Periods, something so natural for our bodies as females are oftentimes considered taboo to talk about.

In this episode, we have Michele Wilson, co-founder of a sustainable and carbon-offset brand of period-proof underwear named Awwa. She's here with us to talk about her Maori roots and how she's taken inspiration from their innovation and made it widely available to the world.

Periods don't have to and shouldn't contribute to pollution and plastic waste, especially not when it's an integral part of ourselves. Instead of using throw-aways and plastic inside you, please make the switch and contribute to our shared future now.

In This Episode, We Discuss:

• Michele's inspiration for creating Awwa

• Using old technology in modern times

• Carbon offsetting and sustainable sourcing for Awwa

• Awwa's impact on indigenous communities in New Zealand

• How their panties work against our periods

• The choices available for zero-waste periods

• New inclusive lines coming up for the trans community and more

Follow Michele and Awwa:

• Michele Wilson | LinkedIn

• Awwa Period Underwear | Website

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To conclude my five-part series with the amazing Helena Norberg Hodge, we discuss reclaiming our power of choice by making the switch to using local products and reducing our emissions. We bring to light the faults of industries, proposing a new way to tackle our overall impact on the planet.

For the youth listening in-- Helena has a special message for you, addressing the quality of life corporations have placed on you and how we want to support you all through your journeys.

In This Episode, We Discuss:

• An epidemic of anxiety and depression amongst the youth
• Join the local food movement
• Taking a step back and asking ourselves how we can ultimately help
• It's not one solution for the planet-- it's many solutions
• Staying connected with our local community
• We have the power of choice

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• Facebook @HelenaNorbergHodge

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Corporations and businesses ferry across the world goods just for one part of their value chains-- much like being shipped from England, processed in China, then packaged in Thailand.

We must ask; do we really need to move food and goods around so much? In this episode, Helena and I go in-depth about the importance of making sustainable choices to uplift our local farmers' markets and support the community economy.

In This Episode, We Discuss:

• The flow of goods in this globalised world
• The problems in importing and exporting goods
• Building the local economy with farmers markets

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In our global society today, multinational corporations remain faceless and nameless to us as consumers to the point where it affects our mental health greatly. We strive for fame, for being known, and in this increasing globalization of the world, our likelihood to rise slim down immensely.

In this episode, Helena talks about what we can do, from our conscious choices to how we treat the world at our fingertips we call our cellphones, all to cure this world's deep loneliness.

In this Episode, We Discuss:

• The consequences of a government focused on global growth

• Economics of Happiness: Localising instead of Globalising

• Changing how we see fame

• Decentralizing a global society

• Choosing local and developing relationships

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Climate change has been in people's minds since Al Gore's efforts to expose the truth with his documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" from a little over a decade ago.

But what a lot of us don't know is that there are larger forces with far greater impact than us individuals. Corporations produce so much waste that even the great former U.S vice president had failed to address or even acknowledge it.

Listen in this second part of a five-episode special with Helena Hodge as we uncover these larger forces and how the lack of acknowledgment and even awareness has bred the dominant narrative that it is us or human nature to blame for our world's deteriorating state.

In this Episode, We Discuss:

• The root causes of Climate Change
• The things that are looked over in a normal Climate Debate
• The impact of industry and its advancements to Climate Change
• How economies have been dependent on big business to the extent that big corporations have the power to influence a nation's trade policies
• How we can move on from self blame for this global crisis
• The bigger things we can do other than planting trees to save our planet

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With the world moving at such a pace, it's easy to make the decision to choose convenience over consciousness. These seemingly small individual decisions only rear its ugly head when we look at the much bigger picture-- one we call pollution.

To share with us today her 45-year journey in the making, is Helena Norberg-Hodge, a woman with a mission to revitalise cultural and biological diversity. We bring up issues from big business that contribute the most to plastic waste, all the way down to social and cultural issues our society faces today.

Join us today so we all can make better, more informed decisions for our shared future.

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Solving the ocean plastic pollution won't be easy but we have no choice since the ocean is littered with million metric tons of plastics every single year.

This problem is a great threat to all the marine species and their habitats.

