“95% of my own dear friends still waste single-use & fast fashion plastic every single day.” ~ Waylon Lewis {video, podcast}

Elephant Journal
The Daily Mindful
Published in
2 min readApr 16, 2024

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“This is the first generation where we actually know we’re destroying the future for all future generations.” ~ Waylon Lewis

Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis presents:

In the latest episode of Elephant’s long-running, award-winning podcast and video series Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis.,..

Waylon talks about what, environmentally, he wishes he had understood more clearly 10–20 years ago.

Plastic sucks: “Yet 95% of my own dear friends still waste single-use and fast-fashion plastic every single day.”

Caring is difficult…because we risk feeling sad or even despondent…but when we lean into caring it leads to joy, love, empathy, activism, and positive change.

“Some things I find depressing about this modern era — there’s obviously been a lot of progress, though some is being rolled back right now around women’s rights, around equity.

But plastic is one area where we’re backsliding. The climate crisis is one area where we’re backsliding.

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