Day 13: Day 13

Hi Ronan. Great to hear your challenge is going well and it's great that you're having such a positive influence on others too. This is when real change happens - when conversations begin. Have you thought about the social, cultural, economic, financial and political systems that might also need to change for this to happen? Very often it's multiple discrete and inter-related systems all interacting with one another that sustain the status quo as is the case with your challenge. Perhaps you could think about these interconnections a little more and how financial systems fund fossil fuel industries, which produce petroleum, which plastics producers use to make plastic products, and government policy either supports or prohibits the use of plastics in certain aspects of our lives. This is a very simplified example and you could add to this with your own knowledge too given how everything is interconnected. This is important to recognise when we are trying to improve sustainability. Looking forward to continue reading your posts over the final few weeks. Darren Respond