The Living Green Myth: The Promise and Limits of Lifestyle Environmentalism
with Dr. Michael Maniates
Sustainability Now! Sunday, January 4th, 2026, 5-6 PM
Many listeners are probably familiar with the tags found in hotel bathrooms that read: “Save Our Planet,” followed by instructions about reusing and replacing towels, and concluding “Thank you for helping us converse the Earth’s vital resources.” Reusing towels might help conserve the hotel’s financial resources but does that make any difference for the Planet? Such “lifestyle environmentalism” is widespread, providing a sense of doing something in a world in which collective action is so difficult. Join host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with Dr. Michael Maniates, for a conversation about his new book, The Living-Green Myth: The Promise and Limits of Lifestyle Environmentalism. Maniates dismisses the notion that individual actions can make a significant impact on the state of the planet. But if not that, what are we to do?
That’s on Sustainability Now! Sunday, January 18, 2026, from 5-6 PM right here on community radio for the Monterey Bay Region, KSQD 90.7 FM, KSQT 87.9 FM, K207FE (FX) 89.5 and KSQD.org, streaming on the internet.
