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How can I use non-fictional storytelling to convey a meaningful message about sustainable living ?

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Marwa Afechkar Last Term - TGS 2020

Rubric Learning Targets

Novice

6d.4 | Developing and presenting a defense of a personal code of ethics

Describe and compare differen codes of ethics related to sustainable living and identify which ones I could apply in my personal life.

7c.4 | Understanding the roles, influence and limitations of leaders and followers within a community.

Identify what role and influenc the swiss government played in making switzerland the numbe 1 most sustainable country.

8d.2 | Exploring the link between citizenship behaviour/choices, and the sustainability of human habitats

Explain how citizens behavior affects the sustainability of the human habitats Lists different links, (Talk about good and bad examples)

Environmental Awareness AI 1: Develops a unique plan to be more environmentally conscious

Identifies different areas where humans produce too much waste. (Talk about fast fashion and overconsumption)

Environmental Studies AI 1: Clearly Explains the effects of human spread the message about protecting footprints on the planet and th the environment by giving guidance role of sustainability on sustainable traveling

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Support and propose solutions to improve sustainability through responsible citizen choice Evaluates how I can apply sustainable living in some aspects of my daily lifestyle to reduce overconsumption.

Analyse effectiveness of project 333 about a reduced wardrobe.

Argues the effects of travelling on the environment and potential solutions that could be taken by individuals.

Creates a podcast that explains sustainability and discusses aspects of sustainable living that beginners could start with.

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Storytelling and its importa

Human beings are creative storytelling beings. That’s what we all information, verify it and communicate it.

Storytelling involves a two-way interaction between a storyteller listeners. The responses of the listeners influence the telling of th storytelling emerges from the interaction and cooperative, coordi and audience.

Storytelling encourages the active imagination of the listeners.

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I will be merging different informative topics into a nonfictional story and make it “make sense”. The aim of the podcast is to influence, inspire and teach people about the importance of sustainability.

Since storytelling is interactive I will be paying attention to the tone of my voice and pauses when talking to simulate that interaction. I will try to describe events and things as much as possible so the listen can imagine what I am talking about and interact with it.

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Telling stories is one of the most powerful means that leaders have to influence, teach, and inspire. Storytelling telling is very effective for learning.

The most important reason for this being that every story contains a lesson to instruct the audience. Stories teach us to love, to forgive others, to be just and to strive for better than we have.

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Sources: https://storynet.org/what-is-storytelling/ https://yoast.com/what-is-storytelling-and-whyshould-you-use-it/

Sources: https://mamoq.com/blogs/the-journal/what-is-fast-fashion-and-why-is-it-bad https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fast-fashion.asp https://econsultancy.com/four-factors-fuelling-the-growth-of-fast-fashion-retailers/ https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/what-is-fast-fashion https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/books/review/how-fast-fashion-is-destroying-the-planet.html

Fast fashion becam clothing, an increase clothing, and the inc the part of consum fashion is challengi What is it? introduced on a s Fast fashion is the term used to describe fashion houses. In fa clothing designs that move quickly from the fashion retailers catwalk to stores to meet new trends. The multiple times in collections are often based on designs presented at Fashion Week events. Fast fashion allows mainstream consumers to purchase trendy clothing at an affordable price.

Consumers are buying clothes they don’t really want and definitely don’t need just because they’re inexpensive. And all this is causing major clothing waste.

Fast Fashion

“ People debate what came first —the desire for fresh looks at an alarming rate or the industry’s top players convincing us that we are behind trends as soon as we see them being worn.”

Fast fashion companies • Zara • Forever 2 • H&M • GAP • Mango • Uniqlo • SOS

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me common because of cheaper Fast fashion utilizes e in the appetite for fashionable trend replication, rapid crease in purchasing power on mers. Because of all this, fast production, and low ing new fashion lines that are quality materials in order seasonal basis by traditional to bring inexpensive act, it's not uncommon for fasts to introduce new products styles to the public. n one week to stay on trend.

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Fast fashion can be defined as cheap, trendy clothing, that samples ideas from the catwalk or celebrity culture and turns them into garments in high street stores at breakneck speed.

