Full Episode Title:
Practical Steps To Save Our Planet with Justin Gillis, co-author of The Big Fix, released on 9/20/22 by Simon and Schuster

Green consumerism is no longer enough to save the planet. What we really need to be is green citizens. Justin Gillis is here to share what it takes to become a green citizen. Justin is an award-winning journalist with four decades of experience explaining complex issues and making that digestible in simple language for major daily newspapers such as The New York Times. In this episode, he chats with Corinna Bellizzi about his new book with Hal Harvey, The Big Fix. The book outlines an ambitious yet feasible guide for how America can lead the global solution to the climate crisis. He identifies the seven key steps to conquer this goal with actionable tips you can implement today. Learn all about how to become part of the solution by tuning in.

Justin Gillis is an author and consultant working with co-author Hal Harvey on “The Big Fix,” a book about how to solve global warming. He spent a decade as a reporter for The New York Times covering environmental science, with a special focus on climate change, and is now a contributing opinion writer for the newspaper. He previously worked at The Miami Herald and The Washington Post. He has been a Knight Science Journalism fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford, and a fellow at Harvard. He is a native of Georgia.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-gillis-b143185/
Website: www.bigfixbook.com
Social: https://twitter.com/JustinHGillis

Additional Resources Mentioned:
'Temperature Rising': Will Climate Change Bring More Extreme Weather? - https://www.npr.org/2013/03/21/174019103/temperature-rising-will-climate-change-bring-more-extreme-weather

Jens Molbak On Building A Better World Through Tri-Sector Innovation - https://caremorebebetter.com/jens-molbak-on-building-a-better-world-through-tri-sector-innovation/

Sustainable Investing: Fighting Climate Change One Investment At A Time With Zach Stein, Carbon Collective - https://caremorebebetter.com/sustainable-investing-fighting-climate-change-one-investment-at-a-time-with-zach-stein-carbon-collective/

Show Notes:
01:39 Introduction
02:38 The Big Fix and the seven areas we can personally affect change
06:32 How we can get there quicker
09:53 It’s not too late
12:23 The most effective ways to get involved
16:04 What is a political economy?
19:20 Unintended consequences of reducing emissions
23:08 Why lifestyle changes are not enough
27:59 Best case outcomes from the Congress
30:36 Ways of carbon offsetting
33:29 What else we can do to push for change
37:10 Why heat pumps are critical
47:03 Conclusion and contact information

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