A Sustainable Mind - environment & sustainability podcast

A Sustainable Mind - environment & sustainability podcast

88 episodes

A Sustainable Mind is a podcast created for the earth-conscious individual, ecopreneur, environmental activist, sustainability enthusiast, grassroots organizer, minimalist, conscious consumer and the eco-curious. If you are looking to get inspired, motivated and take ACTION to be the change you want to see in the world you are in the right place. Delivered to you each week, Marjorie Alexander brings you environmental changemakers whose campaigns, companies and projects have changed the planet for the better. Featured guests discuss their relationship with nature early on, their journey to a green career, light-bulb moments, sustainable habits, lessons from launching their projects, and much more. Each episode ends with ACTIONABLE advice and resources for you to hit the ground running!

Podcasts

099: Orlo Nutrition - Omega-3 Evangelist Corinna Bellizzi Talks Carbon Negative Nutrients Using Algae

Published: July 28, 2022, 12:03 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 4 seconds

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098: Brilliant Planet - Harnessing the Power of Algae in the Desert with Dr. Raffael Jovine

Published: July 26, 2022, 3:47 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 10 seconds

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097: Arbor Day Carbon: Reforestation projects and the voluntary carbon market with Jeremy Manion

Published: July 13, 2022, 1:33 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 50 seconds

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094: Baba Bags: Handmade Reusable Bags & Social Entrepreneurship with Fedia Kourbatov

Published: May 19, 2022, 4:42 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 8 seconds

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093: Sustainable Fashion: Recycled Clothing for Unique Everyday Wear with Jess Grech of The Grandad Company

Published: April 22, 2022, 8:49 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 15 seconds

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092: Reusable cups: form and function, with Vince Dickson, co-creator of HUNU

Published: April 4, 2022, 3:59 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 10 seconds

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091: Publishing the UKs Largest Ethical Lifestyle magazine with Jarvis Smith of My Green Pod

Published: March 14, 2022, 3:37 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 15 seconds

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090: Trash Academy - Communicating Consumption and Waste through Activism & Advocacy with Ron Whyte

Published: Jan. 15, 2022, 5:03 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 27 seconds

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089: Vegan Entrepreneurship with Noah Hyams of VEGPRENEUR

Published: Jan. 13, 2022, 6:31 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 16 seconds

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088: Sustainable Compostable Palm Leaf Tableware with Pallavi Pande of Dtocs

Published: Jan. 11, 2022, 3:32 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 47 seconds

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086: Compostable Packaging & Circular Food Systems with Kate Flynn of Sun and Swell Foods

Published: Dec. 30, 2021, 5:36 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 54 seconds

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085: Sustainable Healthcare with Dr. Rosie Spooner

Published: Dec. 16, 2021, 4:21 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 4 seconds

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084: Sustainable Filmmaking & Production with Emellie OBrien of Earth Angel Sets

Published: March 19, 2021, 2:50 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 49 seconds

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083: Zero Waste Hair Salons and Sustainability in the Beauty Industry with Ben Hudgins of Novak Hair Studios

Published: March 11, 2021, 6:19 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 27 seconds

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082: Climate Change Along the Chesapeake and the Come Together Handbook with Dana Simson

Published: March 5, 2021, 7:06 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 56 seconds

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081: Plastics Renewal and Waste to Fuel with Brightmark's Bob Powell

Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 1:41 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 38 seconds

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081: Plastics Renewal Technology with Brightmark's Bob Powell

Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 1:41 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 38 seconds

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080: The Texas Power Grid: Deregulation & Vulnerability with Seth Mansur of RER Energy Group

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 8:27 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 3 seconds

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079: Sustainable Seafood & The Healthy Oceans Cookbook with Jackie Marks of the Marine Stewardship Council

Published: Feb. 19, 2021, 7:59 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 59 seconds

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078: Ocean-Friendly Snacks to the Rescue with Pat Schnettler of 12 Tides

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 5:47 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 41 seconds

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Welcome to Season 2 of A Sustainable Mind!

Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 5:52 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 9 seconds

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076: Is Bamboo the Next Big Thing? with Scott Brady of Cariloha

Published: June 16, 2020, 8:14 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 50 seconds

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075: Eco-friendly Small Business with Moji Igun of Blue Daisi Consulting

Published: April 13, 2020, 11:34 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 6 seconds

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074: Kamea Chayne of Green Dreamer Podcast on Sustainable Fashion and Mindfulness

Published: Feb. 7, 2020, 8 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 24 seconds

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073: Seabin Projects Pete Ceglinski on Cleaning Our Oceans, Simple Solutions, and Focusing Upstream

Published: Jan. 13, 2020, 2:56 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 25 seconds

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072: People of Color in the Outdoor Community with Jose Gonzalez of Latino Outdoors

Published: Dec. 26, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 3 seconds

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071: Emotional Sustainability and Self-care with JJ Flizanes

Published: Nov. 22, 2019, 8:05 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 52 seconds

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070: Purpose & Cause-based Podcasting

Published: Nov. 19, 2019, 7:24 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 39 seconds

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069: Angel's Envy Whiskey Toasts The Trees with Ashley Erwin

Published: Sept. 26, 2019, 6:13 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 4 seconds

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068: Clean Energy in our Communities with Ted Bardacke of Clean Power Alliance

Published: Sept. 20, 2019, 10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes

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067: Sustainable & Ethical Fashion with Aspen Murray of Ethigirl

Published: Aug. 17, 2019, 6:54 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 33 seconds

About our guest:

Aspen Murray is a young activist who is dedicating her life to the pursuit of making ethical + sustainable fashion the norm. She firmly believes that we all have the power to vote with our dollars, but that we need to reform how we look at conscious consumerism: it shouldn\'t be difficult, it shouldn\'t be inaccessible to certain people, and it\'s okay if we mess up \\u2212 because the onus should never fall entirely on the consumer

Connect with Aspen Murray and Ethigirl Online:

Suggested Resources from Aspen:

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066: Sustainable Intimacy Products with Wendy Strgar of Good Clean Love

Published: Aug. 9, 2019, 5:03 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 59 seconds

Connect with Wendy Strgar and Good Clean Love Online:

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About our guest:

Wendy Strgar is an award-winning entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Good Clean Love. Wendy started Good Clean Love in 2003 after hearing from many women about, and experiencing for herself, the painful side effects of using petrochemical-based hygiene and intimacy products. Under Wendy\\u2019s leadership, Good Clean Love is a champion of sustainable business practices. In 2018, the company launched a carbon offset initiative; its flagship product, Almost Naked personal lubricant, became the first-ever Carbon Neutral intimacy product in the world. Good Clean Love is also one of the only personal care product brands whose products are packaged using bioplastic, a material made from recyclable sugar cane.

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065: Dirty Gourmet: The Best Camping Food for Your Adventures with Emily Nielson

Published: June 27, 2019, 11:07 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 45 seconds

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064: Samir Lakhani of Project EcoSoap - Recycled soap and hygiene education around the world

Published: May 11, 2019, 9:20 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 48 seconds

Samir Lakhani and Project Ecosoap Online:

Suggested Resources from Samir:

Suggested online resource:

  • YouTube! You can learn anything from how to build wind turbines to how to drive stick shift!

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063: Slugs and Snails and Squid, Oh My! with Malacologist Jann Vendetti

Published: April 14, 2019, 4:15 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 30 seconds

Jann Vendetti & The Natural History Museum of LA Online:

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062: Environmental Education at Any Age with The Earth Lady Izolda Trakhtenberg

Published: Feb. 27, 2019, 11:34 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 seconds

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061: Experiments in Earth-Conscious Living with Rob Greenfield

Published: Feb. 14, 2019, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 24 seconds

Rob Greenfield Online:

Suggestions & Green Resource from Rob:

  • Take 12 hours off from devices each day if you can and go tech-free for 1 full day each week.
  • Learn about Winona LaDuke and other inspiring people at RobGreenfield.tv/people
  • Learn about educational and moving films at RobGreenfield.tv/films
  • Check out the project, film and\\xa0books from the Story of Stuff

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060: Love and The Clean Money Revolution with Joel Solomon

Published: Jan. 19, 2019, 6:40 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 10 seconds