Good on You "Fast fashion” is a term used by fashion retailers to describe inexpensive designs that move quickly from the catwalk to stores to meet new trends. As a result of this trend, the tradition of introducing new fashion lines on a seasonal basis is being challenged. Today, it is not uncommon for fast-fashion retailers to introduce new products multiple times in a single week to stay on-trend.

INVESTOPEDIA An approach to the design, creation, and marketing of clothing fashions that emphasizes making fashion trends quickly and cheaply available to consumers.

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Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/ books/review/how-fast-fashion-is-destroying-theplanet.html

How fast fashion is destroying our planet

Fast Fashion is also no friend to the environment. The excessive textile production needed to keep up with Fast Fashion results in overwhelming CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to polluting the air, Fast Fashion is also polluting the earth’s water. It takes 2,700 litres of water to make 1 cotton t-shirt. This statistic is startling when we think about how many cheap cotton t-shirts we se on sale every day. The dyes that go into most brightly coloured Fashion pieces are also environmental polluters.

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The environmental damage, which the fashion industry continues to create, is in large part due to fast fashion. Brands like Forever21 use toxic chemicals, dangerous dyes, and synthetic fabrics that seep into water supplies in foreign countries where the clothing is made and at home where the clothing is washed.

Each year, the clothing that is simply thrown away amounts to about 11 million tons in the US alone. These garments, full of lead, pesticides, and countless other chemicals, almost never break down and spend their life releasing these toxic chemicals in the air.

Fast fashion’s carbon footprint is giving huge industries like air travel and oil a “run for their money.”

oblem with Fast Fashion is the culture it creates. The overabundance items means that we start to view clothing as cheap and disposable. ying more often and keeping pieces for shorter amounts of time. And leaves us with a lot of clothing waste. Looking at you, orange ruffled hat actually happens to all these unwanted pieces? Charity Shops are n oversupply of unwanted clothes. A small number of lucky items are life. Still, the majority end up incinerated (releasing CO2 emissions) hipped abroad; a practice that has its own negative implications. er problem is that lots of garments aren’t even given a first life. What the items that don’t sell? Again, they’re looking at the landfill or the al pyre. Since Fast Fashion brands rarely produce sparingly, this sad fate awaits tonnes of items every week.

Human right violations !

Fast Fashion production wouldn’t be possible without major corn pressure for companies to produce cheaply means that they often Garment workers are often forced to work extreme overtime hour garment workers are women and girls who are vulnerable to verb especially true in Asia where most manufacturers take their busin

Still, what’s even more startling is the amount of labour abuse tha Leicester. A 2016 Government report on Modern Slavery found th likelihood of modern slavery occurring at some stage in their supp other in a competition to offer the lowest prices and shortest lead shift towards modern slavery.

These processes affect the humans who wear them, and the humans who make them. Some garments and accessories even have dangerous amounts of lead in them, and exposure to lead increases one’s risk of infertility, heart attacks, and more. Skin is the largest organ of the body and putting these poorly made items on it is dangerous all on its own.

This danger only grows in the factories, towns, and homes which are used to produce these items.

A garment worker’s health is constantly being jeopardized through their long hours, lack of resources, exposure to harmful chemicals, and often physical abuse. The people who make fast fashion clothing have been confirmed to be underpaid, underfed, and pushed to their limits because there are often few other options.

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Human right violations !

The textile industry is one of the darkest corners of the world econom were crucial to the development of our globalized capitalist system, a American South supplied factories in both England, where they were States, where factory fires took the lives of recent immigrants at the Angeles today who are victims of wage theft and exploitation, not to laborers who face working conditions that are at best grim and at wo toil of the powerless and the voiceless, and on keeping them that way

The tragedy of the 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bang survivors; The explosion killed 1,100 people and injured an and 2012, more than 500 Bangladeshi garment workers die the Rana Plaza catastrophe was widely covered — diminish Thomas writes, that same year Americans “spent $340 bill Bangladesh, some of it by Rana Plaza workers in the days l

my. The defining product of the Industrial Revolution, textiles and its abuses today are built on a long history. Slave labor in the e notorious for child labor and other horrors, and the United turn of the 20th century. There are immigrant workers in Los mention the Bangladeshi, Chinese, Vietnamese and other orst inhumane. Fashion is an industry that has depended on the y.

gladesh, told through the harrowing experiences of two nother 2,500. And this was not a one-off: “Between 2006 ed in factory fires.” And, she notes, none of this news — hed Americans’ appetites for cheap clothing. In fact, lion on fashion,” and “much of it was produced in leading up to the collapse.”

