Our Eternal Optimist

About this episode

Jon Strassner catches up with Doug Shapiro to discuss simplifying attitudes towards planet health and the importance of material sourcing.

In this, our fifth episode, I finally get to catch up with long time friend, Doug Shapiro! Doug offers some valuable insight into simplifying our attitudes and expectations when it comes to planet health. How about this for simple? Just ask where the material is from. Are you looking at a chair? Just ask some simple questions. Where is the frame made? Where is the wood sourced? These sound like simple questions, but you'd be surprised at some of the answers! Join us as we talk about everything from chair frames to pet racoons! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Jon Strassner

Guest: Doug Shapiro

Topics covered

• planet health
• sustainability
• material sourcing
• environmental attitudes
• friendship

Keywords

• planet health
• sustainability
• material sourcing
• environmental attitudes
• Doug Shapiro
• Jon Strassner
• furniture
• pet raccoons

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