In this episode, Nancy Prevost Maurice, co-founder of the Nulla Project, discusses her commitment to sustainability, emphasizing reducing waste at the source, reusing, and repurposing. She highlights the importance of slowing down to make better decisions and the challenges of greenwashing and misinformation, leading to confusion and inaction. Nancy integrates sustainability into her daily life through reusable containers, zero-waste groceries, and community engagement.

She advocates for small, incremental changes and the importance of leading by example and finding common ground with others to promote sustainability, as well as actions such as community engagement, carpooling and using public transportation, repurposing food and reducing single-use items. Nancy emphasizes the need for a collective effort to achieve sustainability goals, with each individual playing a part.

“If we slow down, we will have more time to think about our actions and this could be part of reducing waste”.

Nancy Prevost-Maurice.

The volunteer program Nancy mentioned during the episode and she is part of is Regenerate BC: https://regeneratebc.org

The entrepreneurial project Nancy is co-founder is The Nulla Project: https://thenullaproject.ca

This project contributes to the completion of my Master’s degree in Environment and Management at Royal Roads University, under the supervision of Dr. Alice MacGillivray.

I acknowledge that this research has been conducted on the traditional lands of the Lekwungen-speaking Peoples, the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.