Everyone can do something to reduce the amount of plastic that enters the ocean and our guest for today is contributing in reducing the plastic waste that's being thrown at the sea.

Join me in this episode as I interview Bureo's co-founder and CEO, David Stover! Bureo, Inc., is a certified B-Corp with a mission to end fishing net pollution to help protect our ocean!

Find out how discarded fishing nets are turned into the most sustainable skateboards and sunglasses!

In this Episode, We Discuss:

• How Bureo started
• Intentional recycling
• Stats on why fishing nets are considered the most harmful ocean plastics
• The importance of having a disposal system in every fishing ports
• Ocean cleanups and tackling the source of plastic pollution
• Plastic recycling and greenwashing
• David and Bureo's recycling process
• What is ocean plastics?
• Activism and why it's needed to break into people's and companies mindset
• Why being a surfer matters to David and what it entails for his business

Follow David Stover:

• Bureo Inc
• LinkedIn
• Twitter

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Plastics not only destroy our planet but also degrades our health. Harmful chemicals like endocrine disrupting-chemicals can be easily found in today's products.

To have a better understanding of these hazardous chemicals, Dr. Leo Trasande returns to talk about the impacts of chemicals on hormones in our bodies!

Dr. Leo Trasande is a physician at NYU and the author of Sicker, Fatter, Poorer and an internationally renowned leader in environmental health. He is best known for a series of studies published in Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology and the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Join me in this episode as we talk about how you can avoid these harmful chemicals, the regulations on these materials, it's impact on children and adults, and what you can do to spread more awareness about this issue!

In this Episode, We Discuss:

• The regulations related to toxic chemicals
• Why plastic is dangerous to our health
• The chemical structure of plastics that makes it harmful
• Dr. Leo explains the endocrine system and why you should be concerned about disrupting chemicals
• Natural vs. Synthetic
• The types of plastics
• Safe and simple steps you can take to avoid plastics and harmful chemicals
• The top 10 diseases linked to plastic exposure
• The problem with lack of transparency and regulation
• If plastic clothing is a concern or not
• How to be the change you seek

Get to know Dr. Leo:

Dr. Leo Trasande is an internationally renowned leader in environmental health. His research focuses on the impacts of chemicals on hormones in our bodies. He also led the way in documenting the economic costs for policymakers of failing to prevent diseases of environmental origin proactively.

To know more about Dr. Leo and his works, you can go to his website here

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Plastic pollution is emerging as a top threat to ocean ecosystems and no one knows how much un-recycled plastic waste ends up in the ocean that is killing millions of marine life every year.

To make sure Australia takes responsibility for its waste, the Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill was put into place! It's designed to ban the export of waste glass, plastics, tires, and paper. And this is a great opportunity for us to transform our waste and recycling ways into a resource!

To better understand what this bill is all about and how it'll benefit the Australian economy and help our planet, I'm bringing in the stealthiest MermanSenator, Mr. Peter Whish Wilson who stands to fight for our planet and our future!

Join me in this episode as we discuss The Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill 2020! We're going to talk about the recycling crisis, as well as the plastics that are polluting our oceans.

In this Episode, We Discuss:

• The Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill 2020
• The government's and producers responsibility, our responsibility as consumers
• Commercial composting facilities
• How we can support the amendments
• The danger of burning waste
• The circular economy and the ripple effect
• A low way to dispose of waste
• Support for different renewable energy sources
• Regrowing ecosystems
• Peter talks about being a surfer and his connection with nature
• Ways you can contribute to help our planet

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• Twitter
• Instagram

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Our guest for today is a surfer who's been fighting against plastic pollution for 30 years! Hugo Tagholm is the Chief Executive of SAS (Surfers Against Sewage), a community dedicated to protecting our oceans, waves, beaches, and wildlife. They bring people together and empower communities to create positive change for the ocean and our environment.

In this episode, Hugo will share with us his years of experience and expertise working with grassroots activists, the government and the youth! He talks about the seaweed problem and what can we do about it. Find out how he is making an impact on creating change and how you can take part in it!

In this Episode, We Discuss:

• How SAS started
• The seaweed problem and what can we do about it
• Fighting plastic pollution

Connect with Hugo

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Instagram
• SAS - Surfers Against Sewage

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