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| Sat, 10th Apr 2021 14:56:00 |
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Women's Six Nations 2021: England's Claudia MacDonald on tackling climate change |
For England back Claudia MacDonald, it is all about the 1%.
She thinks concentrating on the smallest possible things they can change could eventually help England win a World Cup.
More importantly, MacDonald believes this approach could also help in the fight against climate change.
In September 2020 the Wasps back - who plays scrum-half and wing - decided she would try a new way to make herself more sustainable each month, writing about her experience in a blog.
The idea was to focus on the 1%. Instead of making massive life changes, she would take on small, manageable tasks in the hope that if everyone took on such small alterations it would have a large cumulative impact.
For example, the 25-year-old now tries to cycle to training instead of using her car but accepts that her career as an international rugby player perhaps rules out a blanket ban on some forms of transport.
Should she be in the squad for next year's postponed World Cup, MacDonald will definitely be flying to New Zealand.
"When people talk about sustainability it can sometimes be quite daunting," she explains.
"You go into this whole new world of feeling you are being judged for everything you do.
"What I am trying to communicate is that every small change you make is important. It's not necessarily about completely flipping your lifestyle over."
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