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Planting native, planting things that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,naturally grow in the area.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Installing greywater, another thing that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can do really simple is for example
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put a 5 gallon bucket under your sink and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unscrew the thing so that it goes out to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bucket, and then that goes out to the \Ngarden.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the simplest form of gray water.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Switching to CFL or LED bulbs.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LED bulbs cost more, but after about 3
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,months to a year they already have paid
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for themselves in the amount of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,electricity that you are using.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finding an electricity free alternatives,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example getting a juice press that is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a hand juice press rather than an \Nelectric one.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or investing in alternative energy, you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can put solar panels on your roof or you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can just invest in a energy COOP that uses
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the COOP money from people to create...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basically investing in an energy COOP.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the last thing, nature, simply
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put, the more time that you are out in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nature, the less time that you are burning\Nenergy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then for waste, the 5 "Rs" are refuse,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reduce, reuse, repair, recycle.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things that I never knew, even
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 3 "Rs" are reduce, reuse, recycle,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are actually in that order for a reason.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First it is reduce, then it is reduce, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then lastly recycle.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People like Bea Johnson or Lauren Singer,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the leaders in the zero waste
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,movement and the people that are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practicing zero waste, the idea is not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually recycle more, it is actually to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recycle less, because recycling is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very energy intensive process, that is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why it is at the bottom.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carrying a reusable water bottle, one of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the big ones is saying no to disposable \Nitems.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything that you look at and you would
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say "Will I use this just one time and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then throw it away", instead finding a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reusable alternative, instead carrying
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your own plate or bowl or utensils rather\Nthan disposables.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buying unpackaged foods, buying used\Nstuff.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What kinds of websites do you have around
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here for buying used stuff?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have Gumtree, Freecycle, Freegle in \Nthe UK.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you have those here as well? Yeah?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buying used stuff, which means no virgin
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,materials are needed for you to have \Nsomething.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Repairing things, so when something is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,broken or slightly functioning, fixing it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than throwing it away and getting a\Nnew one.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Donating stuff that you do not need
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anymore. giving it to friends or a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thriftshop rather than throwing it away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buying high quality stuff that wont
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,break, and composting.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then for transportation, which is the\Nlast one.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the huge ones is going car free,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not owning a car.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joining a car share program if you still
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need to drive a car.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Driving less is a simple one if you are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to own a car still, just simply
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,driving less makes a huge difference.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you ride a bike, which there is no
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,point in even talking about this here, I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saw like a million bikes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is just unique for me to see...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually when I got here, when I got into
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the train station, that was the most bikes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have seen in my entire life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the United States if there is like 6
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bikes in the same space, it is like\N"Whoa, bikers!"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is pretty cool to see what is going on\Nhere.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will take the lesson from you on that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one and be quiet about the biking.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Public transportation, which I think is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretty good in Belgium, when you are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,complaining about transportation just
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imagine being in the United States for a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little while, because it sucks over there,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and think about it that way.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Living near the places that you spend
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your time, so that you spend less time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,banging your head or being depressed in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the car and in public transportation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being closer to places.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then simply walking.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the last ones is supporting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environmental organizations, supporting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environmental non-profits.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As far as philanthropy goes, only 3% of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all philanthropic donations go to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environmental nonprofits, 97% goes\Nelsewhere.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Donating to nonprofits that are working
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on environmental issues goes a huge way.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other thing is just volunteering with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them, just getting involved.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of the time that is much... that can
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be much more beneficial than money to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them, just getting involved and \Nvolunteering.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a really awesome nonprofit
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was started by Patagonia, the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clothing company, about 10 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you own a business, you can join
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"1% for the Planet", and your company
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gives 1% of all of the revenue to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environmental nonprofits.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You donate directly to the nonprofits, not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to1%, and they certify it, like \N"Rainforest Alliance".
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But just a month ago they started that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or individuals, so now we can donate 1% to\Ndifferent nonprofits.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again, it does not go to them, they
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just certify you as a "1% for the Planet" \Ndonor.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just supporting environmental nonprofits
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by volunteering or donating.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is everything, and we have plenty of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time for questions, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who has questions?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Forwarding? On, voting.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question is, is there a reason why I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not put voting in the things that you\Ncan do?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, I think that voting is one tool in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the arsenal of making positive changes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is definitely not my focus by any\Nmeans.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think especially on the local level
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,voting can be extremely effective.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do not know what the political
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,situation is like here, but I know that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,voting at the local level is where often
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can be the most beneficial for your\Ncommunity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did not... enough people vote and are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not doing these things, so I focus on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these things too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, the biggest thing that any of us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can do to make the largest environmental
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,impact is to eat a lot less meat, and eat
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot more fruits and vegetables, a lot\Nmore plants.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One thing as I have said many times, I do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of very extreme things, but when it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes to all of this, my message is very\Nmuch moderation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not go 100% zero waste, maybe it is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not be 100% vegan, maybe it is not 100%
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never get into a car, but it is do things\Nmore moderately.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eating a lot more plant-based, is the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,largest thing that we can do\Nenvironmentally, really.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That would be the biggest one.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plus, often most people eat way too much
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of it and they become a lot healthier
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without it, and so you start to feel \Nbetter too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything has been a transitional \Nprocess.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in 2011 I started a marketing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,company, I was at that time still fairly \Nmoney oriented.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first campaign, the bike ride across
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the country, I had money from running a\Nmarketing company.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My earlier projects cost more money,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the more you have, the more you \Nspend.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But during this whole time I have been
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transitioning away from having a lot of\Nmoney.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So currently, my yearly annual salary cap
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is $5,000 a year to keep myself as
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,minimally involved with money.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, my adventures are funded by being
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really simple adventures.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can bike across the country, living
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply without spending a penny\Ndoing that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, dumpster diving for a lot of\Nmy food.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wherever I stay, I always just stay with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,friends or family.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I carry a tent so I can camp outside,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never staying in hotels.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By focusing on the very basic needs in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,life, like this year I am doing a project
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I am not buying anything new, or
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being given anything new for an entire \Nyear.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The less you need, the easier, so now with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my campaigns, they are mostly about how
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can live more simply.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I have learned, early on I had that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,money from the marketing company, but
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overtime it has become less and less
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,necessary to have money.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also, largely by living a life that is\Nabout relationships.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the more... the thing is that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone in this room, if we work
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together, we can meet most every single
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of each others needs.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By sharing stuff, sharing resources,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sharing time, sharing skills, there is so
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much more that we can accomplish.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example with my videos, a lot of times
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work with videographers who want to make
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a positive difference through their film,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am able to do something where they
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to get good viewership on it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feel good about it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that kind of answer the question?\NCool.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still fly.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I try to minimize my flying, I have flown
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,twice in the last 12 months or so, maybe\N3 times.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I am doing now is... for me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,personally, I find the more that I give to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,others, the more that I live in the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,service of others. often the more my basic
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needs are met.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which has been one of the really positive
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things in life, is seeing that when you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put yourself out there and you help
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,others, that they are more likely to help
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you as well.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as far as flying, m