Today's guest is Sharon Carne, creator of Sound Wellness, a holistic modality that uses techniques based on sound and music to bring your body, mind, emotions, and spirit back into harmony to reduce stress, allow natural healing and prevent illness. In 2020 the World Health Organization estimates that 75% of deaths around the world will be due to chronic illnesses and stress is a major factor in chronic illnesses. In fact, the World Health Organization declared stress to be the health epidemic of the 21st century as eco anxiety or anxiety around the existing climate crisis and future survival of the human race. As that grows, I want to talk more about ways that we can all reduce a little stress in our day to day lives. So Sharon is here to share her tips related to sound healing based on a program that she originally developed for the integrated health institute at the Mount Royal University in Canada and his since presented to the Canadian Mental Health Commission, the Alberta Health region conference on chronic disease management, the Manitoba Health region, and the national health work and wellness conference in Quebec plus many others.

Today's guest is La Vee, a psychotherapist and host of The Thrift Therapy Podcast. We're talking about thrifting as a lifestyle, her best thrifting tips, the psychology behind shopping and why it makes us feel so good, how to avoid unnecessary impulse purchases, how to help yourself or a loved one on relying too much on retail therapy, and why some people become hoarders.

Today's guest is Matt, also known on Instagram as @AnUrbanHarvester back again this week for a conversation on palm oil and how bad it really is.

Today's guest is Matt known on Instagram as @AnUrbanHarvester where he fights food waste by living off of food. He rescues daily from his local supermarket dumpsters. In this episode he shares more about why and how he dumpster dives, the safety of dumpster diving, why grocery stores are throwing out still edible food and what we as individuals can do to fight industrial food waste beyond dumpster diving.

Today's guest is Rain Wickham, founder of Lost Property, a clothing library in Fremanitle, Australia. It's a collaborative wardrobe of clothing, everything from everyday outfits to dress up, costumes that you rent, return and borrow something new. Rain shares the details of how it works, where they get their inventory from, the hurdles of starting and scaling a clothing library and her tips on how you can start a clothing library in your community.

Today's guest is Nicky Schauder, a permaculture expert who grows $700 worth of food and her 100 square foot yard in Washington DC. She's sharing all her best tips for backyard gardening and how you can supplement your family's diet with healthy organic homegrown foods.

Today's guest is Brenden Fitzgerald, CEO of planet protein makers of clean, vegan and low waste protein bars and protein powder, and he's the other half of the Sustainable Duo with his life and business partner, Carly Bergman, who's been on the podcast herself in the past. You might also know Brenden on Instagram as the @The_Sustainable_CEO. He's a really cool dude. Brenden will be sharing his journey from marine to vegan activist and business owner, his thoughts on toxic masculinity and meat eating plus debunking a few of the most common myths around veganism.

Today's guest is Lyndsey Manderson, co-founder of the Zero Market, a wildly successful zero waste store in Denver, Colorado here to share with you how she started a zero waste store and how you can too.

Today's guest is Dr. Jessica Shade, the Director of science programs at The Organic Center, a non profit research and education organization based in Washington DC. Their mission is to conduct and convene credible evidence based science on the environmental and health effects of organic food and farming and communicate the findings to the public with a vision of a sustainable and secure food system that promotes the health of humans and the environment. Some of Dr. Jessica Shade's most recent collaborations include projects aimed at decreasing nitrogen pollution from agricultural sources, increasing on farm biodiversity and developing integrated pest management solutions for organic growers. Dr. Shade develops and leads the center's signature conference event, which brings together policy makers or researchers, farmers, industry members, and other nonprofits to address and overcome challenges faced by the organic sector. She has a Switzer environmental fellow and has been honored for her environmental accomplishments by the Ecological Society of America Student Section and Union for concerned scientists through their ecoservice award. She received her PhD from the University of California Berkeley, and today she'll be clearing up all the common myths on organic food.

Today's guest is Stephanie Wall, the co-founder of Seattle Zero Waste, a community meet up and activism group in the greater Seattle, Washington area, that she and 3 other Instagram friends started 2 years ago. Stephanie will be sharing how they started a local zero waste group, and how you can too.