Sustainable(ish)
Jen Gale
The home of easy, everyday sustainability for the #imperfectlygreen
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Feb 28, 2019 • 54min
[025] A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO GROW YOUR OWN – WITH SARA VENN
Today’s episode is all about Growing Your Own. It’s the stereotypical image of sustainable living isn’t it? The kind of Good Life image of being self sufficient in veg, and the temptation is to go all out right from the start, take on a huge allotment plot, and then before we know it it’s taken […]
Feb 19, 2019 • 7min
[024] – 5(ISH) MINUTE GUIDE – SUSTAINABLE(ISH) DAYS OUT
It's half-term here in my corner of the UK, so I'm sharing with you some ideas for easy swaps and tips to help make your days out more sustainable(fish). Please do still listen if you're kid free, as most of the tips apply to grown ups too (maybe not the tantrums in the gift shop. […]
Feb 13, 2019 • 9min
[023] – 5(ISH) MINUTE GUIDE – CREATING NEW SUSTAINABLE HABITS
In this episode of the podcast I've got another 5(ish) minute guide for you - this time with some tips and ideas creating new, more sustainable(ish) habits. It's very easy to have all good intentions, and to WANT to do things differently, but when we're busy and frazzled, those good intentions can all too easily […]
Feb 5, 2019 • 45min
[022] – STYLISH SUSTAINABLE LIVING WITH PEBBLE MAGAZINE
Georgina Wilson-Powell is the founder and editor of Pebble - an online magazine and brand for 'stylish, sustainable living' that aims to empower people to make more ethical everyday decisions. In this episode I chat to her about all things sustainable (including finding a more exciting word for 'sustainable'!), hear about the projects that Pebble […]
Jan 29, 2019 • 9min
[021] – 5(ISH) MINUTE GUIDE – OVERCOMING OVERWHELM
Welcome back to the Sustainable(ish) podcast and to Season 2!This season I've got some cracking guest lined up to inspire us all as well as some bite sized "5(ish) minute guides" where I'll try and to help you out with a sustainable(ish) problem in just 5(ish) minutes (the 'ish' is important here, as I'm discovering […]
Nov 20, 2018 • 11min
[020] – REASONS TO SCREW BLACK FRIDAY
The kids are back to school and now there is no denying that we're on the downhill slope to Christmas and the biggest consumer festival of the year.Which brings with it not only a dose of magic and goodwill to all (hopefully) but also the stress, the overwhelm and All The Stuff.In this episode I […]
Nov 6, 2018 • 15min
[019] – 12 NOT SO FUN FESTIVE FACTS
The kids are back to school and now there is no denying that we're on the downhill slope to Christmas and the biggest consumer festival of the year.Which brings with it not only a dose of magic and goodwill to all (hopefully) but also the stress, the overwhelm and All The Stuff.In this episode I […]
Oct 24, 2018 • 12min
[018] – THE ONE THING YOU NEED TO DO TO TAKE ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Wednesday 24th October is International Climate Action Day - Yay!But wait, hold on. What the hell is climate action? And what does it mean to regular people like you and me?Surely 'climate action' is something for governments and big business to be concerned with? Not for me to have to worry about in between school runs and […]
Oct 17, 2018 • 54min
[017] – SUSTAINABLE(ISH) TRAVEL WITH EARTH CHANGERS
Travel.We all want to do it- whether it's to experience the world and different cultures, or simply to get some R&R in the sunshine away from the gloom of the British winter or the fickle nature of English summers.But for most of us on the sustainable(ish) spectrum, it probably comes with a good smattering of […]
Oct 10, 2018 • 16min
[016] – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT…CLIMATE CHANGE
This is the first in a new series for the podcast of commentary type episodes, some might even say rants, about some of the big sustainable issues we're facing right now.I hope you enjoy!I couldn't sleep last night, and I got to thinking, and then to worrying, and then to freaking out, about climate change.The […]
