What Elizabeth Dunn has said about Clean energy
2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 4, 2026
Elizabeth Dunn, Social psychologist and happiness researcher at the University of British Columbia, co-author of Leave the Lights On, has been quoted on Clean energy 2 times in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on September 4, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Dunn says that, per Zhao's calculation, leaving the lights on in her clean-energy condo for life would equal the emissions of 13 hamburgers.
“I could leave the lights on in my two-bedroom condo for the rest of my life. And the carbon emissions cost would be equivalent to eating 13 hamburgers”
TED Radio Hour: Less guilt, more joy: A new chapter for climate action (Sep 4, 2026) · Listen from 2:09
Dunn says running an air conditioner for a week emits about eight pounds of carbon in Vermont versus a thousand pounds in Wyoming.
“You're going to emit a thousand pounds of carbon. So the weight of a full grown horse, right?”
TED Radio Hour: Less guilt, more joy: A new chapter for climate action (Sep 4, 2026) · Listen from 43:31
Episodes
Less guilt, more joy: A new chapter for climate actionTED Radio Hour · Sep 4, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with social psychologist Elizabeth Dunn about climate actions that also increase happiness, featuring co-author Jiaying Zhao's TED Talk.
Elizabeth Dunn on other topics
- Air travel emissions · 2 quotes
- Climate change · 2 quotes
- Climate change communication · 2 quotes
- Social tipping points · 1 quote
- Online shopping environmental impact · 1 quote
- Social contagion · 1 quote
- Plant-based diet · 1 quote
- Happiness · 1 quote