Adventures in Sustainable Living

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 49   My Zero Waste Roadtrip       In E5 I gave an introduction to the concepts of zero waste by talking about 12 Steps to a Zero Waste Lifestyle. Proponents of zero waste admit that it is impossible to generate absolutely no waste. While we can reduce our household waste to almost nothing, we cannot control the production...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 48   Should We Ditch China?       Having lived and worked in several different countries what I have learned is that no country or government is perfect. Every place has its problems, its share of corruption, and quirky little things that seem to make life more difficult than it really needs to be. And this includes my hom...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 47   Your Carbon Footprint Explained       Did you know that I can list 10 simple things that you do everyday that pollute the environment. Things that you have perhaps done thousands of times and never given it a thought. And maybe it was the same for me until I produced over 40 episodes about sustainability. But having d...

Adventures in Sustainable Living   Episode 46   The Best Economy in the World       An important part of sustainability is recycling.   There are many reasons that things get recycled. For example, in 1776 during the American War for Independence, US patriots took down a statue of King George III, melted it down and used it to make over 42 K bullets.   And during...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 45   Green Growth in Action       It takes little stretch of the imagination to appreciate that in our society economic growth is directly coupled with increased environmental impact. After all, there is increased consumption of resources, increased waste and pollution, deforestation, loss of habitat and biodiversity, and...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 44   Chemical Dependency versus Sustainability     Did you know that Americans have a chemical dependency problem? And I am not referring to drugs, alcohol, marijuana, or prescription substances. Yet this chemical dependency is a very open and social thing. In fact, it is openly promoted, bragged about, and actually makes you f...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 43   Noah’s Ark All Over Again     A number of years ago I had the opportunity to travel extensively through the Amazon basin. I visited remote villages and saw things that most people never see except on the pages of National Geographic.     Yet there are so many people in the world that will never have that opportun...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 42   Lights Out     In 1977, in less than one hour,   three separate lightning strikes resulted in the entire power grid for the largest city in the United States being completely shut down. All vehicle traffic was in grid lock, thousands of people were trapped in high rise buildings and subways, all airline traffic was di...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 41 How to Overcome the Resistance to Change   Among the hundreds of people waiting to visit Mahatma Gandhi was a mother and her young son. When it was their turn, the woman asked Gandhi to speak with her son about eating sugar. Gandhi asked her to come back in two weeks.   When they returned Gandhi spoke with the boy, who agreed to begin w...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 40   Troubled Waters, The Perfect Storm Is on the Horizon       About 10 years ago, Annette and her son and I were sitting in a small cafe in some far corner of Costa Rica. Her son Erik was still very young at the time and this was his first trip out of the country. As we were sitting at the table looking at the menu, Erik...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 39   When the Rubber Meets the Road Where Does It Go?     Let me start this episode with a simple question. When the rubber meets the road, where does it go? Now I know this is a play on words. But the phrase “when the rubber meets the road” is a reference to putting a theory or idea to the test to see if it actually works. But...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 38   The Value of Simplicity       Take a good look at your lifestyle.   I think it is safe to say that most of us live under such a cloud clutter that we have long forgotten what it is like to live a simple life, much less a sustainable one.     Yet there is a lot of value in having a simple life. In fact,...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 37   Sustainability is Your Best Security Blanket       Welcome back everyone to the Adventures in Sustainable Living podcast. This is your host Patrick and this is episode # 37 which is called Sustainability is Your Best Security Blanket.     It is basic human nature that at a subconscious level, all humans crav...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 36   Ignorance Is a Choice     Hello everyone and welcome back to the Adventures in Sustainable Living podcast. This is your host Patrick and this is episode # 36 which is called Ignorance is a Choice.   As Americans, plain and simple, we are addicted to convenience. It is almost to the point of being ridiculous. And that...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 35   How to Make a Clean Get Away       Hello everyone and welcome back to the Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast. This is your host Patrick and this is episode #35 which is called How to Make a Clean Get Away.     In this episode, I want to focus on the topics of sustainable travel and ecotourism. Now that...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 34   Staying Wild May Save Us All       Hello everyone and welcome back to the Adventures in Sustainable Living podcast. This is your host Patrick and this is episode #34 which is called Staying Wild May Save Us All.     In this episode I want to first give an overview of how nature, wildness, and wilderness was...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 33   How to Kill the Vampires in Your House     Hello everyone and welcome back to the Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast. This is your host Patrick and this is episode number 33 which is called How to Kill the Vampires in Your House.     Did you know that vampires are not a thing of the past? There is actually...

Adventures in Sustainably Living Podcast   Episode 32   There is No Away   Hello everyone and welcome back to the Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast. This is your host Patrick and this is episode # 32 which is called “There is No Away: Now We Must Live with Our Leavings”.   I’d like to start this episode by asking a couple of questions:     How many of you have...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 31   12 Practical Ways to Cook Sustainably   Hello everyone and welcome back to the Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast. This is your host Patrick and this is episode #31 called 12 Practical Ways to Cook Sustainably.     What if I told you that I could give you some 12 simple tips that you could implement today that w...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 30   Nature’s Treasure Chest     Hello everyone and welcome back to the Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast. This is your host Patrick and this is episode #30 which is called Nature’s Treasure Chest: Why We Must Conserve Our Natural Heritage   In this episode I want to discuss one of my favorite topics. And in the pro...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 29   Ransom ware Hacks: A Clear Case for Sustainability and Simplicity.       Welcome back everyone to the Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast. This is your host Patrick and this is episode #29 which is called Ransom ware Hacks: A Clear Case for Sustainability and Simplicity.   I think by now that we are all awar...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 28   A Walk in the Woods     Welcome back everyone to the Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast. This is your host Patrick and this is episode #28 called A Walk in the Woods.     In this episode I am going to first try to convince you how important it is to take a walk in the woods on a regular basis. Then I am goi...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 27 The 2000 Watt Society   The 2000 Watt Society: A Proven Process for Courageous Climate Change   Hello everyone and welcome back to the Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast. This is your host Patrick and this is episode # 27 which is called The 2000 Watt Society: A Proven Process for Courageous Climate Change.   In this episode...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 26   The Real Me     Hello everyone and welcome back to the Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast. The is your host Patrick and this is episode # 26 title The Real Me.   What I want to accomplish in this episode is to give my listeners an in-depth background on where I came from and how I got to be where I am today. And...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 25   The Keystone Life of Coral     Hello everyone and welcome back to the Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast. This is your host Patrick and this is episode #25 called The Keystone Life of Coral.     In this episode I am going to introduce the concept of a keystone species, the importance of a keystone species a...