You feel guilty about everything
Every purchase, every flight, every bag.
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How to live more sustainably without the guilt
Live more sustainably with fewer rules and less guilt.
A course on sustainable living for people tired of feeling bad. It covers what sustainability actually means for a household, which habits have real weight, how to make the changes that stick, and how to let go of the performance of being green in favour of the substance.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.
Type this when Cadence asks what you want to learn
I want to live more sustainably in a way I can actually keep up. Help me focus on the habits that matter, ignore the ones that do not, and stop feeling guilty about the rest.
Change any word so it fits your situation. The course is built from what you type and a few setup questions.
Start today
Three things you can do before the course exists.
Useful on their own. The course is for when you want the whole skill, not just the first move.
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Make two big changes and forgive the rest
Fewer flights and a lower thermostat outweigh a hundred small swaps. Pick the two, keep them, and stop scoring yourself on straws.
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Buy nothing new for one category for a month
Clothes, gadgets or homeware. The pause reveals how much was habit rather than need.
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Fix the food waste before the food choice
A third of household food is thrown away. Eating what you buy beats agonising over what to buy.
- Best for
- Environment & climate
- Prerequisites
- None. Bring the situation you have.
- Course length
- 7 to 30 lessons, sized to your goal
- Lesson pace
- About 10 minutes a day
- Format
- Read it, or play the audio
- Access
- Available on the App Store, with early features and Android testing access
Before the course is built
Setup asks about your situation first.
Lesson 1 opens on the moment you describe, and the examples use your role. For this request, expect questions like these.
- What have you changed already, and what has been hard to keep?
- What area is most in play: energy, travel, food, shopping, or waste?
- Is the guilt the main problem, the cost, or not knowing what works?
Right for now
If any of this sounds familiar, start here.
You have tried and slipped
The changes did not survive a busy month.
You want substance, not performance
The things that count, kept quietly.
Course arc
Where the course goes, in order.
Cadence writes the lessons for you, so the exact path follows your answers. This is the ground a course built from this sentence covers.
01 / 06What sustainable means at home
A working definition you can use.
Weight
The changes by size, honestly.
Energy and home
The quiet changes with big effects.
Buying less
Stuff, clothes and the habit of enough.
Food
Waste, meat and seasons.
Guilt and proportion
Doing your part without carrying the planet.
What changes
What you will be able to do, and what you will stop believing.
You will be able to
Define it for your household
Energy, materials and the shape of a sustainable normal.
Rank the habits
Big, medium, small and symbolic.
Change what sticks
Defaults, not willpower.
Drop the guilt
Proportion, and the difference between a person and a system.
Ideas this course corrects
Living sustainably means giving up comfort
Most of the big changes are invisible in daily life: how a home is heated, what is bought, how often one flies.
If you cannot do it all, it is not worth doing
Two big changes kept beat twenty small ones abandoned.
Course questions
What to know before you start.
How to live more sustainably without the guilt: what can I do today?
Make two big changes and forgive the rest. Fewer flights and a lower thermostat outweigh a hundred small swaps. Pick the two, keep them, and stop scoring yourself on straws. Buy nothing new for one category for a month. Clothes, gadgets or homeware. The pause reveals how much was habit rather than need. Fix the food waste before the food choice. A third of household food is thrown away. Eating what you buy beats agonising over what to buy.
Is this a fixed course?
No. Cadence builds the course when you type the sentence and answer a few setup questions, so the lessons follow your situation. This page describes what a course built from this request covers. You see the whole path before Lesson 1.
Who is this course for?
A course on sustainable living for people tired of feeling bad. It covers what sustainability actually means for a household, which habits have real weight, how to make the changes that stick, and how to let go of the performance of being green in favour of the substance. It sits under Environment & climate in the Ideas & discovery part of the library.
Do I need any prior experience?
No. Setup asks what you already know and where you want to use it, and the course starts from there. Bring a real situation if you have one; the examples are built around it.
How long does it take?
Courses run 7 to 30 lessons of about 10 minutes, sized to what you asked for. One lesson a day is the intended pace, and you can go faster. Lessons can be read or played as audio.
Does this course award a certificate or degree?
No. Cadence is for practical self-learning and does not award accredited degrees or professional certification.
Start today
Type it, answer a few questions, open Lesson 1.
The sentence to type
I want to live more sustainably in a way I can actually keep up. Help me focus on the habits that matter, ignore the ones that do not, and stop feeling guilty about the rest.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.