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/

books/review/how-fast-fashion-is-destroying-theplanet.html

Sources : https://www.newsweek.com/how-our-purchases-affecthttps://phys.org/news/2016-02-affects-environment.html https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jun/21/overco http://www.worldcentric.org/conscious-living/increasing-consum https://friendsoftheearth.uk/natural-resources

The effects of overconsumption on the planet Environmental Conseq What is overconsumption ?

Consuming more than we need creates a demand that the planet can't cope with.

Natural resources are being gobbled up faster than the Earth can replenish them.

It's also struggling to cope with the resulting waste and emissions. We take too much stuff from nature, make it into stuff we use – from chemicals to plastics to fertilise to smart phones to meat – and then dispose of it carelessly into the atmosphere, the oceans and the land.

To live means to consume, and consume we do. 24 hours a day, we consume air for breathing, water to drink and food to eat.

In addition to these basic essentials, we consume an ever increasing amount of goods and services - cars, houses, appliances, computers, furniture, books, travel, and entertainment. The list of things and services we have come to depend upon on is endless. The American market system depends on our continued and increased consumption, so it does its best to make us want more, desire more, buy more, upgrade more, pollute more and waste more.

However, there is a price to pay for this consumption. Perhaps, we do not yet r consume comes from the natural world farmed, grown, fished, cut down - and planet are limited. As we continue to co increasing rate for the illusion of a "com suffers from this over-extraction of res minerals, water... resulting in degraded ecosystems, habitats, and species. In ad consumption creates increased pollutio essentials for life - air, land, and water polluted and toxic.

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The world's workshop—China—surpassed the United States as the largest emitter of greenhouse gases on Earth in 2007. But if you consider that nearly all of the products that China produces, from iPhones to teeshirts, are exported to the rest of the world, the picture looks very different.

"If you look at China's per capita consumption-based (environmental) footprint, it is small," says Diana Ivanova, a PhD candidate at Norwegian University of Science and Technology's Industrial Ecology Programme. "They produce a lot of products but they export them. It's different if you put the responsibility for those impacts on the consumer, as opposed to the producer."

Sources : https://www.newsweek.com/how-our-purchases-affecthttps://phys.org/news/2016-02-affects-environment.html https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jun/21/overco http://www.worldcentric.org/conscious-living/increasing-consum https://friendsoftheearth.uk/natural-resources

The effects of overconsumption on the planet

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In a Study conducted by researcher Inova Scheldor , Inova found out t impacts, which result from when people drive their cars and heat their But even more surprising is that four-fifths of the impacts that can be when we drive our cars, but are what are called secondary impacts, or products that we buy.

A good example of this, Ivanova says, is water use.

When you think about cutting your individual water use, you might think about using your dishwasher very efficiently, or taking shorter showers.

Those aren't bad ideas on their own, but if you look deeper, like the NTNU researchers did, you'll find that much of the water use on the planet is gulped up by producing the things that you buy.

Consider beef. Producing beef requires lots of water because cows eat grains that need water to grow. But because cows are relatively inefficient in converting grains into the meat that we eat, it takes on average about 15,415 litres of water to produce one kilo of beef.

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Processed foods, like that frozen pizza you bought for dinner last night, are also disproportionately high in water consumption, Ivanova said. Making processed foods requires energy, materials and water to grow the raw materials, ship them to the processor, produce the processed food items and then package the final product.

