How to build habits for sustainable living | 12 proven techniques from Atomic Habits

In this whiteboard animation, I suggest 12 tips to create good habits for sustainable living using proven techniques from the book Atomic Habits by James Clear.
0:00 Intro
0:54 Atomic Habits by James Clear
1:38 4 laws of behavioural change
2:04 12 simple & proven techniques
7:49 Don't break the chain & conclusion
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[@learnsustainability]

One of the hardest things for me is biking because I don't enjoy it so much and I live in a mountain town... 😳How about you?

[@shaunaburton7136]

Cleaning rags and towels instead paper towel.

[@learnsustainability]

@@shaunaburton7136 Good one! Thanks for sharing.

[@teresabomersbach8640]

Thank you Alex. I will send this link to all of my students as a friendly reminder during their summer break!

[@learnsustainability]

Awesome, thank you!

[@NetZeroTech]

Great. Thank you. I love sustainability life hacks. I used to ride the bike to most places. It gets harder when you have a family but you can make sustainable habits a game with kids. :-)

[@learnsustainability]

Cheers! I'm glad you liked it! Absolutely! I also find that every time I can turn habits into a game, they become easier.

[@artdisrupt4818]

Another awesome vid. Love your work.

[@learnsustainability]

Cheers! Thanks for commenting!

[@mattisbell42]

Thanks! Keep up the good work.

[@learnsustainability]

Thanks, will do!

[@mariamwene1524]

Love this! New subscriber here! 🌍😇✨

[@learnsustainability]

Welcome!! Thanks for subbing!

[@FrankLeeMadeere]

Longtime subscriber here. Love the illustrated videos and there is a lot of good intention here. However, we can't expect wide adoption of strict self-discipline. Getting 1% of the population to 100% sustainability is not nearly as effective as getting 100% of the population to 20% sustainability through good laws, regulations, and tax incentives. For example, a simple tax on virgin plastic could do magnitudes more to help. I wince when I see people buying cases of bottled water and no amount of discipline on my end can help.

[@jeroenderyck6415]

I agree. I am a big fan of Lauren Singer's (from Trash is for Tossers, a zero-waste movement) mentality to this: she doesn't want 1000 people doing it perfectly, she wants 1 million people doing it imperfectly

[@learnsustainability]

I couldn't agree more! I didn't mean to sound like everybody should be 100% perfect. This was just a way to share ideas that came to mind as I was reading the book. Thanks for the wise comment. I'm hoping to post videos on the "tipping point" and how legislations have major impacts.

[@nadiaqtet4694]

@@learnsustainability I guess we would anyway need this political decision to be supported by at least a big percentage of a population, otherwise imposing unwanted regulation on people would lead people not to support a certain political party or finding ways around these kind of laws, I mean that environmental dictatorship is certainly not a solution, I truly believe that building up habits and internalized ethical values are very effective ways to deal with sustainability .

[@learnsustainability]

@@nadiaqtet4694 Thank you for your comments. We never need everybody to change anyway. Tipping point studies show that around 20% of a population is enough to get everybody else to follow.

[@filuo9058]

FYI A new routine takes 21 days to be etablished, probably more if it's somthing that you don't do often.

[@learnsustainability]

True! That's why it's important to make it easy and rewarding so we don't drop out before it's become a habit...

[@shaunaburton7136]

Cute