How You Can Save The World: Sustainable Living and Social Activism

Just in time for the Holidays, a way to be a little tiny bit optimistic about humanity. Yes. Good news. From the honoring of Colin Kaepernick to the lifelong Republicans in Alabama who have yes, already voted for Doug Jones to the wondrous, generous, life saving action being taken by the Clinton Foundation in Puerto Rico. There are angels among us, and if, like me, you sometimes (ok maybe 92% of the time) feel despair about the state of things....its awfully nice to realize that goodness exists. So, tune in for a quick blast of uplift then return to whatever you are doing for the holidays!

Episode 23 Green Holiday Gift Guide !!!

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What's this one all about?

This episode looks at all the wonderful new companies out there that are selling ONLY sustainably produced gifts! I'm talking gorgeous clothes, sumptuous handbags or messenger bags, shoes your feet (and Anna Wintour) will love, toys for every little elf on your list, home and garden gifts, kitchen gifts, books, ideas for gifts to make at home and give in (OF COURSE) recycled glass gift containers! Why, if you can't do all your shopping from this list of websites you aren't human!

So venture back in time with me to our imaginary magical department store and get all your shopping done in one fell swoop!

Show topics !

• Gift guide!
• Links to recipes

THE GREATEST GREEN GIFT GUIDE IN THE WORLD!!

CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES

• Pact Yoga and leisure and underwear!
• Amour Vert, fashionable clothing for the green fashionista
• Athletic Wear
• Shoes made out of what???
• Backpacks, messenger bags, handbags made out of ?????

TOYS! TOYS! AND TOYS!!

• Brilliant Eco Toys made from wood
• Magical Woodland Toys made for your sprite
• Toys for the bath, the pool, the garden and healthy sustainable play dough sets

HOME AND GARDEN!!!

• Rodales
• Bambeco
• Viva terra
• Toilet Paper for every Woodland Creature! And The Claus' Ho Ho Ho
• Organic Gardening Supplies
• The Life Without Plastic store
• The huge one stop enviro gift site
• Organic Sheets that won't break the bank
• Independent Books on the Web

RECIPES FOR HOMEMADE GIFTS

• Greatest Easiest Granola Recipe in the World
• Nigella Lawson's Alcoholic Hot Chocolate
• Limoncello for the rest of us!
• Adorable recycled glass bottles for your special Limoncello brew

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Episode 22

Disaster Preparations for the Worried Environmentalist

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What's this one all about?

Worried about a flood, a fire, an earthquake, a tornado or any other climate crisis related disaster coming to a neighborhood near you? Join me as I make quick work of getting ready for come what may! (Ok, maybe not THAT quick when you actually have to spend an afternoon doing it...but come on, just taking one measely afternoon to prepare yourself so you don't have to panic in an emergency situation is pretty quick!) Here in one handy dandy place is everything you need to read, print out, and squirrel away to protect yourself and your family in case of disaster.

I have tried to be as comprehensive in my amassing of info as I can be. I have tried to make this as easy a process for you to do as possible. If you can, take a look at all these links..make a few decisions. Put together some kits on your own, and buy a few add-ons. Be prepared. Don't kid yourself, the way things are going, you will be glad you listened to my eternal nagging.

SHOW TOPICS

• Fema must-have's and suggested add-ons for your emergency go bag.
• My Personal add-ons—what I think I will need, and suggest you might consider including. And hey…what the hell will you do with all the poop your family will undoubtedly be generating during a crisis!
• The Red Cross, not just a place to give and get blood anymore!
• Solar ovens, Solar back-up generators
• Life Straws!
• What is non-perishable food and why do I want some?
• Book Report–A New Segment! This month its all about Jayber Crow and Wendell Berry
• New Product Report–"Who Gives A Crap" NO not about the new product..the new product IS Who Gives A Crap Bamboo Eco Toilet Paper!!! Hear all about it!

Links mentioned on the show!

Guys, please, please, please, click on some of these links!

Info Sites for Emergency Prep:

• Fema's Emergency Prep Must-have lists

• Federal Guidelines for Planning ahead for an emergency

• Fema sample print out of how to create a family emergency plan

• Red Cross—go check out their site. Its not just about donating blood. You can even become a volunteer in your area.

• And sorrowfully–What to do if there is a Nuclear Blast

• Poop Solutions–Read this and print out PDF even if you don't plan on going any further The Twin Bucket Emergency Toilet

• Yes, there is an app for this! 10 Apps you can download that will keep you safe

LINKS TO SUPPLIES YOU CAN/SHOULD BUY

• Red Cross 72 hour Emergency One Person Backpack

* Emergency Bivvy

• Rechargable Hand Crank AM/FM/NOAA Weather Alert Radio–remember this also will recharge your cell phone and comes with a solar panel for charging as well

• Life Straw–get one for every member of your household

• Portable Solar Oven

• Another Portable Cooking option

• The KellyKettle–its a tiny stove that runs on whatever fuel you can scrounge up, pinecones, twigs, leaves, anything.

