Whoa! Holy cannoli! I’m shocked at what I just unearthed from the bottom of my audio recording app archives. Note to self, declutter your musty dusty electronic cubbyholes more often.
This recording, made in April 2025, is a 21-minute talk which evidently was a rehearsal for the last talk I gave to a UU congregation, before I decided not to give any more live talks for various reasons. By the way, in my opinion I totally bombed that talk when I actually gave it live (by Zoom) — it was nowhere near as good as what I did in this recording. After flubbing a couple of talks in my opinion pretty badly, I decided to get more into writing and phase out speaking.
But today when I stumbled on this rehearsal recording, which I had forgot I had even made … I’m like jeez Louise, this environmental speaker sounds pretty articulate, why don’t we put her in front of a radio microphone lol. So, welcome to my off-off-Broadway TED talk sans video.
I am really not one for tooting my own horn (and that could be an asset or it could be a liability). But honestly, I really feel like this talk of mine is good stuff. It’s about leverage points that we as everyday people can do to counter ecological devastation or at least put the brakes on it. The target audience for this talk, as for most of my other communications, is relatively well-off, white-collar-caste fellow white Boomers.
Not that I don’t communicate widely to many other demographics, but the group I just mentioned is probably the closest thing I have to a demographic “in-group,” therefore the only group I feel it’s “in my lane” to pull off the kid gloves and get a bit stern and bossy with. I still do strive to meet people with empathy and compassion though.
For fellow white boomers: Best leverage points for reducing our eco footprint to counter environmental destruction. Serious cut to the chase, for people who are serious about being part of the solution and are willing to at least consider making some fundamental changes in their default aspirational USA lifestyle.
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