Q&A with Steven Hubbard (Part 2) - Social Media for the Good

Before we dive a little deeper into Steven's catering business, we will have a Social Media ‘Post/Response’ session with some of Steven's perspectives:

Andriy: What a wonderful way to tie so many environmental issues, solutions (backyard farming), as well as dependencies between them. While burning plastic helps keep this excessively durable, toxic material out of our ecosystems, it contributes more to GHG emissions and climate change – after all, plastic objects are essentially carbon that’s not in the atmosphere. This reminds me of the fact that plastic bags, while scoring very high on eco-toxicity, actually contribute less GHG emissions than paper bags… so decisions can be difficult. Reusable is always the best option if something is not avoidable.

Andriy: It’s important to applaud the positives such as Greta’s work, while shedding the light on what still needs to be worked on – widespread political change and implementation. We need to vote for leaders who value and prioritize science, the environment, as well as a mature, long term (not just 4 year) perspective of prosperity and vitality for all life on earth. Thank you for highlighting the contrast in such a hopeful way.

Andriy: You are not alone in this one! It seems like in most cases it should be cheaper, as there’s less material, but we must consider the spoilage factor… and perhaps shelf-life extension benefits from having certain foods wrapped / sealed. Alternatives to these methods for extending shelf life must be employed as soon as possible – perhaps a topical ‘fruit spray’ for food instead of plastic wrap. Looking beyond this and into gasoline for instance, we must be willing to take a little bit of a hit financially now (if at all – in the case of a carbon tax, most families would get back more money than they would lose) for the sake of not taking a bigger hit in the future due to climate related food scarcity, among other issues.

The following posts were taken from the group 'Waves of Change’ and my responses were added for the sake of this Q&A session. Feel free to join this group well as others that may be more specific to your local community. For me personally (residing in the Greater Toronto Area) I am part of ‘Waves of Change’ as well as the following groups: 'Sustainable Minds Toronto', 'Not Your Typical Green Community’, 'Green Events in Toronto!', 'Green Neighbours Network of Toronto', among others.

These groups and pages of passionate, like-minded people are a good way to not only stay up to date with environmental news and technology -- but to connect and collaborate with your local community and beyond.

Perhaps in the future we will cover some more ‘posts and responses’ for the overarching goal of discussion leading to action.

Next time we will be taking a closer look at Steven's catering business!