• and finally—in case you didn't get a stove despite my nagging here is the guide to print out how to make one out of a tin can. How To Make A backpacking Stove

• Let there be light, PLEASE! I'd advise getting at least 3 of these. One for each go bag, and one for your at home nightmare scenario big duffel bag prep kit.LuciMpoweredSolarLanterns

FOOD PREP

Word to the wise. You can order all sorts of freeze dried food supplies from places as diverse as REI, COSTCO and/or Walmart. You can also download lists of what you need, and go to the supermarket.

• 72 hour Emergency DIY food kit

• VegetarianMenuPlan and list of supplies for 3 days or 1 week

• A Book to buy read and tuck into food storage box

• A GREAT WEBSITE, not just for Vegetarians (lets face it, who is going to be hauling around legs of lamb during an apocalypse?)

• SolarOvenRecipesPDF

• How to make your own Solar Oven at home if you didn't follow my advice and buy one. Print out this pdf, and at least keep the supplies to make one of these in your duffel bag.

SOLAR BACK UP POWER

*The Tesla FABULOUS power wall. If you are really flush and/or really need to rely on back up power

• Portable Solar rechargable Power Packs GoalZero

*READ UP BEFORE YOU COMMIT AND BUY! Off Grid Solar System in a Box

• HOME-WIDE portable solar power generator. $$$$ but you will have power. And that may make all the difference. You won't run out of fuel either. Hello? Sunlight!!!! Be Prepared 2500 Watt 24V Solar Generator with Solar Array

BOOK REPORT

• "JayberCrow" by Wendell Berry New York Times Book Review in case you want to get more info then my teeny tiny book report

• link to purchase it via Indiebound

NEW PRODUCTS

• Who Gives A Crap Bamboo Eco Toilet Paper

• Beth Terry's blog post all about this fabulous world saving toilet paper so you can get all excited before you order it!

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Sorry show notes so skimpy, had a slight emergency. But here is the link to Palisades Beautiful

Will update all show note info when I return.

Best,

Barbara

Episode 20 Come with me to meet Jon Ossoff! What I learned, who I saw, and what is the future of Georgia's 6th District!!

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What's this one all about?

Join me as I venture forth into Georgia's 6th district! Yes, your intrepid podcasting friend hopped on a plane, and went to canvas for Jon Ossoff in the final weekend before the big election!

This episode is about my experience—a blue state democrat in a red state republican district. I realized in the editing of the show….which is, in the main, about the special election—- that it is actually about a much bigger picture.

So, here's a disclaimer….this episode IS about the Ossoff campaign, but it is also in many ways the experience I had, bumping into a culture that is manifestly different then my own. If I offend anyone at all, I'm deeply sorry. If I seem condescending or smug in my Blue State Elitism….I am even MORE sorry. I have tried to tell the story of my time there….and what it was like to drop into a world where the act of canvassing door to door in an affluent Republican stronghold felt like those who were doing it were taking a true risk. Was it like marching across the bridge in Selma? No, obviously it was not. But…I've lived all my life in places where my idea of justice, of the law, of spirituality, of community—was inclusive, color blind, and had the stated and implicit goal of being fair. To suddenly be operating in a land where the underpinnings of the society are so different—-was a shock.

I know this election didn't turn out as we wanted….but….this episode is all about the inspiring democrats I met and worked with. Listen in and vicariously experience the excitement, the ups, the downs, and the hopes the locals have for the future of this once solidly Republican bastion. I promise…you will feel better after you tune in.

Links mentioned on the show!

*Wall-of-Us

*Washington Post Article by Jon Ossoff: Lessons for Democrats from the Georgia election

*FiveThirtyEight podcast episode analyzing election results

*Pave it Blue

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Episode 19

Fear and Loathing in America

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This episode looks at the link between the life and death struggle our planet is engaged in, and the ambient fear we are all reacting to. Can animal and vegetable alarm pheromones trigger fear in humanoids? Additionally what about the unprecedented high levels of CO2 we are all suddenly trying to live with? If high concentrations of CO2 make mice frightened, what on earth is it doing to us? I explore the science behind the possibilty that our heightened fear responses may be triggering a vengeful return to tribalism that threatens both our common sense as well as our survival as a species. Take a xanax, or a belt of bourbon, and tune in!!!!

Show topics

• Human fear pheromones, they exist!!
• How does a pheromone work, for crying out loud? (its an invisible sensory telegram exuded in sweat, urine, or even tears–sent by one organism to another.)
• After message is received, how do humans behave when afraid?
• Taking refuge in tribalism—the first step towards the undoing of civil society.
• How do we refrain from being frightened, and act from our reason, not our amygdala?

