The Kind Community Show

Did you know that around 120 billion units of packaging are produced every year by the global cosmetics industry? Much of this isn’t recyclable.

The Recycle Now campaign points to its statistics, which show that while 90% of packaging is recycled in our kitchens, only 50% is being recycled in the bathroom.

In today’s episode, you’ll hear our conversation with Claudia Gwinnutt, founder of Circla. Claudia started Cirlca after being fed up with the single-use plastic in her daily routine and lack of options for her lifestyle.

The company aims to reduce single-use packaging waste from your daily routine by making the most responsible choice the convenient choice.

They only work with environmentally friendly, ethical brands from the UK and deliver on bicycles or EV’s to ensure the lowest carbon footprint. Finally, when you're finished, they’ll replenish your products and collect the empties to be washed and refilled again and again. Helping you break up with unnecessary single-use packaging.

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Do you ever look at your household cleaning essentials and think – not only are these products killing my household esthetic but more importantly, how damaging they are to the planet?

In today’s episode, you’ll hear our conversation with Laura Harnett, a woman who can truly do it all. Laura is a sustainable business founder, a board advisor, and an angel investor focused on retail and consumer tech. She is a former strategy consultant and senior executive in retail and a trustee for EdTech charity Hello World.

In September 2020, Laura founded Seep, an eco-friendly household cleaning products company that sells sponges, scourers, and cloths that are plastic-free and 100 per cent compostable.

Finally, a product that helps us go greener for our household chores and quite literally ‘Seep’s back into the earth at the end of their use.

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Have you ever wanted to understand more about the ingredients in your skincare
products? Ever found yourself stuck making a decision on whether to choose
organic or non-organic skincare products?

In today’s episode, you’ll hear our conversation with husband and wife duo Kirstie
and Luke Sherriff, founders of skincare brands, Pinks Boutique, and more recently
Proverb Skin.

Born in 2012, Pinks Boutique is one of the original certified organic and vegan
skincare brands. Their mission is to empower women to understand skincare with
honest expert advice. Proverb Skin was built with better health and performance in mind while giving information and insights into the ingredients that go into the products to help
customers make informed decisions when purchasing skincare.

This episode is great because your skin is your largest organ and the major defense
against the external environment, it’s important you understand how to care for it.

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Did you know over 7 million tons of food is thrown away each year? Some of which are still in perfect condition.  That's about 1/3 of all food produced is wasted. 

Jenny Costa the founder of Rubies in the Rubble joins us to talk about how wasting food feeds climate change. 

Rubies in the Rubble make award-winning condiments that are packed with flavour and purpose. Condiments are a fantastic way of preserving produce by extending their shelf-life with vinegars and sugars. They have a range of ketchups and relishes that are made with fresh fruit & vegetables sourced directly from farms, whilst their mayo is made with aquafaba, a plant-based alternative to eggs that is usually thrown away.

If you haven’t heard of Rubies in the Rubble then you need to Ketchup. 

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Today I’m joined by 4th generation organic farmer Oliver Surman of Pegoty Hedge. Pegoty Hedge is a mixed organic farm and since 2008 Pegoty Hedge started producing small-batch organic prepared meals packaged in recycled and recyclable packaging. As farmers, they understand how important the land is to their livelihood and the populations so they make sure their practices tread lightly on the planet. They have large areas of the farm set over to species-rich planting specifically to encourage and protect wild birds, bees, insects, and butterflies. Their hot water and heating are provided by their on-site biomass boiler and, when the sun is shining, they produce more than enough solar energy to power the farm and kitchen.

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Did you know that most of today’s beds and mattresses are derived from carcinogenic and toxic chemicals? Did you know the majority of mattresses aren’t recycled? All alarming statistics when you consider that the average person usually spends around a third of their life in bed and goes through 9 beds in their lifetime!

In today’s episode, you’ll hear our conversation with Len Laycock, founder of Horizontal.

