Practical(ly) Zero Waste

Here's a few things I've been reading watching or listening to this week in place of a full length interview, links below!

The Big Book of Nature Activities: A Year Round Guide To Outdoor Learning:

https://www.drewmonkman.com/the-big-book-of-nature-activities-a-year-round-guide-to-outdoor-learning/ 

'We can't just be preaching to the choir': Why youth climate activists are taking to the streets amid pandemic:

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1795124803750/

Join Polly's Email List:

https://pollybarks-com.myshopify.com/

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Today I’m chatting with Sara Brigz of Let That Shit Go, all about decluttering for your mental health! We cover tips for decluttering, how to get rid of things sustainably, ways to discover your values and motivators, and how a tidy room can be a tidy mind. I know for me that the space around me if very often a reflection of how busy, tired, stressed, relaxed or anxious my brain is at any given time, and I can often feel better about my situation by tidying up all the kids toys or laundry or doing the dishes. Well not the dishes, I don’t really do those.. Sara has such great tips today, and it was so lovely to chat with her again. It’s been almost two years since she was first on the show and you’re going to love what she has to share. Let’s go!

Sara's Website:

https://letthatshitgo.ca/

@letthatshit__go

Recommendations:

Ruckify

https://ruckify.com/

Bunz

https://bunz.com/cities/toronto

Olio

https://olioex.com/

Free cycle

https://groups.freecycle.org/group/Toronto/description

Buy Nothing Groups

Toronto Tool Library

https://www.torontotoollibrary.com/

Free Items on Facebook marketplace

Morgan Harper Nicholls

https://morganharpernichols.com/

Sarah Robertson- Barnes

https://sustainableinthesuburbs.com/

Polly Barks

https://pollybarks-com.myshopify.com/

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Living in a small town or in the country can feel isolating, especially if no one else thinks about the planet the way you do. Today's chat with Kaylee from ZippNada in Arizona, US is here to help with resources, tips, and inspiration when it comes to living a low waste lifestyle in a small town or in a landlocked rural area.

ZippNada's website:

https://zippnada.com/

Kaylee's Recommendations:

https://www.azulitaproject.org/

https://trashyradical.weebly.com/

http://www.1plasticlife.org/

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Beyond the bubble of our own households beyond the individual actions we talk privilege, climate justice, and community activism, as well as all about Polly’s book More Than a Plastic Bag, which I just got as an ebook and it’s so so helpful and full of action items to help us change the world. If you are BRAND NEW to zero waste, hold up, and swing over to some other episodes like episode 55 zero waste swaps, or episode 19 Random Acts of Green, there’s lots of episodes for those who are just hearing about zero waste for the first time. In today’s chat with Polly we upend a lot of typical zero waste ideals and expand our horizons to take on larger climate action, so if you’re ready to get a little scared but also super charged to do more for the planet in the time we have left, join me in this chat, because it is oh so good. Let’s go!

Polly's Website:

https://pollybarks.com/

Advances Zero Waste:

https://pollybarks.com/advanced-zero-waste/

Polly's YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/c/pollybarkszw

Recommendations:

Teju Adisa-Farrar

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXn5CgPDZ1PedYdrzmau5HQ

The Intersectional Environmentalist

https://www.instagram.com/intersectionalenvironmentalist/?hl=en

Adrienne Maree Brown

http://adriennemareebrown.net/http://adriennemareebrown.net/

Dr. Robert Bullard on Environmental Justice

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVjbGltYXRlcG9kLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz/episode/YjEwN2M3MDYtNzJlNS00ZWRmLThiNjAtYjcyMjNjZDgwY2I1?ved=0CAsQzsICahcKEwiYzNvy1ZrqAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ&hl=en

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Love your pup but hate all the single use plastic and disposable dog toys? Looking from some more sustainable food options or alternatives to single use bags? Tracy Rosenteel of Pooch Paper is on the show this week talking about ways to reduce your furry friend's impact on the planet. 

Pooch Paper's Website:

https://www.poochpaper.com/sustainability

Other good resources for pet owners:

https://www.thezerowastepet.com/

https://goingzerowaste.com/blog/2016-3-3-zero-waste-dog/

New Episodes Every Sunday at 8 AM.

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Nathen and Josy of Responsible Van Life are two amazing individuals who are educating others around the world on sustainability and responsible living while travelling! Up until recently they’ve been travelling around New Zealand in their van, living out that slow and authentic travel that you’re going to get to hear all about in today’s episode. We talk slowing things down, what living in a van has looked like for them, and how getting to know each other and taking responsibility in this adventure we call life is vitally important to our planet. I am happy to be back and I can’t wait to share this with you, so let’s go!

We Are Wild Feet

http://wearewildfeet.com/

Responsible Van Life

http://responsiblevanlife.com/

Equal Kind

http://equalkind.com/

Sources for Renting a Cool Van!

https://www.quirkycampers.com/uk/campervan/149995/?#gallery

https://ca.outdoorsy.com/

NGO's Supported by Equal Kind

https://kisstheground.com/

https://www.surgeactivism.org/

Josy + Nathen's Inspiration right now:

https://zachbushmd.com/

https://www.instagram.com/irietoaurora/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/diversify.vanlife/

https://www.instagram.com/thetrashtraveler/?hl=en

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Have you ever wanted to grow your own garden, raise your own animals, preserve the harvest, live off the land, or generally live that homesteader life? If not, have you ever wondered how somebody can really do it all? This week's rewind is to Winter of 2019 when I chatted with my homesteading friend Valentina all about her small hobby farm.

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Week three of rewinding to past episodes. This week is all about The Seasoned Spoon Cafe on Trent University Campus, enjoy rewinding to hear all about eating local, seasonal, and vegetarian!

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Still on holiday over here so here's another oldie but a goodie coming at you from July 2019. WHAT A GOOD conversation about eating local food and how that reduces your impact on the planet, even if you're still consuming *some* meat and dairy products. Anthony and I had just met a month or so before this episode was recorded and now we're great pals! He's over a year into business and I can't wait to see The Food Shop grow! Check out this episode as well as a few more rewinds to come this month and I'll be back again with fresh new content in September so stay tuned! Lots of love!

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The revival of the locavore's diet is here to help reduce our carbon footprints and the emissions associated with a global food economy. This week's e.p I chat with Anthony Lennon of the Peterborough Food Shop all about the pleasures of seasonal produce, eating locally and reducing food waste in honour of saving the planet!

Find The Peterborough Food Shop on Instagram and Facebook

@ptbofoodshop

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I'm taking a holiday, so this week I'm rewinding to April 2019 to a conversation with Bill Callaghan, life long farmer from Lindsay, Ontario! This is a favourite conversation of mine and it centres around sustainable agriculture, soil health and the harmful results of pesticides on our health and the environment. Stay tuned for brand new episodes to come after my hiatus basking in the sunshine and spending quality time with my family away from the microphone. Lot's of love and happy August!

Reducing pesticides, cover cropping, adding nutrients to soil at an industrial scale, feeding the worms and more, this episode is all about sustainable agriculture and crops with life-long farmer Bill Callaghan!

Learn more about sustainable agriculture and cover cropping here:

https://croplife.ca/supporting-sustainable-agriculture/

Companion Planting Resources:

https://www.westcoastseeds.com/blogs/garden-wisdom/companion-planting

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