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YFP 263: The Intersection of Financial Literacy and The Energy Burden

Published: July 7, 2022, 9 a.m.

Diamond Spratling, an impact-driven environmental health professional and non-profit leader, discusses her TEDx talk, The Secret to Clean Energy: Addressing The Root Causes of Energy Burden.

Key Points From This Episode

  • A warm introduction to today\u2019s guest, Diamond Spratling
  • Diamond\u2019s educational and professional background.\xa0
  • How she got into doing the work that she\u2019s involved in today.\xa0
  • Her definition of environmental justice.\xa0
  • Breaking down the three aspects of environmental justice: Earth, built, and social.\xa0
  • What energy burden is and why our guest decided to speak about it.\xa0
  • Why income is a big factor of energy burden.\xa0
  • What an acceptable energy burden percentage looks like.\xa0
  • Energy burden versus utility burden.
  • Taking a look at some of the root causes of energy burden.\xa0
  • Why America is failing in financial literacy education.\xa0
  • How to implement financial literacy education in America.
  • The importance of educating the youth as early as possible.\xa0
  • Diamond provides a link between improved financial literacy and the energy burden crisis.\xa0
  • What Girl + Environment is and why she brought it to fruition.\xa0

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