This is particularly bad news when it comes to chocolate, which is one of the most water-intensive products we can buy. It takes a shocking 17,000 litres to produce a kilo of chocolate.

Sources: https://www.environmentalscience.org/sustainability

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The sustainable development professional network thinks, acts and works globally. In 2012, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development met to discuss and develop a set of goals to work towards; they grew out of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) that claimed success in reducing global poverty while acknowledging there was still much more to do. The SDG eventually came up with a list of 17 items which included amongst other things: • The end of poverty and hunger • Better standards of education and healthcare - particularly as it pertains to water quality and better sanitation • To achieve gender equality • Sustainable economic growth while promoting jobs and stronger economies • All of the above and more while tackling the effects of climate change, pollution and other environmental factors that can harm and do harm people's health, livelihoods and lives.

• Sustainability to include health of the land, air and sea

Paying a little more for high-quality goods dramatically increases durability. The reasons for this are once again at a juxtaposition with fast fashion and poor quality.

High-quality materials are used in the creation of slow fashion garments, fabrics are designed to last longer rather than reduce prices. For example, organic slow grown cotton allows for longer strands that can be woven more tightly.

With fewer restrictions on price, manufacturers can use more expensive materials which are simply out of reach to basement price retailers.

More time and care taken during the design and manufacturing processes results in better build quality.

You buy cheap, you buy twice. (If not thrice).

Why? Because poor quality just doesn’t last.

Slow fashion doesn’t skip social responsibilities Ethics comes into play here, slow fashion is about doing the right thing at every step of the supply chain.

It’s about being responsible for the impact the final product creates; that includes the lives of workers on the farms and in the factories.

Slow fashion companies are careful to ensure the fair treatment of workers.

This is another contributing factor to why slow fashion items are more expensive than fast fashion items. Without so much pressure on cheap prices, fashion companies provide fair wages, implement safer working practices, and ultimately better conditions.

Some brands go much further than this to help local communities they rely on in the supply chain offering amenities, housing, schools and education in deprived areas of the world.

TOMS is a perfect example of going above and beyond for its social responsibility. The shoe company is well known for giving a pair of its shoes to a person in need.

Benefits of Slow Fashion Slow fashion is growing in popularity as it falls in line with changing consumer attitudes. Customers now care deeply about the effect of their choices especially when it comes to the environment, product quality and ethical impacts.

Helping the environment Slow fashion does not just reduce the damaging impact on the environment, many brands now use solutions that actually aid environmental regeneration.

Slowing things down puts far less strain producing raw materials. Instead of using poor agriculture practices or man-made fabrics, slow fashion uses natural materials grown in a sustainable manner. This is generally by producing materials in a slow natural environment without destroying habitat.

You also won’t find any toxic chemicals used in dyes and waterproofing. This removes concerns about water pollution from manufacturing processes and water disposal.

With natural products sustainably grown free from chemicals, less strain is placed on the environment and landfills see less man-made waste.

Slow fashion increases quality Quality is imperative in reducing consumption, buying less and reusing what you already have.

As we’ve discussed low-quality clothing wears out quickly and requires replacing frequently adding to demand. person in need for every pair purchased.Â

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of oil a year are used to make polyester fibres in our clothes. From waterproof jackets to delicate scarves, it’s extremely hard to of this stems from the convenience – polyester is easy to clean and durable. It is also lightweight and inexpensive. er has double the carbon footprint compared to one made from cotton. A polyester shirt produces the equivalent of 5.5kg of d to 2.1kg from a cotton shirt.

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Sustainable fashion = Make it last “Sustainable fashion is today a highly debated and increasingly covered topic in media and at seminars worldwide. More and more clothing companies are transforming their business models and improving their supply chains to reduce overall environmental impacts, improve social conditions in factories, etc. We also see a growing awareness among consumers, especially younger generations. (It may be added that some individuals rightly question whether the word “sustainable” should in fact be used in relation to the fashion industry, which by definition relies on fast consumption. A better term may thus be more sustainable fashion.)”

SOLUTIONS What can we do ?

