Sustainable(ish)
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Sep 28, 2020 • 1h 8min
[074] SUSTAINABLE EATING
I'm delighted to be working with Organic UK* for a mini-series of podcast episodes to mark Organic September - an annual month long awareness campaign by the Soil Association In collaboration with the Organic Trade Board.In the same way that 'sustainability' and 'sustainable living' mean different things to different people, 'sustainable eating' will too. With […]
Sep 18, 2020 • 1h 9min
[073] ORGANIC 101
I'm delighted to be working with Organic UK* for a mini-series of podcast episodes to mark Organic September - an annual month long awareness campaign by the Soil Association In collaboration with the Organic Trade Board.Most of us are now quite familiar with the concept of organic food, and maybe even organic textiles, but (and […]
Sep 14, 2020 • 52min
[072] THE PLIGHT OF THE HUMBLE BEE
I'm delighted to be working with Organic UK* for a mini-series of podcast episodes to mark Organic September - an annual month long awareness campaign by the Soil Association In collaboration with the Organic Trade Board.We'll be diving into all things organic - what the term actually means, how we know if something is organic, […]
Sep 8, 2020 • 1h 8min
[071] A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO CARBON FOOTPRINTS WITH JO HAND AT GIKI ZERO
Carbon footprints - we've probably all heard the term, but what exactly is a carbon footprint? And why does it matter?Do I have a carbon footprint?How do I know what it is?How do I reduce it?What do I need to reduce it to?ALL the questions about carbon footprints!Luckily in this episode I'm chatting to Jo […]
Sep 7, 2020 • 1h 11min
[070] RECYCLING 101 WITH DENIS THE DUSTCART
Once upon a time (I'm looking at you 1990's) we were told that all we needed to do to be green was to do our recycling. And although it might have taken a while to catch on, most of us now diligently sort our rubbish out into a gazillion different bins and boxes each week, […]
Jul 7, 2020 • 60min
[069] SAY IT WITH (BRITISH) FLOWERS WITH SARA WILLMAN
Who doesn't love a bunch of flowers?Well.....it turns out the planet might not be too chuffed with them if you buy a bunch of imported flowers.I don't know about you but I'd never really given much thought to the impact of flowers on the planet, other than to think that they're probably a good thing […]
Jun 30, 2020 • 59min
[068] HOW TO WASTE LESS AT WORK WITH LIVVY DRAKE
This episode is going out at the start of July, and in the eco world, July is all about plastic, thanks to the brilliant Plastic Free July campaign that started in Australia and has since gained traction all over the globe.It’s also a time when more of us might be contemplating a return to work […]
Jun 26, 2020 • 11min
[067] LOCKDOWN GUILT
Welcome back to the Sustainable(ish) podcast!My goodness it’s been a while! I thought I’d have a little break after doing 12 podcasts in 12 days for the book launch, and then a month or two passed, and then a global pandemic hit. And now here we are 6 months down the line!How are you? How […]
Mar 19, 2020 • 1h 5min
[066] – MEAL PLANNING MAGIC, OR HOW TO MAKE THE FOOD YOU’VE GOT GO FURTHER WITH ANN FROM STORR CUPBOARD
Well.... What can I say?We are living in unprecedented times - it feels surreal, scary, overwhelming, all of the emotions. And this is going out the day after the UK government announced that schools will be closed until further notice. I'm not going to dwell here on the c-word - I think we're all probably getting […]
Mar 10, 2020 • 1h 10min
[065] ‘PERIODICAL’ WITH LAUREN FROM WEAR ‘EM OUT PADS
Yay! The podcast is BACK for series FOUR!!I intended to only take a short break in the New Year and now suddenly it's March - I'd like to say I have no idea how that happened, but the reality is that it turns out launching a book into the world is quite time consuming, and […]
