They can’t just leave us alone, can they
Climate change is a much-needed conversation that a lot of people are now having — not just in school or during a policy meeting, but in the unlikeliest of places, like your barber’s or hairdresser’s chair.
I remember during my teenage years how important the barbershop was to me and how excited I would be to go. Not just because I’d be looking super fresh and clean after my cut, but because of the conversations I would have in there or the people I would meet. (snip)
New research out of the U.K. is now proving this to be true, especially when it comes to climate change. The study, published in Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, reveals that hair salons or barbershops are the perfect hubs where climate conversations and action can take root and spread.
But why? Because your hairdresser or barber has something most people don’t: your trust.
I just go there to get my hair cut and get out. That’s it. But, this is Cult World
Imagine if these hairdressers or barbers started having conversations more consistently about climate change and sustainability. Would their clients listen? Researchers put it to the test and the results were outstanding.
Researchers placed simple eco-tips on salon mirrors across the U.K., and 73% of clients said they would be down to change their hair care habits. Some said they would switch to eco-friendly products, and others said they would follow the tips given, like one about shampooing less.
The conversation around climate change and sustainability doesn’t always need to be protested or forced upon someone. Sometimes it just needs a mirror, a chair and someone you trust enough to listen to.
Yeah, that sounds like it’s being forced on people.
There are over 61,000 hair and beauty businesses in the U.K., and the U.S. has well over 1 million. Imagine the environmental change that could happen if even a small percentage of these shops became safe havens for conversations about sustainability.
How soon till the British government forces this on UK citizens?
Why would “they” leave it alone when “they” have become such an important part of the lives of climate change deniers?
In the USA climate change belief is significantly higher among women then men.
Mr smith² tells us why the 19th Amendment was a mistake!
Tell us you think like a woman without saying you think like a woman.
Johnny-for about the tenth time, who’s denying that the climate changes?
Perhaps that happens in “blue” cities, but out in the sensible parts of the United States, barbers have hunting and fishing magazines, along with gun journals and old newspapers, in the waiting area, and they don’t preach that
global warmingclimate change bovine feces to customers. In conservative Kentucky, even the simps who favor gun control aren’t offended by gun magazines, and those who do not hunt or fish are not bothered by those who do.Not sure about the ‘hairdressers’ to whom women go, but at least in Estill County, where we gave 5,091 votes, or 80.94% of the total to the Master of Mar-a-Lago, and only 1,114 votes, 17.71%, to the crackpot from California, I’d guess that women’s ‘hairdressers’ don’t push leftist policies either, because the vast majority of women here also supported President Trump. No sense pushing their customers away!
Q: Why don’t you care about climate change?
A: 50 years worth of failed predictions and warnings kind of soured me on the notion.