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Refusal To Revival With Steph Compton

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Can one person’s choices ripple across a neighborhood, a coastline, even a culture? Steph Compton—organizer, zero-waste advocate, and movement lover—joins us to trace a path from Texas family roots and Interfusion Festival dance floors to door-to-door environmental wins and the everyday courage of saying “no” to single-use plastics.
We get practical fast. Steph breaks down composting as a climate lever anyone can pull, how methane forms when food waste hits landfills, and where to drop scraps so they become soil or feed. She makes a clear case that plastic is oil in disguise, recycling isn’t the rescue we hoped for, and the real shift comes from reuse systems: bring-your-own containers, returnable takeout programs that track and wash, and the long-forgotten milkman model reborn with modern logistics. Along the way, a raw memory from an Ecuadorian beach—waves draping plastic bags around her ankles—turns into a spontaneous cleanup that kids joined on the spot, proof that visible action sparks participation.
This conversation also honors the inner work. We talk co-regulation, breath, and why people who feel safe and connected are more likely to engage in sustainable habits. Steph’s “1% reduction challenge” is both humble and ambitious: skip one tank of gas a year, refuse one disposable item a week, choose one returnable container service. Multiply that by millions and the math moves. We weave in mushrooms, movement arts, and the joy of small wins—because lasting change needs both systems and spirit.
If you care about practical sustainability, plastic-free living, composting for climate change, and building community resilience, you’ll leave with steps you can use today and stories you won’t forget. Listen, share with a friend who needs a nudge, and tell us: what’s your 1% this week? Subscribe, rate, and leave a review so more people can find the show. Thanks for tuning in to Respecting Perspectives!

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Chapters

1. Cold Open: Philly, John, and Vibes (00:00:00)

2. Meet Steph Compton: Roots and Early Life (00:01:12)

3. Family, Support, and Gratitude (00:03:40)

4. Zero-Waste Queen: Environmental Awakening (00:07:35)

5. Fracking 101 and Finding a Voice (00:09:30)

6. Door-to-Door Organizing and Lobbying (00:12:00)

7. Interfusion Festival and Movement Arts (00:16:20)

8. Beauty, Breath, and Co‑Regulation (00:20:10)

9. Inner Peace for World Peace (00:23:40)

10. Composting as Climate Action (00:26:00)

11. Refuse Single Use: Practical Reuse (00:28:20)

12. Ocean Plastic Story and Community Ripple (00:31:30)

13. Recycling Limits and Oil Reality (00:34:40)

14. Reuse Systems and Returnable Containers (00:37:10)

15. Species Loss, Mushrooms, and Possibility (00:40:10)

16. The 1% Reduction Challenge (00:43:20)

17. Rapid Fire: Life, Tears, and Pineapple (00:46:00)

18. Message to Younger Self (00:50:00)

19. Closing: Trash to Treasure (00:52:00)

23 episodes

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Can one person’s choices ripple across a neighborhood, a coastline, even a culture? Steph Compton—organizer, zero-waste advocate, and movement lover—joins us to trace a path from Texas family roots and Interfusion Festival dance floors to door-to-door environmental wins and the everyday courage of saying “no” to single-use plastics.
We get practical fast. Steph breaks down composting as a climate lever anyone can pull, how methane forms when food waste hits landfills, and where to drop scraps so they become soil or feed. She makes a clear case that plastic is oil in disguise, recycling isn’t the rescue we hoped for, and the real shift comes from reuse systems: bring-your-own containers, returnable takeout programs that track and wash, and the long-forgotten milkman model reborn with modern logistics. Along the way, a raw memory from an Ecuadorian beach—waves draping plastic bags around her ankles—turns into a spontaneous cleanup that kids joined on the spot, proof that visible action sparks participation.
This conversation also honors the inner work. We talk co-regulation, breath, and why people who feel safe and connected are more likely to engage in sustainable habits. Steph’s “1% reduction challenge” is both humble and ambitious: skip one tank of gas a year, refuse one disposable item a week, choose one returnable container service. Multiply that by millions and the math moves. We weave in mushrooms, movement arts, and the joy of small wins—because lasting change needs both systems and spirit.
If you care about practical sustainability, plastic-free living, composting for climate change, and building community resilience, you’ll leave with steps you can use today and stories you won’t forget. Listen, share with a friend who needs a nudge, and tell us: what’s your 1% this week? Subscribe, rate, and leave a review so more people can find the show. Thanks for tuning in to Respecting Perspectives!

Support the show

Watch more episodes here: https://respectingperspectives.com
ALL AWALLARTIST SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/39sD9CWOPR3FpdzHrJK80w?si=o8wu4ydBSdG--xlmG3566Q
APPLE MUSIC: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/awallartist/1519132019
SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/awallartist
IG: https://www.instagram.com/awallartist
FB: https://www.facebook.com/AWALLARTIST
X: https://x.com/awall_artist
TIKTOK: https://tiktok.com/@awallartist

  continue reading

Chapters

1. Cold Open: Philly, John, and Vibes (00:00:00)

2. Meet Steph Compton: Roots and Early Life (00:01:12)

3. Family, Support, and Gratitude (00:03:40)

4. Zero-Waste Queen: Environmental Awakening (00:07:35)

5. Fracking 101 and Finding a Voice (00:09:30)

6. Door-to-Door Organizing and Lobbying (00:12:00)

7. Interfusion Festival and Movement Arts (00:16:20)

8. Beauty, Breath, and Co‑Regulation (00:20:10)

9. Inner Peace for World Peace (00:23:40)

10. Composting as Climate Action (00:26:00)

11. Refuse Single Use: Practical Reuse (00:28:20)

12. Ocean Plastic Story and Community Ripple (00:31:30)

13. Recycling Limits and Oil Reality (00:34:40)

14. Reuse Systems and Returnable Containers (00:37:10)

15. Species Loss, Mushrooms, and Possibility (00:40:10)

16. The 1% Reduction Challenge (00:43:20)

17. Rapid Fire: Life, Tears, and Pineapple (00:46:00)

18. Message to Younger Self (00:50:00)

19. Closing: Trash to Treasure (00:52:00)

23 episodes

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