Bulk Beans & Bicycles

What grosses out Liz Turner aka The Compost Chick aka our Hero of History?

Hayden and Evelyn invite special guest Liz Turner to the show, who answers questions such as what compost is, how you can start if you're scared to start, and why you should care. She also tells us how many pounds of pumpkins are sent to the landfill every Halloween. The number will give you a fright.

Links & references mentioned:

• The Compost Chick, LLC
• Karl Hammer & Vermont Composting
• The Compost Chick on Instagram 

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What do thimbles have to do with taking the sacrament?

links mentioned:

• The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
• Erik Binggeser aka TrueMarmalade on Instagram

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Today we feature Bea Johnson, author of Zero Waste Home, in an episode that also covers: middle school soccer practice, a high-intensity sustainability battle, and what to do on the busiest day on your calendar.

Books & concepts mentioned:

• Cradle to Cradle
• Natural Capitalism,  by Amory Lovins, Hunter Lovins, and Paul Hawken
• In Defense of Food,  by Michael Pollan 
• Zero waste is not recycling more... but less, TEDx talk by Bea Johnson
• The Compost Chick, servicing Eastern Oregon 
  
  
  
  
   

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This is a very special episode of Bulk Beans & Bicycles where we talk to our hero live and in person (or... at least in real time).

Emily Wang is a natural builder based in Metro Boston. Through her company, Biolithic Builds LLC, she leads educational experiences and building projects to fundamentally shift how we think about living sustainably, starting with the roof over our heads.

She has a background in chemical engineering and worked in renewable energy technology before jumping ship to build with dirt in 2024. Since then, she has taught in variety of settings, including at Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Rhode Island School of Design, and the Providence Preservation Society. She has studied at The Heartwood School, The Stone Trust, and with natural builders around the country.

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Links mentioned

• Emily Wang's super amazing website: Biolithicbuilds.com
• @biolithicbuilds on Instagram

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Questions hosts Hayden Kessinger and Evelyn Wallace discuss:

• What is the antidote to despair?
• How does living without money make you closer to the people in your circle?
• How much money can you save growing your own (climate appropriate) food?
• What comes to mind when you hear “actively using?”
• What do Frederick Douglass and Jo Nemeth have in common?

Links and people we mention:

• The Black Forager (Alexis Nicole Nelson)  // INSTAGRAM
• 30 Rock // “probably the most humble person in the whole world”
• Jo Nemeth's blog & FAQs
• Guardian article on Jo Nemeth: 
• Short YouTube film about Jo
• Mark Boyle / “The Moneyless Man”: 

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E6// Douglas McMaster

• We talk about a restaurant not having a “bin.” We mean a trash receptacle. And we mean no bin in the front of the house and no bin in the back kitchen.
• Waste is a Failure of the Imagination - TEDx talk by Douglas McMaster 
• 9-min video short by Douglas McMaster
• Silo Restaurant homepage
• Don't worry! Our JUICY Eco Ego Quiz is coming soon!

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Today we learn about what unicycling has to do with sustainability, how our gardens domesticated US, and how Robin Greenfield transformed from a wannabe millionaire (as in, he wanted to be one) into a trash-wearing, nothing-owning "extremist" -- his words. 

Links mentioned in the show, to the best of our ability:

• “I wore all my trash for 30 days” TED Talk/ Youtube
• Foraging 100% of my food for a year // Robin Greenfield’s website
• The Vassar Farm: (Technically, "The Preserve" at Vassar) // Vassar website
• KRS-One// Temple of Hip Hop // lecture archive
• Rich Roll Episode #896 with Robin Greenfield:Barefoot walking 1600 miles, living in harmony with earth, and finding freedom through simplicity

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Has there ever been a moment in your life that went through you like a spear in the chest? Ray Anderson had that moment when he read Ecology of Commerce for the first time in the early 1990s. Learn more about Mr. Anderson as our Hero of History... and then later about what dating looks like "on" sustainability.

Links mentioned in show:

• Ecology of Commerce free download: https://p2infohouse.org/ref/31/30233.pdf
• Tomorrow’s Child (poem): https://www.raycandersonfoundation.org/articles/tomorrows-child
• Interface carpet: https://www.interface.com/US/en-US/sustainability/our-history.html

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On this episode, we share how it feels when friends report on *new* sustainable habits, what we love about winter sports (and what we don't love so much), and how to avoid one-upsmanship.

Links mentioned:

• Burton blog: splitboarding 101
• Dirtbag Diaries Podcast
• Stratton Matteson's short film Shift: A Bike to Board Journey

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Hayden Kessinger and Evelyn Wallace discuss in this episode:

• their own struggles with living more sustainably
• one special Hero of History who cut down a bunch of trees in Peru
• a cross-cultural dare

Links mentioned in the episode... and more coming soon!

• Kontiki (1950)

Please keep in mind this whole podcast is for entertainment only. We hope it's clearly evident, but let's just spell it out: we are not giving medical advice or legal advice. Talk to your own appropriate professionals if you have questions about that kind of stuff. 

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