Adventures in Sustainable Living

  Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 274 How to Transition to a Plant Based Diet Part One   As you could likely guess, humanity is now faced with a long list of challenges that many would consider unsolvable. In addition to that there are so many opposing opinions about how to solve these issues, that most people suffer from information overload, feel completely helpless, a...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 273 Life Without Social Media Part Three   In my opinion, one of the most significant social issues of our time is social media and the effects it has had on our culture and how it has fundamentally changed the fabric of our society. Social media came rolling into our lives and promised a new way to communicate, make new friends, promote your b...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 272 Life Without Social Media Part Two   Sooner or later the circumstances of your every day life are going to force you to make a trade off. It is part of being an adult, managing your own life and taking responsibility for your choices. Some times those trade off are beneficial. At other times we look back and say to ourselves “I’ll never to...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 271 Life Without Social Media Part One   Who cares about the price of tea in China? This is something my father said quite frequently. He used this whenever we were concerned or focused on something that had no bearing on what was actually going on in front of us. Yet with the advent of the internet and especially social media, we are constantl...

  Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 270 Local First Build You Life Around Place, Not Convenience   I am always astounded when one single event in our world has a profound impact on the entire global economy. It is now possible for one small disruption in one country on the other side of the planet to affect our daily lives. How can this possibly happen? You may not realize...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 269 A 12 Month Plan for Sovereign Living Part Two   Most certainly we have all at one point in time come to the realization that we were tired of someone else telling us what to do. We become weary of someone making decisions that affect our well-being when we have no say in the matter. No where does this come more to the forefront of our lives...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 268 A 12 Month Plan for Sovereign Living Part One   As you well know, independence, self sufficiency, and sustainable living are at the heart of much of my life.   I talk about it, write about it, podcast about it and live it everyday. But I also accept the fact that if everyone lived the way I do, our society and economy would simply not...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 267 The 30 Day Stop the Consumption Challenge Part Two   In last week’s episode I laid the foundation of why and how we shifted to a consumer culture. Although this was a gradual shift, it was also highly planned and organized. The Industrial Revolution was only the beginning. For the first time in human history our societies were able to produ...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast  Episode 266 The 30 Day Stop the Consumption Challenge Part One   Most everyone alive today has either grown up in or been conditioned to a consumer culture. We constantly purchase more than we need which of course requires the on-going production of more products. This in turn requires the extraction and processing of more resources which results...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 265 12 Month Sustainability Action Plan   It is sometimes difficult for me to believe that I have been living at the cabin for 30 years. I often reflect on how I went about building this isolated homestead, how much work it was and just how long it took. But I also commonly think about what I would change if I had it to do over again. Most peop...

Welcome back everyone to the Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast. This is your host Patrick and this is E264 which is part two of Food Waste: The World’s Most Solvable Environmental Problem. In the last episode we covered the first five out of ten reasons why the reduction of food waste has such a significant positive environment impact. Unlike so many other global problems, reducing our food...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 263 Food Waste: The World’s Most Solvable Environmental Problem   If you spend enough time watching the news, then you already know that our world has a long list of problems. Many of these issues, especially the environmental ones, seem so far out of our reach that we doubt whether or not our personal efforts will ever make a difference. ...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 260 Powerful Alone, Unstoppable Together: How Individuals Can Help Their Country Become More Environmentally Friendly   Very early in the production of this podcast I produced an episode on the greenest countries in the world, meaning those that are the most environmentally friendly. Countries that are on this list are evaluated by very specifi...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 262  The Art of Slow Living One of the advantages of working in different cultures is that you gain a completely different perspective on life. You step outside of your daily routine, experience different values, eat different foods, and make new friends. But such experiences also help you to realize some of the pitfalls of your own society. On...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 261 Seven Tips for Sustainable Living in 2026   Over the past couple of years, you have listened me talk about a wide variety of topics focusing on sustainable living. While researching these topics, I have repeatedly come across articles that would condemn us for destroying the planet with the end message focused on how we should change the wa...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 259 Habits for Sustainable Success: The Little Things Make a Difference   Humanity is now the dubious owner of a long laundry list of environment issues that we have to solve. Obviously   some are more pressing than others. Despite this, we tend to go about our daily business as if nothing is wrong. Why is that? Do you ever stop to ask you...

Over the last several hundred years there have been an increasing number of people moving to urban areas. But have you ever ask yourself if it is healthier to live in the city or in a rural area. Or is it more environmentally friendly to live in the city versus the country side. Which lifestyle has the least environmental impact? There is no doubt that urbanization has reshaped our land, our lifes...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 257 How to Solve Our Global Challenges in One Generation   Years ago I built this really nice storage shed at the cabin. It is where we store a lot of our extra dry goods and it also houses our chest freezer. But, despite the size of the shed, it is in a perpetual state of disarray.   I have this really bad habit of just closing the door a...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 256 🌊 Ocean Acidification — The Silent Threat Beneath the Waves   Most of us love going to the beach. There is something soothing about listening to the sound of the waves, relaxing in the sun and then cooling off with a refreshing swim. If you enjoy snorkeling, that adds another layer of enjoyment. If you are a scuba diver like I am, that add...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 255 Food Scarcity and the Urban Diet Pressure Loop Part Two   One of the things that humanity does best is to go about our daily business despite warnings that we should change. The reason for this is that we are better at responding to emergencies than we are about planning for the future. As long as life seems good we just keep doing what we...

  Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast  Episode 254  Food Scarcity and the Urban Diet Pressure Loop  Part One   When you live in a developed country where life tends to be stable, it is easy to get the impression that all is good in the world and there are no worries. Most of us calmly go about our daily business and much of the time the vast array of global issues are...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 253 Is It Possible to Feed the World Without Destroying It? It has long been known that our current methods of agriculture are harmful to the environment. Scientists and environmentalists have been warning us for many years now that we need to rethink our present food systems. Despite this, in the coming years we are going to need to produce twice a...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 252 What Can Be Done About Deforestation?   🌳 The Magnitude and Effects of Deforestation   There are so many times that I sit in front of my cabin enjoying the fact that I am completely surrounded by trees. During the 29 years that I have owned this property, I have always been determined to leave it in it’s original state as much as poss...

  Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 251 How to Reduce and Eliminate Plastic Pollution   There is a long list of environmental problems that we are faced with today. As you learned from my last episode, our dependence on fossil fuels is at the top of that list. Solving the problem of fossil fuels will be difficult because our entire culture has been built on the use of this...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 250 The Top 15 Environmental Concerns: Reducing Our Dependence on Fossil Fuels   As you could likely guess, there is a whole list of environmental concerns that we are face with in our modern world. When you look at this list, it is easy to see why people are completely overwhelmed and feel as if their individual action makes no difference. At...