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This morning, Wednesday, October 12, I presented alongside other local storytellers and sustainability professionals at the Environmental Initiative’s Sustainability Storytelling: Going Beyond the Report workshop. As I prepared for this exciting event, I thought about what makes effective stories – especially in the sustainability sphere. Messages are often complex, our subject matter can feel weighty and the steps to live a more sustainable life can sometimes seem austere. E

Photo credit: Steve Snodgrass Making sustainable choices in our daily lives is a simple way to reduce our impact on the environment. These choices can be quite personal – bringing your own bag to the grocery store, buying local produce, and choosing to walk rather than drive somewhere. Day by day, sustainable actions add up, helping curb the carbon emissions that change our climate. Sustainable choices can also be made on a larger scale, resulting in larger net positives for