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

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

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode

The Secret to Clean Energy: Addressing Root Causes of Energy Burden | Diamond Spratling | TEDxBGSU YFP Planning: Financial Planning for Pharmacists Schedule a free Discovery Call with YFP Planning Insuring Income: Get Quotes and Apply for Term Life and Disability Insurance Girl Plus Environment Financial Literacy Statistics: FfinEDge, University of Chicago Follow Girl Plus Environment on Twitter: @girlenvironment Follow Girl Plus Environment on Instagram: @girlplusenvironment Connect with Girl Plus Environment on Facebook Connect with Diamond Spratling on LinkedIn Follow Diamond Spratling on Twitter: @diamondsprat Your Financial Pharmacist Disclaimer and Disclosures