Horse people can make a difference in the climate change crisis. Together we’re learning how.

Manda and I recorded this conversation in December 2019. It was the day after the General Election was held in the UK in which Boris Johnson won a sizable majority. On the other side of the Atlantic the Impeachment Hearings in the House were in full swing so politics were very much on our mind.

As I was preparing this podcast for airing, the news was filled with so many grim reports. Australia is burning, Jakarta Indonesia is drowning, Norway is sweltering in the heat. There comes a point where you just can’t be silent anymore.

The question is how can we talk outside our own echo chamber in a way that opens doors instead of slamming them shut. In the US we are entering an election year. If we don’t learn to talk to one another, we truly will break apart.

Horse people can make a difference. The horse people I know all love being outside. Our horses carry us beyond the paddock gate out into wild places many people never get to see. We can make a difference by sharing our love not only of horses, but of the land they carry us over.

In the positive reinforcement community our horses are teaching us to focus on what we want. We learn not to push against or direct our energy towards unwanted behavior. We can take these lessons with us as we learn how to talk about what is important to us - a healthy planet and a future for the ones we love.

In this podcast we’ll pick up with this thread and follow it forward into a discussion of habits.