Dr. Annette Olson started her career as a field biologist studying the social behavior of the long-nosed mongoose on a remote island in West Africa. But a civil war in Sierra Leone brought an end to her mongoose studies and started her off on a 30-year career working for federal agencies and nonprofits in Washington, D.C. Now she is building Climate Steps, her own nonprofit organization with a mission to supply people with impactful personal, social, and political actions to fight climate change.

It’s a great interview. We covered a lot of topics, including:

Are they called mongeese or mongooses?
Are individual climate actions worthwhile?
The problems with some of the most commonly recommended climate actions
What climate steps have the biggest impact and how to find the right climate steps for you
The importance of discussing your climate actions with your friends and family

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