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Suggestions from Joel:

"Political engagement," spend more time reading "sources of political\\xa0thinking, interviews, and analysis that meet enough of our values and to stay informed and to care,"

"Read more books from people and voices who have been left out of the equation"

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059: Everyone has a 1% with Kate Williams, CEO of One Percent for the Planet

Published: Jan. 6, 2019, 5:19 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 22 seconds

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058: Sustainable Beekeeping and Making a Difference in the Peace Corps with Katherine Milling

Published: Nov. 29, 2018, 1:36 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 41 seconds

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057: Let's talk microplastics with Jay Sinha of Life Without Plastic

Published: Nov. 5, 2018, 3:03 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 43 seconds

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056: Climate Adaptation, what it is and why it matters, with Doug Parsons

Published: Oct. 15, 2018, 10:08 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 17 seconds

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055: Being the change and making an impact at any age with Sam Demma and Dillon Mendes of PickWaste

Published: Sept. 1, 2018, 12:22 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 26 seconds

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054: Capturing Big Trees and Cultivating Curiosity with author and professor Matt Ritter

Published: Aug. 12, 2018, 4:57 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 5 seconds

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052: Protecting our Public Lands with The Conservation Funds Director of Strategic Planning Will Allen

Published: July 12, 2018, 9:23 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 22 seconds

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051: Building Our Cities, One Recycled Shipping Container at a Time with Paul Galvin of SG Blocks

Published: June 8, 2018, 1:05 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 42 seconds

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050: Greenlid, the world's first compostable kitchen composting bin, with Jackson Wyatt

Published: May 31, 2018, 7 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 6 seconds

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049: Healing from the Inside Out with Eva Vennari of the Elevate Institute

Published: May 24, 2018, 7 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 31 seconds

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048: Going Zero Waste and getting healthy with Kathryn Kellogg

Published: May 17, 2018, 7:05 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 17 seconds

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047: Gardening and Coding with From Seed to Spoon app developer Dale Spoonemore

Published: May 8, 2018, 4:03 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 19 seconds

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046: Top 5 Tips for Reducing Paper Waste

Published: May 3, 2018, 7 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 6 seconds

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045: Fighting for Clean Water Worldwide with WaterAid America's CEO Sarina Prabasi

Published: April 26, 2018, 7 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 54 seconds

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044: Online Adventure Communities and Creating Your Own Opportunities with Love Her Wild's Bex Band

Published: April 19, 2018, 6:20 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 28 seconds

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043: Positive Impact through Incremental Habits with Aint No Planet B's Zoe Jazz

Published: April 5, 2018, 8:46 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 17 seconds

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042: Eco-friendly and Sustainable Event Planning with Chance Thompson

Published: March 22, 2018, 7 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 10 seconds

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041: Slow Lifestyle, Culture Making, and The End of Poverty? with Matthew Stillman

Published: March 17, 2018, 6:58 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 47 seconds

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040: Sustainable, Responsible and Impact (SRI) Investing with Marc de Sousa-Shields

Published: March 8, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 53 seconds

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039: Public Policy and Environmental Podcasting with Earth Matters Host Lawson Hunter

Published: March 1, 2018, 8 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 40 seconds

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038: Mountain Climbing and Climate Science with Explorer John All

Published: Feb. 22, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 3 seconds

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037: Advocating for a better planet with Ellen Hielkema of Power Women in Green Podcast

Published: Feb. 15, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 39 seconds

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036: Wildlife and Wilderness Conservation Through Law Enforcement with Jessica Graham

Published: Feb. 8, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 38 seconds

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035: Veganism and Animal Cruelty, Creating a Better Planet for Everyone, with Erica Sodos

Published: Jan. 26, 2018, 1:32 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 32 seconds

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034: Urban foraging and eating local with Mallory O'Donnell

Published: Jan. 18, 2018, 4:42 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 11 seconds

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033: Rebuilding coral reefs and keeping our oceans healthy with Gator Halpern and Sam Teicher of Coral Vita

Published: Jan. 11, 2018, 8:05 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 10 seconds

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032: Easiest Ways to Go Green in 2018

Published: Jan. 5, 2018, 8:35 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 33 seconds