Links mentioned on the show!!!

Guys, please, please, please, click on some of these links! The scientists and political scientists, and researchers and writers I site are wayyyyyy smarter then I am! You will learn SO much if you just take a moment to click on a few of the links. Their research is incredible.

Invisibilia Episode "Disappearing Fear"

• Dr. Liliane Mujica-Parodi, sky divers, and fear pheromones

• "The Smell of Fear is Real, say Scientists"

• "The Neurobiology of Olfaction"–or the evidence that fear pheromones cross species lines

• World's Vanishing Glaciers Put Millions at Risk

• What the hell does melting permafrost have to do with me?

• "The trees that make Southern California Shady and Green are Dying. Fast."

• How much CO2 is in our atmosphere? "Carbon Dioxide Set an All-Time Monthly High"

• Fear. "How Your Body Responds to Fear"

• "Powerlessness and the Politics of Blame" by Martha C. Nussbaum

• "How Tribalism Overrules Reason and Makes Risky Times More Dangerous by David Ropeik

• "Tribalism is tearing America Apart" by Robert Reich

• YouTube A.C.T. therapy video ….how to use the tools of Dr. Russ Harris to separate your reason from your automatic fear response

• Professor Jon Kabat-Zinn Mindfulness teacher, writer and scientist, and the program he designed at UMass called Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction.

• The super cool, super neat Muse bio feedback meditation teaching device you can use at home!

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In this episode I talk to Clarissa Boyajian and Linda Eremita of TreePeople all about their organization and about trees! Tons of info on why you should plant a tree in the age of Trump ESPECIALLY. How planting a tree is the single best thing you can do right away to help stop global warming as well as to add more oxygen to the atmosphere. Breathing is good, right?

Show topics at your disposal!

• Tree Planting Humans who have made a difference. * Hubnath Pandrey * Felix Finkbeiner (?) * Andy Lipkis
• Interview with Clarissa Boyajian and Linda Eremita of TreePeople
• The science behind why a tree is so wonderful.
• How to plant your own tree.

Links mentioned on the show! Inspiring Humans Who Are Planting Gazillions of Trees!

• Professor in Mumbai who is a tree-planting genius
• The 9 year old who launched the planting of over 14 billion trees!
• Want to help Felix plant a tree?
• The Los Angeles Teenager–now 62 year old wizard who has transformed and created how we think about the urban forest

References To the Science behind the statements!! TRUE FACTS!!

• How many trees are required to produce oxygen for 1 measely person? Namely, you!!
• How trees product oxygen?
• How much CO2 can a tree actually take out of the atmosphere, and other fun things trees do!
• What can you expect climate change to do to your neck of the California woods? Type in your zipcode here!
• Need to find an urban forestry organization in your city if you DON'T live in Los Angeles?

Info about how YOU yes YOU can actually plant your tree today!!!

• The right tree for your zipcode!
• Video on how to plant a fig tree! I love this company. They provide so much helpful info in the form of blog posts as well as videos. You can really learn a lot about how to plant anything on their site, and it helps that the plants you order from them are 100% organic and EXTREMELY healthy. My blueberries are insane!
• Step by step video and blog post on how to plant a tree
• More info on how to plant a tree
• How to tell what kind of soil you have in the area you want to plant your tree!
• The right tree for the right soil!!! THIS IS IMPORTANT. Take 10 minutes to read this BEFORE falling in love with your tree.

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Episode 17: Emergency Broadcast

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This brief podcast is a response to the firing of James Comey. A few words of wisdom, inspiration, and ideas for what you can do.

Links mentioned on the show!

• 3 Senators Save Methane Regulation

• Emergency Episode of The Lawfare Podcast

• Department of Justice Website Hotline

• re:act newsletter

A list of some of the folks I follow on Twitter:

• Claude Taylor @TrueFactsStated
• Scott Dworkin@funder
• Spread the Vote @SpreadTheVoteUs
• InspiredJen @inspiredjen
• Michael McFaul @McFaul
• LouiseMensch @LouiseMensch
• Malcolm Nance @MaclolmNance
• PhilippeReines @PhilippeReines
• Oliver Willis @owillis
• Celeste P. @Celeste_pewter
• Blake Hounshell @blakehounshell
• Darvid Rothkopf @djrothkopf
• Ian Millhiser @imillhiser
• Jonathan Capehart @CapehartJ
• Neera Tanden @neeratanden
• Steve Clemons @SCClemons
• Kurt Eichenwald @kurteichenwald
• Evan MCMullin @Evan_McMullin
• Lawrence Tribe @tribelaw
• Susan Hennessey @Susan_Hennessey
• Lauren Duca @laurenduca
• Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior
• Ari Melber @AriMelber
• Josh Marshall @joshtpm
• David Corn @DavidCornDC
• Joan Walsh @joanwalsh

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Episode 16

IT'S STILL UP TO US !!!

