Episode 82: How to live sustainably by being curious with Elana Jadallah

“Part of own our individual healing is also communal healing.”

-Elana Jadallah, The Everything Belongs Podcast

Today on the Everything Belongs Podcast, Madison is in conversation with Elana Jadallah. Elana is a photographer, educator, strategist and environmental advocate based on the Big Island of Hawai’i and the coast of Maine. As the Founder of ElanaLoo.com, a site dedicated to sharing regenerative and sustainable concepts for life and business, she and her partner Aaron Haynes work with conscious companies, providing brand photography, business consulting, mindful travel guides, and other digital resources. She’s shaped her platform around creating positive changes for the planet, while encouraging others to create a life they’re proud of and inspired by each day.In this episode, Madison and Elana speak on sustainably, the discomfort that can arise as we move towards more sustainable ways of living and working, why our individual healing becomes communal healing, the call to ask deeper questions about sustainably and so much more…

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In this episode, we talk about:

Sustainability and why it requires a willingness to sit with uncomfortable feelings
The 3 phases of activation: awaken, awareness & activation
Surrounding yourself with people who challenge your ways of living
The importance of choosing your battles
Finding sustainable ways to participate in change - without burning out
Why sustainability is responsibility
How part of our individual healing is communal healing
Asking low hanging fruit questions like, “who made my clothes?”
Anchoring in “why” as opposed to “should”
Doing less to have more impact and going back to the basics
The impact of synthetic fabrics (which are plastic)
The joy of repurposing, reimagining, replacing over time and reusing rather than purging
Questioning the assumption that sustainability is more expensive