Have you ever dug through your fridge for a snack, only to find a Tupperware of old food that's starting to look like a petri dish? Or a mound of green slime that started out life as a salad?
"That way, whenever we open the fridge, we see the perishables right away. And that's a visual reminder that we need to use them or eat them quickly before they go bad."Zhao pitched her idea of feng shui — or "reorganizing the fridge" — in, which has racked up more than 1.2 million views. Since she started using the approach at home, Zhao said she's eating more vegetables and hasn't had to throw much fresh produce away.
The feng shui idea is part of Zhao's work on Happy Climate Action, an approach she developed about five years ago with UBC colleague and happiness expert Elizabeth Dunn. Food waste, and the direct link between your fridge and global emissions, turned out to be in just that "sweet spot," she said.'Brutal': What Jiaying Zhao found in a CBC fridgeZhao says many Canadians want to do something about climate change, but "they just don't know what to do, what changes they need to make in their lives."One example Zhao gives is commuting.