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This week, we talk to Mary Lynch, previous senior nutritionist for Jamie Oliver and founder of Onist Food. We met Mary at an event where she spoke about nutrition, sustainable diets, and Onist - her answer to the fad-riddled, often dishonest food industry she’d experienced as a nutritionist.

We talk about how eating well can be good for you and the planet - diving into what a sustainable diet is, and also uncovering what we should be feeding our bodies to ensure we are getting the right nutrients.

We shed light on how eating nutritious foods can be easy, good for you and the planet, and delicious. We also tap Mary’s knowledge to de-myth the health fads, superfoods and take it back to the basics, making it really simple to navigate.

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This week we speak to special guest Pete Hemingway of the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) - an organisation that brings together key players in the food service industry (suppliers, restaurants and consumers) to focus on improving the industry's sustainability. The SRA has shifted the industry over the last 10 years, making sustainability an aspiration for every professional kitchen.

In previous episode Eating Out, we discussed what it means to be sustainable when dining out, from environmental, social and economic points of view. Today we carry on from that conversation and understand what chefs and consumers are doing around the world to reduce the impact of the food industry, such as with campaigns like #OnePlanetPlate.

Unless we reduce the impact of the food industry as a whole, we cannot fix climate change. We hope you enjoy listening as we explore with Pete what this means for diners, producers, chefs and restaurant owners alike.

Key links we mentioned in the episode:

• Sustainable Restaurant Association
• Oneplanetplate.org

On this week’s episode we talk to allplants - a UK-based company delivering delicious, plant-based, fresh-frozen meals to your door. 

allplants makes it incredibly easy for you to switch up your diet sustainably, without compromising on time or flavour. Their mission is to better our planet, by making eating more plants delicious, imaginative and incredibly easy.

Why plants?

• Eating more plants (and fewer animal products) is better for the planet.
• The highest-emission plant products (by weight) still produce fewer emissions than the lowest-emission animal products.
• Eating more plants is therefore a great way to fight climate change and restore the planet.
• It's allplants’ mission to make it easy and exciting for everyone to do this.

Better still, all the packaging is 100% recyclable, partly compostable and mostly reusable. And they do all of this without pushing the idea of plant-based eating and its benefits down your throat...

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Head to @allplants or allplants.com to check out all of the amazing plant based foods that you can add to your day to day. 

Festival season - we all love it. Lots of fun, lots of music, lots of... mess. From plastics, to glass, to tents, less than a third of this waste is recycled, however, over the last few years many festival organisers have been taking steps to minimise their environmental impact. Even @glastofest made a statement this year by banning single-use plastic bottles. But is it enough? What else can we do as consumers?⠀
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This episode, we talk to Simon Heppner, one of the people driving the sustainable festival movement. He is a co-founder of ‘Leave Less Mess’ - the UK’s first festival plate deposit return scheme - and @foodmadegood. ⠀
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Listen for tips on how to make your festival experience more sustainable this year.
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Sustainable Restaurant Association: thesra.org
Unpackaged: beunpackaged.com
Leave Less Mess: leavelessmess.org
Shambala Festival: shambalafestival.org
Glastonbury Festival: glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

As holiday season is soon approaching we wanted to address a big question, do people consider sustainability when they go on holiday?

Is sustainability something you only consider in your day to day? Do your values you have in your everyday life transpire to when you are on holiday?

87% of travelers say they want to travel sustainably (Sustainable Travel Report by Booking.com), however 48% say they never/ rarely manage to.

On this episode we discuss the things we look for when planning a holiday such as convenience, location, activities, amenities etc, and how sustainability should be factored into the agenda. We also discuss some easy wins to consider when traveling so that your values aren't compromised when you go on holiday.

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What is the power of positivity? By turning sustainability into a solutions-focused, accessible conversation, as opposed to all doom and gloom, what impact is that having on our behaviour changes? This episode, we talk to Maxime Dücker, co-founder of @ourgoodbrands, about how her digital media platform is working to expose the ‘good brands’. We also dive into some of the research on the impact that doing good has on your health, and debunk myths around eco-friendlier options, such as ‘they’re too expensive’, ‘they’re not as good quality’ or ‘they’re not accessible’.

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Firstly, what is activism? It’s the policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change.

Activism isn’t new. But we’ve seen activism, rather than being laughed at, being taken more seriously recently - for example Extinction Rebellion, and Greta Thunberg and her campaign FridaysForFuture are all over the news. Why the change? Why are people listening more now?

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From reusable bottles, bags and cups to bamboo toothbrushes, dental floss and reusable face wipes, A&O has everything you need to make the switch to a more sustainable lifestyle. It’s eco-friendly and ethical essentials for the everyday adventure.

On this week's episode we learn all about how A&O built their business from the ground up, from all of their challenges to successes. How can you balance trade-offs when creating a sustainable brand, and how do you make sustainability appeal to every gender? We dive into all of these questions and more with founder of Atlas & Ortus, Evie Calder.

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In this episode, we address the issue of 'palm oil'. As a controversial ingredient, we want to understand where it comes from, what it is used for, what products contain it and exactly why it's got a bad reputation. Palm oil makes up 35% of the vegetable oil market, but what about it is actually bad, and can we do anything about it?

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Links to some of the organisations and resources we mentioned in the episode:

• Act for Wildlife: The Palm Oil Challenge (a short video explaining palm oil in a really simple way) - https://youtu.be/K6KOQjimVjA
• WWF Palm Oil Score Card (to view where your favourite brands rank) - http://palmoilscorecard.panda.org/ 
• Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (aims to transform markets to make sustainable palm oil the norm) - https://rspo.org/