eco me + eco you

In our final episode of the year, we take time to reflect on where we are in our journey, including the biggest changes we’ve each made. We also discuss what makes us the happiest about living more sustainably and recap a few highlights from what we have seen in the news this year.

A HUGE thank you to everyone for listening in, see you soon for Season 3!

Brought to you by The ECO Brush

 

SHOW NOTES

Blog Post -  S2 | E8 the smear & zero waste period products

News - Government moves to ban plastic fruit stickers, cutlery, and cotton buds – Stuff NZ

UYO café Guide

Ethique Blog - Is your ‘reef-safe’ sunscreen really reef safe?

Our Favourite Podcasts

S2 | E9 - The eco guy (our first interview)

S2 | E8 - The smear & zero waste period products

S2 | E5 - Being more sustainable in the workplace (Including our trips to Rarotonga)

S1 | E10 - How to travel more sustainably

S1 | E03 - Hello periods and using a menstrual cup

 

LINKS

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With wedding bells fresh in our minds after Nic got married last month, we dive into wedding chat and how she consciously tried to have a more sustainable wedding.

We cover a range of topics including catering, renting and hiring dinnerware and props, flowers, outfits for the whole wedding party and gift registry ideas for a good cause.

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SHOW NOTES

Podcast - Hitched Spotify

Blog Post - guest post sustainability in the floral industry

Eco Friendly Celebrant - Kerry Sorensen-Tyrer / Keep NZ clean

Florist - Where Rosemary Grows

Florist - Bloomsday

The Good Registry

LINKS

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Photo by |  Photo of Nic & Matt by Misi Chan

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This episode starts with some general chit-chat before we dive into some more sustainable and mindful gift ideas for the silly season, including for your eco conscious friends, your less eco conscious friends, guys & little ones. We also talk about what is on our wish lists.  Brought to you by The ECO Brush

 

SHOW NOTES

Makers & Local by ecomailbox

DIY lavender & vanilla sugar scrub

Oxfam Shop

Podcast - S1 | E04 - Having a more sustainable Christmas

LINKS

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Photo by |  Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

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This week we mix things up with our first ever guest... Highlighting the lack of male representation in the low waste space, we interview Nic's fiancé, Matt, about his journey and his thoughts on why living more sustainably is a female dominated movement.Brought to you by The ECO Brush

 

SHOW NOTES

Men’s Grooming Products - Lambert’s Luscious beard oils

LINKS

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We have a deep and meaningful chat about how Krystal’s smear test results led to more tests and getting her period for the first time in 4 years.

This inevitably leads to more zero-waste period chat, including talking about period proof underwear and reusable pads for the first time.

 

SHOW NOTES

Cervical screening information – New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom, USA and Canada

Podcast - S1 | E03 - Hello periods and using a menstrual cup

Blog - The Eco Society Zero Waste Period Blogs Series

Products -  MyCup, The Hello Cup, and I am Eva

Just some of the amazing organisations fighting period poverty – The Good Fund,  The period place boutique market, Positive Periods

 

Links

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Photo by |  Photo by Charles 🇵🇭 on Unsplash

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SHOW NOTES

This week we check back in on what’s been happening with the news, but first we dive into a discussion around how our eco journey has been going for us lately, including Nic’s plans to compost (again) and her efforts to eat less meat.

There are some interesting things happening in the news, like Googles goals for carbon-neutral shipping, scary visual facts about the number of plastic bottles going to waste, and Lush’s carbon positive packaging! Plus, there is lot of talk about how businesses need to be more responsible and have a sustainable action plan to stick around.

Links

Visualizing the Scale of Plastic Bottle Waste article

School Climate Change Strike

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Rather than a review of a single product, we are doing a general overview of our favourite on-the-go low waste essentials, including free alternatives and how to get multiple uses from them.  We talk about the different options you can use for takeaways and Krystal shares her least favourite non-essential items. And of course, multiple reminders to use what you have first!

 

SHOW NOTES

Links

Shop On the Go essentials on The Eco Society

Shop Bento Ninja – The Sushi set

Zero Bag

 

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A popular topic that I’m often asked about, we discuss how you can be more sustainable in the workplace and how you can get others on board, including talking about what is happening in Nic’s workplace.

We catch up on what we’ve been up to, including our respective trips to Rarotonga where we talk about Krystal’s fav eco find and some great initiatives that could help the island reduce their waste.

 

SHOW NOTES

Precious Plastic - Open source machines, tools and infrastructures to fight plastic pollution from the bottom up. For free.

FSC - responsibly managed forest, both environmentally and socially

PEFC - sustainable forest management through independent third-party certification.

Smashed Avocados - Pop up Store in Wellington, where you can find our The Eco Society goodies

Links

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Join the conversation | Eco me + Eco You Facebook Group

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In this episode we catch up on what’s been happening around the world in eco news, discussing our top four news subjects with you. This includes AirNZ’s plans to reduce their plastic waste, Glastonbury festival going plastic free, the UK’s ban on single-use plastic items and the tourist boat trip cleaning up Amsterdam’s canals.

And as usual, we go a bit off-topic and also chat about clean energy, fossil fuel companies suing climate change policies and the estimated increase of plastic waste in the ocean.

SHOW NOTES

Links

Caliwoods

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In this episode, we tackle a topic that we have been wanting to talk about for a while - eating fewer animal products. We discuss why eating less meat is good for the planet, how we can work on reducing it in our daily lives and talk about how our meat-eating habits have changed over the years.

We finish up talking about Krystal’s new purchases, buying less new things and op-shopping for the Nic’s wedding.

 

SHOW NOTES

Links

Blog Post - Why we choose to eat less meat to live more sustainably

Watch – Before the flood

Change One Challenge – Plus 10% discount on The Eco Society Store

Veja Shoes

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