CLOTHING SWAP

+ To start off with great(!) and probably the most sustainable solution giving the pieces you get a new life, but also the ones you give away

SECOND HAND

+ Another super sustainable solution because the pieces already exist, negative impact of production.

SLOW FASHION

+ Environmentally friendly by producing fewer new items.

– If you really want to find a con here's one: slow fashion means stick long time, so this can get difficult to practice when your tastes change.

FAIR FASHION

+ Ensuring fair wages supports education and directly improves work had a living wage* we would see more happiness in the world = less co – Certifications can be misleading and mean different things than one more? Scroll down to the certifications link.

VEGAN

+ Environmentally friendly because it reduces the negative environme + You prevent animals from dying or suffering for your clothes.

– Some brands will use plastic or other non biodegradable fibers as a products. Unfortunately, these materials often end up in landfills after directly contributes to eco-pollution.

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+ Minimize your carbon footprint! Garment transport puts out a huge reduced by minimizing the distances during production.

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Small steps make a big difference.

We need to take responsibility for our daily choices. Commit to buying less, limit your outfits per day, and invest in pieces that last longer. Sport outfits that carry you throughout your busiest of days, from the board room to barre class.

Those of you who have projectbased work know how long the days can be, and investing in staple workwear is becoming a priceless asset.

Next time you’re shopping, do your research. Pay close attention to how brands use the term "transparency." Do they really mean it and prove it? Does the brand take initiatives with the fabrics used? Are they committed to ethical/sustainable practices?

It’s easy to forget the impact of a purchase or the power you have as a consumer. There are small steps we can take each day to pave the path toward a more sustainable fashion future.

SOLUTIONS What can we do ?

MINIMALISM

+ Having as little as possible = less consumption.

– If you are someone who likes to change styles and experiment aroun get bored of this, leading to that yoyo-effect, only with clothes.

ORGANIC COTTON

+ Saves us from pesticides. + Is better for the health and land of the farmers, and also protects wi – Even organic cotton needs huge amounts of water to be produced.

– Can be misleading, to make us think it is good for our skin, but mos treated with toxic chemicals.

RECYCLED MATERIALS

+ Waste reducing! + With recycled PET we also become less reliant on fossil fuels = redu – Sets microfibres which can't be filtered out of out water free.

– Often uses more energy and chemicals than new garments.

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It's obvious we need to stop ravaging the planet.

Unfortunately, our 'I am what I buy' culture is an obstacle. It leads to farcical advertising slogans like "Be yourself" – as if wearing mass-produced fragrance can give you a true sense of who you really are.

There are more meaningful ways of defining identity [PDF], like belonging to something you love – a sports club, community choir, animal rescue sanctuary etc. We need public authorities to create more of these social opportunities to give people a sense of purpose beyond being a consumer.

Marketing can help. It's a powerful tool for changing behaviour. Once used to encourage smoking, it's now doing completely the opposite. If it can change our relationship with tobacco, it can change how we consume too. This means promoting activities and stuff that are good for people and planet.

And we need stronger laws. Companies should be made to report on every single aspect of their supply chains – from excavation right through to the shop window – including water and land use, and climate-changing emissions.

We need circular economies that prioritise re-using, recycling and repairing. Societies designing stuff to last longer – using our precious and limited natural resources far more cleverly.

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When we learn about “sustainable fashion”, we soon realize that there are many forms of (more) sustainable fashion. Some actors and individuals emphasize the importance of making clothes in a more environmentally friendly manner, while others advocate secondhand/ vintage or underline the benefits of swapping, renting or borrowing clothes as opposed to purchasing newly produced clothes. All strategies promoting more environmentally, socially and ethically concious production and consumption are important steps towards a more sustainable industry. Green Strategy has identified seven main forms of more sustainable fashion production and consumption, as seen in the figure.

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Project 333

Capsule wardrobe

Be more with less Project 333 is a fashion challenge for everyone interested in minimalism. You are invited to pick 33 items from your wardrobe and dress yourself with those items for 3 months.

