Brandi Parker, has some uplifting and even “freeing” new ways for us to think about our lives as consumers (with less guilt and shame.) She’s helping us all—industry included—get clarity about who should be responsible for the things we need to “throw away.” Instead of consumers bearing the burden for the “end of life” for everything we buy, she is proposing that the brands we love should be responsible for what they’ve made and put out into the world. And we can push them to do that!

--TIMESTAMPS--

00:00 Intro & Welcome
03:56 Confronting Consumerism
06:12 Spaceship Earth
09:42 The World Beyond Plastics
13:06 Urgency in Sustainability
15:09 Awareness in Sustainability
17:20 End-of-Use and Consumer Shame
18:34 Break
21:23 Planned Obsolescence
25:26 The Value Chain
30:44 Lessons from Apollo 13
34:29 Sustainable Solutions
43:28 Personal Journey
50:33 Harnessing Fear
54:50 Insights for a Sustainable Future
58:48 Closing