Adventures in Sustainable Living

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 074 Growing the Next World Wonder   Unless you are particularly interested in Earth’s history, most people do not think in terms of a geological time scale. This is because geological time is measured in eons, eras, periods, epochs and ages. This corresponds to anything from 1 billion years to millions.   But due to our lifespan we only re...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 73   Tips and Tricks for Living in Small Spaces     I mentioned in E67 that our homes account for approximately 30% of our ecological impact. I have also mentioned before that most of us can live on much less than what we do. Helping you to accomplish just that is the focus of this three part series on the art of living small....

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 72   What No One Tells You About Living Small       In my last episode I spoke about the pros and cons of living small. I talked about how it is more affordable, how you can live without a mortgage, how you can simplify your life, how it is possible to be debt free. While all of that may sound attractive, you also have to...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 71   The Pros and Cons of Living Small     Part of the focus of sustainable living is being mindful of the impact you have on the world around you. As you have no doubt heard me say, every single thing we do has some sort of impact. But there are numerous ways to reduce our individual ecological foot print.     I have...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 70   Life Without Plastic Part Two: The Homemade Products       Despite our best efforts to rid our lives of plastic and reduce plastic pollution, there is the possibility that we may loose, meaning plastics may actually win out and we have to deal with this problem forever. But we have to remind ourselves to do the best w...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 69   Life Without Plastic Part One: The No Brainers       We are often told to reduce our waste production, conserve water, recycle, eat less meat, drive less, convert to renewable energy, and thus be more sustainable. The challenge is that a great deal of the time we are not given easily accessible, affordable options in...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   E68   It All Starts at Home: How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint   Part III     Welcome back everyone. This is part three of how to reduce your carbon footprint. In this episode I am going to focus on what we eat.     Our agriculture systems have truly put us in a predicament. It has long been known that this is the sour...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 67   It All Starts at Home Part II     One of the most common questions I hear regarding sustainability is “How can I reduce my carbon footprint?” The answer to that question is not the same for everyone. For example, a sherpa in Nepal that spends his time taking people up Mount Everest has a completely different carbon footpri...

dventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 66   It All Starts at Home Part I       As the result of my association with several groups and forums focused on sustainability I have begun to see trends in the types of questions that people ask. One of the most common questions that comes up is “How do I reduce my carbon footprint?”     Maybe I’ve spent way to...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 65   Blue Foods May Be the Green Future     There is no doubt that our daily diet plays a major role in our environmental impact. Our choices of the food that we consume on a daily basis does make a difference. In fact it makes such a big difference that private industry as well as some governments around the world are investig...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode #64   What’s Cookin’ With Synthetic Meat       We already know that agricultural activities produce some of our greatest environmental impact. Yet some sort of agriculture is needed in order to produce food because we are beyond the point of hunting and gathering. World population is expected to reached 9.8 billion by the...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 63 One Simple Thing Can Change the World   There are several things that I can look back on and definitively say that those things changed the course of my life. For example decisions and choices I made, unexpected events, simply being in the right place at the right time, and sometimes just plain bad luck. And I am sure that many of you can sa...

Adventures in Sustainable Living   Episode 62   Pick One     In this episode I just want to give you not only a reality check but also a quick, thought provoking message regarding sustainability and why that is so important in our ever changing world. I am going to touch on several different important topics So, I truly hope you will stick around to the end because I really do...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast     Episode #61   Twelve Tips for Sustainable Travel         Over the past year or so, many of our normal activities have been put on hold. But that is starting to change, albeit slowly. If you are at all like me, you want to simply get out of the house and go do something, possibly even travel. But as the world returns to...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode #60   The Value of Reconnecting with Natur e       In 1950 less than 65 percent of Americans lived in cities. But presently nearly 83% of us live in or around a major city. And this trend is remarkably similar on a global scale. By 2050, it is projected that nearly 70% of the global population will live in urban areas. &nb...

  Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 59     Climate Migration Has Begun     Since the founding of St. Augustine, Florida by Spanish colonist in 1565, and the establishment of the first English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia in 1607, America has always been viewed as the land of opportunity.   Economic opportunity, political freedom, and religio...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode #58     Twelve Unexpected Consequences of Climate Change       Did you know there is a direct link between our melting polar ice caps and increased volcanic activity? There is also a link between shrinking buffalo, faster growing trees, and fewer tasty beers coming out of Belgium. And why is the King Crab invading Ant...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 57   Life According to the Weather       Did you know that you can calculate the atmospheric temperature by using a cricket? Yes it is true and I can even give you the formula if you like. But did you also know that dogs can sense a coming storm? Did you know that sharks can sense an approaching hurricane? And some animals...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 56   Stop Eating C.R.A.P.   The Good, the Bad, the Ugly of Eating Processed Foods     I actually have no memory of eating store bought meat until I was 18 years old. This is because there were two working farms in my family. We had a large garden and raised a lot of animals.   There were numerous fruit and nut trees o...

. Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 55   Faith in Humanity     Since this is the holiday season, I want to diverge a little bit from my usual format but still of course focus on the principles of sustainability.   The three pillars of sustainability are economy, society and environment, which can also be translates as   profit, people, and planet. Now...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 54   How to Have a Sustainable Christmas       Some of my best childhood memories revolve around holiday celebrations. The holidays were always a time of great excitement and anticipation. They were about family, fun, lots of good food and, of course, Santa Claus.     But as I have gotten older, my views on many...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 53   The Dirty Details of Paper Towels       Have you ever noticed how your perceptions change over time. For example, you have a childhood memory of some place being really big and then you go back to the same place as an adult only to realize it was actually very small. The same is true for how we view the world at large...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 52   Your Carbon Footprint is Just a Sham     If you have listened to some of my previous episodes, then you have heard me say more than once that preventing a single piece of trash from going to the landfill is not going to save the planet. But, a lifetime of sustainable habits will.     Similarly, focusing on your c...

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 51   Is E-Commerce Killing the Planet?       There are few things I dislike more than going shopping. When I do, it is out of sheer necessity. I walk into a place of business with a mission in mind, purchase what I need and immediately leave.   However, online shopping from some e-commerce platform saves me from all o...

  Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 50   Edible Insects       The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization say that agricultural production on a global scale will have to increase by 70% in order to feed a global population that is expected to reach 9.1 billion people by the year 2050.   Yet agricultural production is one of the largest d...