The idea of this so-called “capsule wardrobe” is There are multiple not new. In the 1970, the term capsule wardrobe benefits I have exp was coined by London based boutique owner 1 – Lower impact o Susie Faux. The concept is about dressing with a The (fast) fashion i small collection of seasonally appropriate clothes, is one of the ways shoes and accessories, that can be mixed and 2 – Clutterfree hap matched easily.

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Courtney Carver of Be More With Less turned the idea of dressing with less into Project 333 in 2010 and has inspired thousands of people since then to minimalize their wardrobe – and other parts of their life as well.

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industry is the second most polluting industry on the planet. Creating a capsule wardro

s to lower your carbon footprint and to make your wardrobe more sustainable.

ppiness

s, your wardrobe becomes much more organized. You have a clear overview of the

I put all the clothes that aren’t included in my capsule wardrobe in a suitcase and then

e out of sight. Clutterfree closet = clutterfree mind, I promise you!

nista at all (never have been, never will be probably) and I admire the men and women

r, Project 333 did spark my creativity. I started combining items I never thought of

y ‘allowed’ to pick 33 items for 3 months, it really makes you think about which clothe

nt to wear. For me, this is one of the beautiful aspects of a minimalist lifestyle. You get r

t doesn’t make you happy and are left only with the things that do.

g East Asian and European consumers conducted by Greenpeace last year showed that

ple buy more clothes than they actually need and use. Creating a capsule wardrobe w

hat you would otherwise spend unnecessarily. The resarch also showed that the

g does NOT lead to happiness by the way.

Sweden: An example of sustainable fashion Sweden is the most sustainable country in the world, a ranking it earned for its use of renewable energy sources and low carbon dioxide emissions, as well as social and governance practices such as labor participation, education and institutional framework, according to a report by sustainability investment firm Robecosam.

The ranking aims to offer insight into investment risks and opportunities related to environmental, social and governance practices such as emissions and reliance on fossil fuels, and allows investors to compare countries to each other.

Strict environmental policies and governmental initiatives that encourage all members of the society to invest in climate change projects are among the reasons: #1 District heating in Gothenburg #2 Växjö – as green as it gets? #3 Progressive Malmö #4 Energy-efficient Umeå #5 Sustainability through urban farming #6 Preserving bees and butterflies #7 Powering buildings through body heat

Sweden has a well-structured environmental policy with clear goals for climate action both nationwide and internationally. The Swedish government and other organizations and central agencies are able to lead by example and encourage actors in other countries to follow their footsteps. Despite the small size of the country and the small amount of inhabitants, the Swedish way of sustainable living can make a difference in the world. The international agreement in Paris is a huge step towards international collaboration for a sustainable planet—one nation cannot save the planet by itself but together and with goals in common, all nations will take part in the change of the planet's destiny.

Learning how to talk :)

Before I started writing my script I listened to many TED talks about the same topic that I am discussing.

This helped me to know when to put pause and use my tone to catch the attention of audience.

I initially wanted to use sound effects in the background my podcast to make more fun and entertaining for the listen. But after watching these Ted talks I realized that it would maybe distract my audience from the main points that I want to get across.

I also filmed myself practicing talking some sentences of my script to work on the tone of my voice and pauses.

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So I decided to make my podcast like an audio version of a TED Talk, so the listen can be fully invested in the topic of sustainability and think of their actions and how they can change.

Script writing When writing the scripts I found it hard to keep it short because I had so much valuable information. I tried to cut it out and just put the most important points.

When writing a script, I need to make sure that I’m thinking of how the list is going to hear what I’m saying. I’m trying to communicate a message to my listener so the way of doing it is very important.

I also tried practicing reading it out at least 3 times before recording it to work on the tone of my voice and pause.

I got really good feedback from Christine concerning the use of passive voice and some pronouns.

That really helped because I wouldn’t have thought about it personally.

Recording

Challenges: I have followed the free classes o

band, but I recently encountered some probl

Tashi and Tech and they are still trying to fix

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To record my final summative I decided to su

professional but that is the only option that I

of Pat Flynn to learn how to use garage

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he basics of the recording of a podcast.

ue voice memo, even though it not very

I have for now.