Wash, blow dry and 1.5 degrees please: hairdressers trained to talk about climate action

A salon in Sydney is spearheading workshops for hairdressers on how to steer small talk about the weather into conversations about global heatingInside this chic Sydney hair salon, the chat between stylists and clients could be much the same as in any other hairdressers around the world. Some small talk. The ubiquitous and occasionally mundane chat about holidays and traffic. For regulars, the conversation can move to the deeply personal before you can say semi-tint or shag cut.In fact, there is only one easily missable clue in the front window that conversations inside Paloma might, when the occasion arises, be a bit different. A poster reads: "This salon chats about love, life & climate action." Continue reading...