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This week I talk about ways to stay sane while continuing to be a committed and effective social activist. I was lucky enough to get us an interview with the creator and editor of one of the best Weekly Social Activism To Do sites

The down and dirty recap!

• An interview with Jenn Hofmann of The Weekly Action Checklist for Democrats, Independents, and Republicans of Conscience.

• George Lakoff, FINALLY we discuss that term thrown about on every news program, 'the narrative'. It actually means something important…especially if you have Trump Voter friends/foes/relatives in your life!

• Oh the joys of the Bullet Journal!

• Time Management and your new extra bonus career as a social activist! If you do this…you will keep on keeping on.

• My Go-To sources for weekly social actions:
  1. Jenn's Weekly Action Checklist
  2. re:act
  3. Flippable
  4. Spread the Vote
  5. 5 Calls a Day
  6. Indivisible
• Go to a meeting a protest, or a townhall for your own sanity's sake.
  1. Swing Left–Adam Green

• KINDNESS COUNTS

• How to help an immigrant re-settle into the US

• International Refugee Assistance Project

• How to not lose your marbles…
  1. Zen and the Art of Activism
• Who said that?

  1. "Never Give Up, Never Surrender"

  2. "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." (and yes, I totally got the quote wrong when I was speaking to myself in the episode!! Bonus points if you noticed that!

All the links!!!

• Jenn Hofmann's Weekly Action Checklist for Democrats, Independents, and Republicans of Conscience

• George Lakoff

• Bullet Journal

• GREAT article on how to set up your bullet journal

• re:act

• flippable

• Spread the Vote

• 5 Calls A Day

• Indivisible

• New York Times Article about How to Help Refugees In the United States

• Info on online course to help refugees at International Refugee Assistance Program

• A Zen Master's Advice on Coping With Trump

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Yes Virginia, Global Warming is real, and our planet IS heating up! Yet…wintertime and chilly days still abound. How then do you stay warm, without cooking the rest of the earth?

This episode is ALL about the DIY tips and the science behind staying warm without burning fossil fuel to do so. This episode is not about suffering in a chilly home for the sake of the common good! Its about as cozy as a cup of hot chocolate with a marshmallow on top! All about the warmth!

Episode 15 warm and toasty recap!

• What actually happened to our communal home climate-wise this past winter?
• How to understand the enviromental cost in the different ways you can heat your home.
• Quick and dirty tips for lowering your heating bill AS WELL your CO2 emissions.
• What else you can burn in your fireplace to stay warm? (and no, it isn't your furniture!)
• Gorgeous Alternative Fireplace warming options! (real facts, not alternative ones!)
• What is a fireplace balloon and why should everyone get one?
• HEAT PUMPS? Geo-thermal heat pumps? What on earth....Hmmmm?
• DIY–the remarkable invention of the flowerpot heater!
• THE EGLOO, why you want one! Why I love them! EGLOO EGLOO EGLOO
• Making totally carbon neutral soy tealight candles for fuel!
• Meet Jack Monroe, British Budget Food Blogger, and doyenne of how to keep warm in a freezing UK apartment! Tons of DIY Tips from her and her readers on ways to amp up the cozy.
• INSULATION. Not such a sexy topic, except, who feels amorous when they are freezing? I ask you? There is a reason more people go to tropical islands for their honeymoons then Reykjavik.
• Really easy and odd DIY techniques I guarantee you have never thought of to insulate your windows, and your home all by yourself!

ALL THE LINKS!!!!

Facts about energy usage worldwide compared to US use!

Info about how much energy goest to heating and cooling our very own homes!

How to understand the cost to the planet of how you heat your your home!

Wood burning fireplaces and stoves, friend or foe???

Cool info on Bioethanol FP you, yes you can get for wherever you live, even a yurt

How much energy, heat, and money, goes right up your chimney!

The Chimney balloon, where to get one!

The Chimney balloon, how to use one!

Buying a new heater/ac/water heater? All about the geothermal heat pump!

Even St. Pats has gone green! Read about the geothermal heat pump saving NYC's spiritual environment!

Do geothermal heat pumps cost you more moola in your electric bill?

Myths and Facts about the heat pump! All the info you need!

EGLOO! Buy it here!!![

How to make a flowerpot tea-light heater for your room!

How to make a different version of a flowerpot heater

Where to get carbon neutral candle making supplies!

Meet Jack Monroe and her list of DIY tips for staying warm—read the comments as well!

How Norway stays warm, and it isn't only snuggling with other blondes!

DIY tips to insulate a drafty apartment!

More great info and DIY keeping warm tips and ways to insulate your home or apartment