Paloma Rose Garcia
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Normalizing Climate Conversation πΈπββοΈ
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There probably is an unwritten consensus among people around the world on the type of chitchat our hairdressers have with us. It's almost always, small talk! And we love that! πββοΈ
But what if there were more to it? What if we had a real conversation for once? beyond weather? Perhaps about climate?
Paloma Garcia is a hairdresser ready to have some real talk. More than 400 hairdressers have attended workshops as part of a project called "A Brush With Climate" with her. During the sessions, hairdressers hear the basics of climate science and get to role-play how conversations might go. They also take one of the posters back to their own salons. Her initiative is amazing as it is sometimes difficult to talk about the climate crisis but we need to normalize it only then we all would be able to find a solution. The first step is always acceptance!
βWeβre relationship builders,β Garcia says. βWe suggest some easy ways to introduce climate to the conversation and the biggest one is definitely the weather. But we encourage all the hairdressers to make it their own story.β She also reports really good feedback from her regular guests who try to have the conversation in their circles and also even try to make some eco-friendly changes! π
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Wash, blow dry and 1.5 degrees please: hairdressers trained to talk about climate action
A salon in Sydney is spearheading workshops for hairdressers on how to steer small talk about the weather into conversations about global heating
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/26/wash-blow-dry-and-15-degrees-please-hairdressers-trained-to-talk-about-climate-action
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Salons and barbershops are areas where many people frequent, a huge opportunity lies in here to normalize climate change conversations.
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Yes I second this... The more people talk about a problem the easier it becomes to find a solution... Talking about climate change creates awareness and creates a platform for ideas and solutions to be tabled
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@edwin_wangombe True. It should be easy to talk about it.
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This never came to mind,a great idea.its good to have pretty cool conversations about climate always
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About the climate... every one must support
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Even with our families, we should have climate conversations
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Wow, that's pretty cool! Never heard of this before but it's a great initiative to get out of the climate bubble π€
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@sarah_chabane Yeah. such a simple yet innovative idea. I never would have thought!