Ep 78. Climate Change, the Environment and What We Can Do W/ Dr Emily Lines

Dr Emily Lines is a Lecturer in environmental science at Queen Mary University in London (she's also one of my best friends!).In today's podcast we discuss:* What we can do to make things better when it comes to the planet* Why we shouldn’t beat ourselves up or take on board too much responsibility  (and what we should do instead)* How to channel our eco-anxiety into action* How to be a more ethical consumer* The GOOD news when it comes to the environmentFind Dr. Emily Lines on Twitter https://twitter.com/emilyrlinesThis episode is sponsored by Kloris CBD. Get 10%off Kloris CBD oil when you enter the code ‘calmeryou' at www.kloriscbd.comCBD oil and public speaking anxiety  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3079847/)This episode is also sponsored by Dorset Cereals check out their range at www.dorsetcereals.co.ukDon’t forget to grab your FREE anxiety-busting tool kit at www.calmer-you.com/free and you’ll also be the first to hear about the latest news, freebies and podcasts.Please subscribe to ‘The Calmer you Podcast’ in the podcast app or in iTunes to get the latest episodes and please leave me a review Thanks so much for listening!TRANSCRIPTChloe Brotheridge: Hello. Welcome to the ‘Calmer You’Podcast. This is your host Chloe Brotheridge. Thanks so much for listening. Iam a coach, a hypnotherapist, and an author of two books. ‘The anxietysolution’, and ‘Brave New Girl’, which is all about confidence. So, thanks forlistening today. I can't wait for you to hear this conversation. I got one ofmy good friends on the podcast Dr. Emily Lines. She is a lecturer inenvironmental science at Queen Mary University in London. She studies trees alot, she's got a big interest in trees, and with all the things happening withthe Amazon rainforest. How upset so many of us were about the fact that it wasbeing cut down, and burned. Ireally wanted to talk to her about her work, andget her advice and insights about things that we can do when it comes to theplanet. Because in the UK, 85% of us are concerned about climate change, andthat can really lead to anxiety for a lot of people. I have experienced my ownmoments of anxiety. I really wanted to have this conversation because I justthink it's the most important topic of our lives, essentially. So, Emily and Iget into what we can do to make things better when it comes to the planet. Howwe can channel our anxiety into action to actually improve the world, and makeit a better place.We talk about, why weshouldn't beat ourselves up because this is one of those topics where it couldbe so easy to obsess over things or really worry or beat ourselves upabout  buying something in plastic. Sheshares why that isn't the way to go about it, and why we shouldn't take on Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.