Start with one person

Perhaps the best place for people to start cutting out plastic is in your drinking habits:

• Carry along a travel mug for your coffee
• Invest in a reusable water bottle
• Buy a few metal or glass ones to carry in your bag.

When it comes to learning a difficult subject, people often believe you should practice one thing at a time.

How to really learn: Mixing it up, however, is a better approach. In mixed learning, you get a chance to see the core idea below it.

• a talent for language; quite good at expressing themselves
• a vivid inner life, but hesitant to share this (except for those closest to them)
• quiet & sensitive, but can also be good leaders
• driven by strong values and seeks out meaning in all areas of their life