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031: Solving food waste and ending hunger one box of produce at a time with Rick Nahmias

Published: Dec. 28, 2017, 8:05 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 17 seconds

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030: Wildlife documentaries with Eyes on Conservation podcast host Matt Podolsky

Published: Dec. 21, 2017, 8:05 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 18 seconds

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029: Coffee Scrubs and Eco-podcasting with Trashy Beauty's Barbara Lee

Published: Dec. 14, 2017, 8:05 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 48 seconds

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028: Tackling Waste in the Health and Beauty industry with Plaine Products' Lindsey McCoy

Published: Dec. 7, 2017, 8:30 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 34 seconds

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027: Revolutionizing recycling one cigarette butt at a time with TerraCycle's Tom Szaky

Published: Nov. 30, 2017, 8:05 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 3 seconds

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026: Our Right to a Healthy Environment with Maya van Rossum

Published: Nov. 23, 2017, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 44 seconds

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025: Use Your Money to Make a Difference with Cara MacMillan

Published: Sept. 27, 2016, 4:25 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 11 seconds

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024: Fracking is No Laughing Matter with Comedian Ron Placone

Published: Sept. 9, 2016, 8:01 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 7 seconds

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023: Tiny House, Big Decision with Tiny House Podcast Co-host Perry Gruber

Published: Sept. 7, 2016, 7:37 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 22 seconds

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022: Fermentation on Wheels with Tara Whitsitt

Published: Aug. 21, 2016, 7:05 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 9 seconds

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021: Ecological Art and Bringing Nature Into the Home with Ashley Lieber

Published: July 28, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 9 seconds

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020: Radical Self Care and Natural Beauty Products with Tameko Rowe

Published: June 22, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 38 seconds

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019: Children and Healthy Eating Habits with Kathryn Kemp Guylay

Published: May 5, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 22 seconds

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018: Building Community Through Urban Farming With Greg Peterson

Published: April 26, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 15 seconds

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017: Upcycling Plastic, from Runway to Everyday with Sara Wiener

Published: March 30, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 10 seconds

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016: Holism, Food Activism and Environmental Justice with Nikki Silvestri

Published: March 15, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 11 seconds

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015: The Urban Forest and the Importance of Trees with Cindy Blain

Published: March 7, 2016, 8 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 19 seconds

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ASM: Sometimes Your Why Finds You

Published: Feb. 23, 2016, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 26 seconds

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013: Charting Your Own Path to a Career in Sustainability with Take 3's Tim Silverwood

Published: Oct. 30, 2015, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 56 seconds

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012: What Should I Eat and Other Food for Thought with Food, Health & Wellness Educator Lauren Nixon

Published: Oct. 27, 2015, 7 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 53 seconds

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011: Ending Food Waste One Ugly Apple at a Time with Jordan Figueiredo

Published: Oct. 19, 2015, 7 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 53 seconds

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010: Getting Real About What Kind of Action Really Improves the Planet with Colin Beavan

Published: Oct. 13, 2015, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 17 seconds

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009: Saving the Rainforest One Cell Phone at a Time with Topher White

Published: Oct. 8, 2015, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 31 seconds

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007: There's BPA in My What? Jay Sinha Talks Plastics and Running an Earth Conscious Business

Published: Oct. 1, 2015, 7 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 48 seconds

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006: Living a Zero-Waste Lifestyle with Bea Johnson

Published: Sept. 28, 2015, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 57 seconds

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005: Team Dynamics and Giving Back to the Community with Denzel Austin Thompson

Published: Sept. 24, 2015, 7 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 9 seconds

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004: Fermentation and Other Kitchen DIY with Anne-Marie Bonneau of ZeroWasteChef.com

Published: Sept. 21, 2015, 7 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 3 seconds

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002: Sustainable Burial Practices with Katrina Spade of the Urban Death Project

Published: Sept. 13, 2015, 7:02 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 47 seconds

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001: Intentional Living with Greg Seaman of Earth Easy

Published: Sept. 13, 2015, 7:01 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 27 seconds

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000: Welcome to A Sustainable Mind

Published: Sept. 13, 2015, 7 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 44 seconds

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