Dr. Annette Olson started her career as a field biologist studying the social behavior of the long-nosed mongoose on a remote island in West Africa. But a civil war in Sierra Leone brought an end to her mongoose studies and started her off on a 30-year career working for federal agencies and nonprofits in Washington, D.C. Now she is building Climate Steps, her own nonprofit organization with a mission to supply people with impactful personal, social, and political actions to fight climate change.

It’s a  great interview. We covered a lot of topics, including:

• Are they called mongeese or mongooses?
• Are individual climate actions worthwhile?
• The problems with some of the most commonly recommended climate actions
• What climate steps have the biggest impact and how to find the right climate steps for you
• The importance of discussing your climate actions with your friends and family

Links

• Episode webpage
• ClimateSteps.org
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Music by:

• Avery Reidy
• Keaton Butler
• Grace van't Hof
• The Blueberries
• Theme music is by Juices

Sound design by Keaton Butler – keatonbutlerrecording at gmail.com

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