Horizontal is the sleeping system that uses natural materials, is 99.8% biodegradable has replaceable parts and lasts a lifetime. 

I can guarantee that this conversation will help you sleep better at night. 

Instagram: @horizontal.eco & @kindcommunityofficial

Website: www.horizontal.eco

Host: Caner Veli 

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Today you’ll hear my conversation with the founder of Cotswold Fayre, Paul Hargreaves.

Cotswold Fayre supports independent retailers across the UK source top quality food and drink brands and in doing so improving their efficiency and lowering their carbon footprints. Cotswold Fayre started back in 1999 as a small distribution hub for niche artisan producers and quickly grew into one of the leading fine food distributors and one of the first B Corp UK certified companies. 

We also talk about the book he authored, 'Forces for Good: Creating a better world through purpose-driven businesses.
For full show notes and to listen on your favourite podcast player, visit https://kind.community/showblog/episode-14

Instagram: @cotswold_fayre & @kindcommunityofficial
Host: Caner Veli 

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In this episode, you’ll hear my conversation with one of the three founders of Freestar, Eddy Dallas.

Freestar is a bold and flavourful alcohol-free beer and is the first ever B Corp certified alcohol free beer brand in the world.

When developing Freestar, Dallas and his co-founders Felix & Charlie chose to go against the trend of big breweries who produce de-alcoholised versions of existing brands that aren’t good for people and planet. They went back to the drawing board and designed a new way of brewing whilst keeping sustainable practices in mind. The result is a drink that is packed full of flavour, emits 90% less CO2, uses 80% less energy, uses 80% less water and ends up with 70% less waste than normal alcohol-free beer production.

With their bold flavours, fearless branding, and impressive sustainable achievements, I was keen to learn more about Eddy’s journey, and how he and his cofounders are continuing to work on ensuring Freestar will be the example of transformational change in the industry.

If you were inspired by my conversation with Eddy, please remember to subscribe, leave us a review and share it with anyone you think would love to join our Community.

Eddy was very kind and has given listeners of the show a 20% OFF discount code on your first order! Please email or DM us on socials and I'll make sure you get your code. @kindcommunityofficial

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Episode 12 of the Kind Community Show with film producer and plastic pollution campaigner, Jo Ruxton.

Jo began her work in marine conservation back in 1990 when she joined WWF in Hong Kong to begin their Marine Conservation Programme During her time at WWF, she was instrumental in bringing in new legislation and setting up four Marine Protected Areas. 

Jo was also a lead member of the BBC Natural History Unit’s diving team and has been producing and directing underwater sequences since the first days of filming on the award-winning Blue Planet series in 1997. During her 12 years at the BBC, she was involved in numerous underwater films from Antarctica to the pristine reefs of the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean for the BBC and Discovery Channel.

After leaving the BBC, and learning about the plastic problem in 2009, Jo decided to combine both careers and produced a documentary feature, A Plastic Ocean. The film was released globally in January 2017.

Jo co-founded the Plastic Oceans Foundation as a registered UK charity in 2010 to help the fundraising process but more importantly to continue the legacy and message of the film beyond its release.

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Step #3 - If you LEARNT from the episode, PLEASE share it with others you know who would benefit from it. Post it on FaceBook, on your IG, let your email list know… Anything you can do to spread the word would be AWESOME!

Thanks again, and I hope you LOVE the new episode!!

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https://plasticoceans.uk/
To watch the video interview visit www.kind.community/showblog/episode-12

Host: @canerveli

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On the show this week we are joined by Unplugged founder, Hector Hughes.  Unplugged is a startup project that build and rents remote cabins to guests who need a break from the digital world; unplugging themselves from phones, tablets, laptops and any other technological products, allowing them to rest, recharge and refocus.

Would you like to be our next guest on the podcast, or do you have a sustainable business / project we should know about, or do you want to join our community? If so then visit our website to find out how you can get involved, submit and get featured.

https://unplugged.rest
https://kind.community
@kindcommunityofficial
@canerveli

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