Building a culture of sustainability: Can we teach (and not preach) new ways of sustainable living?
Room Change! EV building 2.260, Concordia University, 1515 Sainte-Catherine O. Admission is free. Donations are appreciated. For those of us committed to living a more sustainable life and leaving a lighter environmental footprint, it sometimes seems like the old adage “you can’t teach old dogs new tricks” limits the people with whom we would like to share a more eco-friendly way of living. Yet, if we just shrug our shoulders and mumble “there’s no point” every time we meet resistance, then things really won’t change. During this conversation we will ask: As individuals who embrace positive change to lessen our own eco-footprints while trying to set examples for others, what does it takes to spark real change and action in others? How can we teach, but not preach and do it in ways that will generate positive results? Guests: Geeta Nadkarni, environment columnist on CBC’s News at Six, was born and raised in Mumbai, India. Geeta started her journalism career at the age of 12, writing for
