Is Our Shopping Experience Designed For Convenience?

Episode Summary: In this episode, Olabanji and Leekei discuss convenience when shopping.Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Leekei Tang and Olabanji Stephen.Leekei is a fashion business founder, a business coach, an international development expert and podcaster from Paris, France.  Olabanji is from Lagos Nigeria, he’s a Creative Director and visual designer that helps brands gain clarity, deliver meaningful experiences and build tribes through Design & Strategy. He founded Jorney - a community designed to help people stay productive, accountable, and do their best work.Leekei and Olabanji talked about plastic bottles and how we used to get money back from glass bottles, how the food industry has chosen not to use glass because it is more convenient to use plastics.  Olabanji talked about the reuse of plastic bottles. Then they came to the realization that the way we shop has been mainly designed for convenience which does not leave a lot of room for sustainability.For more information on the project and to order your copy of the Carbon Almanac, visit thecarbonalmanac.orgWant to join in the conversation?Visit thecarbonalmanac.org/podcasts and send us a voice message on this episode or any other climate-related ideas and perspectives.Don’t Take Our Word For It, Look It Up!You can read about the full article on Tyranny of Convenience by Tim Wu on pages 6-9 of The Carbon Almanac and on the website you can tap the footnotes link and type in 008---The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.