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Go Green x Sustainable(ish): Progress not perfection

In October 2020, The Open University's Go Green network was joined by Jen Gale, Founder of Sustainable(ish). Jen spent and hour chatting with OU colleagues and inspiring them and breaking down barriers around eco-anxiety.

Her talk was all about ‘progress not perfection’, and the idea that a lot of people making a manageable change and doing them well, has greater impact than a few people doing them perfectly.

In Jen's own words: 'We're often short on time, energy, and sometimes sanity, and to top it off eco-anxiety is creeping in. You want easy ideas for doable changes you can make, not another ball to juggle, labelled "save the planet"'.

Catch up on the talk here:

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