Adventures in Sustainable Living

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 99   Earth Over Shoot Day       Years ago I used to work in a small veterinary practice in Conifer, Colorado. At the time this community was a very small and at lunch time I would walk up on the hill side and sit in a groove of old growth forest. It was quiet, very green, and offered a little reprieve from a busy practice....

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 98   Sustainable Leadership Lessons We Can Learn From Animals       If you focus at all on sustainability then you already know that the 3 pillars of sustainability are economic, environmental, and social, less formally referred to as people, planet, and profits.   But in order for any of this to be feasible, for any...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 97   Climate Adaptation: Can We Do It?     As talks about climate change become increasingly serious, many of us are either weary of hearing about it, we are anxious about it, or we just do not know what to do. More and more often we hear this term “climate emergency” knowing very well the use of the term“emergency” usually mea...

   Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 96   How to Start a Homestead Part Two       In my first episode about homesteading I covered a variety of topics to help point you in the right direction. I did not talk much about the specifics of homesteading but I did lay the basic foundation for success.     In this episode I want to get down to...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 95   How to Start a Homestead     I find it interesting that humanity has grown into a global community that is so interdependent that if one country suffers an environmental disaster, a financial collapse, massive crop failure, a water crises, or even a foreign invasion that it has a dramatic affect on the global economy. Does...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 94   Can the Entire World Thrive on Renewable Energy?     As you may well know, talks of climate change are becoming increasingly serious. Updates are in the news almost daily so it is difficult to ignore. Furthermore, there are some new books soon to be published on the topic that paint a pretty grim outlook for our future on...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 93   Eco-Friendly Camping     Spending time in the outdoors is by far one of my favorite things to do. That is why I love living in the middle of the forest. I can walk out my door and enjoy nature without ever leaving home.   But, there are times when I do want to leave the homestead and spend time somewhere else.  ...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 92   The Science of Climate Change: Are We There Yet?         As most of you may know by now the discussions and concerns about climate change are becoming increasingly serious. Additionally, recent surveys in the United States and United Kingdom reveal that approximately 75% of us are concerned about it.   &nbsp...

  Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 91   Eco-Anxiety and How to Cope With It       You have likely heard me say before that we are in fact living in unprecedented times. We now live in a world that is changing so rapidly that even the most sound minded person is likely having trouble feeling some sense of security.     If that is how you fee...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 90   Carbon Paw Prints: Tips for Sustainable Pet Ownership Part Two       Welcome back folks to the second episode on sustainable pet ownership. In part one I tried to get you prepared for the fact that the dogs and cats that we keep as pets do in many ways have a significant environmental impact. Mostly I talked about &nb...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 89   Carbon Paw Prints: Tips for Sustainable Pet Ownership Part One   For months now I’ve been focusing on the environmental impact of human activity, our lifestyles and our diet. But so far I have failed in one respect. I have failed to include the furry friends that we have and how they impact the environment as well.   &nbsp...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 88   Ten Myths and Misconceptions of Sustainable Living     By far the most common reaction I get when I talk about my off grid lifestyle is “You are crazy. How is it even possible to do that?” When I discuss sustainable living I get similar reactions such as it’s too difficult, it’s too expensive, or I just like beef too much....

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 87   From Local to Global: Is Simplicity a Thing of the Past?       Truly there are few things simpler and more satisfying than walking out to your garden to pick the fresh produce that will be a part of your dinner. What is even better is picking fresh herbs from your garden that are packed with a tremendous flavor that y...

. Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 86   Sustainability Trends for 2022       We now live in a world that is changing so rapidly that even the most sound minded person is certainly having trouble feeling some sense of security. And while that may be true, not all of the changes are necessarily bad.     You have often heard me say that you’d bette...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 85   What Happened to Our Energy Security     As you have likely heard me say before, sustainability is your best security blanket. But part of being sustainable is managing as many of your personal resources as possible. After all, as long as someone else is in control of your resources, someone else is in control of your life...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 84   The True Cost of Sustainable Living       For years I’ve heard complaints about how expensive it is to live off the grid. Now I hear all about how expensive it is to live sustainably. But is this really true? And even if it is, no matter what the cost, is our convenience really worth compromising our future on this pl...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 83   Thinking Upstream     I often marvel at the complexity and enormity of the natural world. Consider for a moment the Mississippi River. This river discharges almost 4.5 million gallons of water per second.   But it doesn’t start out that way. I got to wondering what I would find if I went upstream? Where does this rive...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 82   Walls, Weapons and Wisdom     We pay our federal income taxes every year as a “price of civilization” and then we sit back and watch our government spend our tax dollars like an irresponsible teenager with a credit card.     Furthermore I sit back and observe this massive machine of civilization that we have crea...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 81   Apathy, Optimism Bias, and Fossil of the Day     From time to time we have all been apathetic about something. meaning we are simply indifferent to what is going on around us. If left unaddressed, apathy can lead to significant consequences in our lives. But sometimes we are even informed of those consequences and yet we d...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 80   Household Hazardous Waste and How to Avoid It   Whenever someone mentions hazardous waste, you most likely think of big industry, or perhaps even radioactive material that is stored in some unknown place out of harms way. But unfortunately we commonly have numerous hazardous materials in our homes.     Furthermore we...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 79   Recycling Part Three   Six Common Household Items and How to Recycle Them     Recycling is all about reducing the amount of waste that goes to the landfill. If you talk about recycling, most people instantly think about paper, plastic, glass, aluminum, and vegetable cans. However, there are a number of other things in...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 78   Recycling Part Two   We Need to Ditch Performative Environmentalism     With all the talk about going green, I look at some of the things we do and question if we are doing more harm than good. Now more than ever we use every “R” word in the book: reuse, recycle, regenerate, reclaim, reabsorb, recreate, and even more....

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 77   Recycling Part One   Recycling is Broken. How Do We Fix It?       In today’s world you would think that recycling would be one of those no brainers. But then again you would think that climate action would be a no brainer as well especially since we have known about climate change for over 125 years. But yet here...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 76 How to Thrive Outside of Mainstream Living sustainably is really truly nothing new. Yet because our modern culture has warped our way of thinking and sense of values, most people think of it as an “alternative lifestyle”. When the reality is that living sustainably should be considered mainstream. But I have often said that when you find yourself...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 075 Can We Change Human Instincts?   My niece, who by the way is wickedly intelligent and artistic, recently pointed something out to me that I’d never thought of before. Her observation of humanity is that we are nothing more than a huge evolutionary experiment. Not only that, but this experiment is running amuck and that is what is getting us...