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Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.

Download FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.

Find gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.

Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book

RESOURCES + LINKS

•  Watch the PBS segment on Kitchen Activism 
•  Join the 4-week Kitchen Activist group (closes Sunday) 
•  Preorder The Kitchen Activist 
• Start Meal Planning to Save the Planet and Money! started.
• Sign up for my weekly newsletter. 
• Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book.
  
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Episode Summary
Reach out to me at [email protected] if you'd like me to send you the meal planning template I use to plan my dinners.

Links and resources:
Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.

Download FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.

Find gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.

Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book

RESOURCES + LINKS

•  Watch the PBS segment on Kitchen Activism 
•  Join the 4-week Kitchen Activist group (closes Sunday) 
•  Preorder The Kitchen Activist 
• Start Meal Planning to Save the Planet and Money! started.
• Sign up for my weekly newsletter. 
• Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book.
  
  Reach Florencia Ramirez at [email protected]

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Episode Summary:
Let this be the year you grow well-being for yourself and the planet. But having the desire to do something, even a heart desire doesn't always lead to sustained action. What are the things holding us back from doing the things that are important to us? And what methods can we utilize to help us stay on track with our goals, resolutions, heats desires in 2023 and beyond? These are some of the questions I pose to Michele Nevarez, an expert on human behavior and author of BEYOND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE. This episode provides us the action steps needed to clear the path of excuses so we WILL grow-wellbeing together!

Learn how you can stay connected with Michele Nevarez at www.beyondei.inc and find out how you can join the life-changing Emotional Intelligence Certification NOW ENROLLING.

Get a copy of Michele's book, BEYOND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.


Links and resources:
Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.

Download FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.

Find gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.

Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book

RESOURCES + LINKS

•  Watch the PBS segment on Kitchen Activism 
•  Join the 4-week Kitchen Activist group (closes Sunday) 
•  Preorder The Kitchen Activist 
• Start Meal Planning to Save the Planet and Money! started.
• Sign up for my weekly newsletter. 
• Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book.
  
  Reach Florencia Ramirez at [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail

Links and resources:
Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.

Download FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.

Find gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.

Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book

RESOURCES + LINKS

•  Watch the PBS segment on Kitchen Activism 
•  Join the 4-week Kitchen Activist group (closes Sunday) 
•  Preorder The Kitchen Activist 
• Start Meal Planning to Save the Planet and Money! started.
• Sign up for my weekly newsletter. 
• Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book.
  
  Reach Florencia Ramirez at [email protected]

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Summary Episode:
 The water footprint of butter is 3602 gallons of fresh water. In this season that requires a tremendous amount of butter, there is a simple and clear action step to make a difference in our food choices--organic butter.

Links and resources:
Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.

Download FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.

Find gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.

Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on future episodes released every (water) Wednesday.

RESOURCES + LINKS

•  Watch the PBS segment on Kitchen Activism 
•  Join the 4-week Kitchen Activist group (closes Sunday) 
•  Preorder The Kitchen Activist 
• Start Meal Planning to Save the Planet and Money! started.
• Sign up for my weekly newsletter. 
• Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book.
  
  Reach Florencia Ramirez at [email protected]

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EPISODE SUMMARY
Deck the Halls Sustainably and give the gift of well-being by donating to a non-profit organization doing tremendous work like Paso Pacifico.

Use the link to give any size donation.
https://pasopacifico.org/project/saving-sea-turtles/

Links and resources:
Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.

Download FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.

Find gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.

Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on future episodes released every (water) Wednesday.

RESOURCES + LINKS

•  Watch the PBS segment on Kitchen Activism 
•  Join the 4-week Kitchen Activist group (closes Sunday) 
•  Preorder The Kitchen Activist 
• Start Meal Planning to Save the Planet and Money! started.
• Sign up for my weekly newsletter. 
• Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book.
  
  Reach Florencia Ramirez at [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail

Find unique and sustainable kitchen products in the Eat Less Water Holiday Pop-Up Shop located inside Truth & Love Beauty at the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center located at 651 Paseo Nuevo in Santa Barbara, California. Or shop online at www.eatlesswater.com. Come join me for shopping, sipping, and celebrating all things good on Sunday, December 11 from 11-4 inside the shop.

EPISODE SUMMARY
What is B Corp, Regenerative Food Certification, and Upcycled Food? Let Jennifer Piette, founder, and CEO of LA-Based (soon an island in Maine-based) Narrative Food be your guide into the cutting-edge trends in the food world that are part of the solution of planetary health. And the best part is you can bring these food products that tell good stories to your pantry with a click of a button.

Use this link to shop  Narrative Food

Links and resources:
Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.

Download FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.

Find gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.

Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on future episodes released every (water) Wednesday.

RESOURCES + LINKS

•  Watch the PBS segment on Kitchen Activism 
•  Join the 4-week Kitchen Activist group (closes Sunday) 
•  Preorder The Kitchen Activist 
• Start Meal Planning to Save the Planet and Money! started.
• Sign up for my weekly newsletter. 
• Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book.
  
  Reach Florencia Ramirez at [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail

Find unique and sustainable kitchen products in the Eat Less Water Holiday Pop-Up Shop located inside Truth & Love Beauty at the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center located at 651 Paseo Nuevo in Santa Barbara, California. Or shop online at www.eatlesswater.com. Come join me for shopping, sipping, and celebrating all things good on Sunday, December 11 from 11-4 inside the shop.

EPISODE SUMMARY
Artificial tree or real tree? What are the most sustainable holiday decoration ideas and great gift ideas to grow well-being. All this and more you will find in this episode to deck your halls more sustainably.

Here are some links I mention in the episode to find a list of organic tree farms in a handful of states (including the organic farm I mentioned in the show located in Somis, California).  And visit LOCAL HARVEST, a tremendous resource for organic farms near you and ones that ship their harvest to your door.

Links and resources:
Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.

Download FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.

Find gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.

Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on future episodes released every (water) Wednesday.

RESOURCES + LINKS

•  Watch the PBS segment on Kitchen Activism 
•  Join the 4-week Kitchen Activist group (closes Sunday) 
•  Preorder The Kitchen Activist 
• Start Meal Planning to Save the Planet and Money! started.
• Sign up for my weekly newsletter. 
• Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book.
  
  Reach Florencia Ramirez at [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail

Find unique and sustainable kitchen products in the Eat Less Water Holiday Pop-Up Shop located inside Truth & Love Beauty at the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center located at 651 Paseo Nuevo in Santa Barbara, California. Or shop online at www.eatlesswater.com.

Episode Summary:
In this episode I share how through observing my son Joaquin plan and execute his birthday dinner, I realized that the best meals (defined as meals that grow well-being for you, the planet, and the ones you love) are achieved in four acts:

Act one:
The meal plan
Act two:
Food procurement (shopping for food with care)
Act three:
Cooking
Act four: Setting the stage for the enjoyment and nourishment of the food

This a great podcast to set the stage for a delicious Thanksgiving (and I mean more than the food).

Links and resources:
Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.

Download FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.

Find gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.

Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on future episodes released every (water) Wednesday.

RESOURCES + LINKS

•  Watch the PBS segment on Kitchen Activism 
•  Join the 4-week Kitchen Activist group (closes Sunday) 
•  Preorder The Kitchen Activist 
• Start Meal Planning to Save the Planet and Money! started.
• Sign up for my weekly newsletter. 
• Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book.
  
  Reach Florencia Ramirez at [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail

Find unique and sustainable kitchen products in the The Eat Less Water Holiday Pop-Up Shop located inside Truth & Love Beauty at the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center located at 651 Paseo Nuevo in Santa Barbara, California. Or shop on line at www.eatlesswater.com.

Thanksgiving is fast approaching. And right about now is when I’m thinking about the guest list, menu, and shopping list. And while this holiday is my favorite with the focus on gratitude, cooking, and sharing food, we collectively throw away more food on Thanksgiving than any other day of the year.

Consider these statistics:

• On Thanksgiving we throw away in the United States, 305 million pounds of food.
• This waste has a carbon footprint of 1.1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, the same as 169,000 cars driving for a full year.
• The water footprint of the wasted food is 1 billion gallons of water. This wasted water is equivalent to the amount used by everyone in New York City for three and a half months. (source: ReFed)

The Center for Biological Diversity breaks down Thanksgiving food waste as follows:

• 200 million pounds of turkey are thrown out.
• 150 million pounds of side dishes like veggies, mashed potatoes.
• 14 million pounds of dinner rolls.

Collectively, we throw away $293 million and about 40% of our turkeys. 

I know that we can all do better.  I can do better. In the latest episode, I offer 10 action tips we can each do to curb food waste at our holiday table whether you are hosting or contributing a dish or two but is your freezer ready for leftovers? Listen for 7 steps to get your freezer organized and ready.

Send an email to [email protected] if you'd like me to send the "10 Action steps to stop food waste at your Thanksgiving Table."

Links and resources:
Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.

Download FREE the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on how to celebrate like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.

Find gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.

Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on future episodes released every (water) Wednesday.

RESOURCES + LINKS

•  Watch the PBS segment on Kitchen Activism 
•  Join the 4-week Kitchen Activist group (closes Sunday) 
•  Preorder The Kitchen Activist 
• Start Meal Planning to Save the Planet and Money! started.
• Sign up for my weekly newsletter. 
• Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book.
  
  Reach Florencia Ramirez at [email protected]