Everyday Green Home

Today, I am doing something a little different. Laryssa Kwoczak, my guest, is also a podcaster, so today, I am her guest, too. We will be releasing this podcast on her platform as well as on mine.  Listen in to our fascinating conversation to learn more about Laryssa, why bees are such an important part of our world, what you need to know before attracting bees to your garden, and so much more. Di...

Our homes have now become everything for us! That means that we have been a lot harder on them now than we were before, pre-pandemic. But we have also learned a lot more about our homes because we are spending so much more time in them lately. I have worked from home for years, so I have made sure that my home serves me well. As a result, I have a slightly different perspective, and I've learned m...

We are talking about landscaping today! Many of us are trying to figure out ways to make our homes look more appealing and feel more comfortable. The pandemic gave us the ideal opportunity to experiment with different ways to improve things in and around our houses. Some of what I will be sharing with you today is about how to take those experiments a little bit further. I, for one, have been havi...

I'm Marla, on the Everyday Green Home Podcast. I am excited to have Tony Pratte joining me on the show today! Tony and I are good friends. We have known each other and worked together for many years. He used to be a regular co-host on this podcast back when it was called The Green Gab.   Today, we will be talking about a big, hot topic. We will be discussing the climate crisis, also called climate...

I'm Marla, the Green Home Coach. Right now, health and wellness are everything, so I'm excited to have the opportunity to help you explore some things around your home that you may be able to do a little differently.   We are all spending much more time at home lately. That means that we are putting a lot more wear and tear on our homes than we did before, so you may be cleaning things up, changin...

I'm Marla, the Green Home Coach, and I'm back today with Chapter 7, the final chapter of my book, Living Green Effortlessly: Simple Choices for a Better Home . On today's episode, you're going to learn what a Certified Green Home is and the various reasons why you might want to consider one. Whether you dream big or dream small, there's something out there for everyone, as you'll soon find out. Li...

I'm Marla, the Green Home Coach, and I'm back to discuss Chapter 6 of my book, Living Green Effortlessly- Simple Choices for a Better Home . I hope you will find some helpful information to help you make simple choices for your better home because that is what this podcast is all about.  Today, we'll dig into understanding the components and the systems in our homes and how to get information abou...

I'm Marla, The Green Home Coach. Thank you for joining me on the journey of learning about your home, and discovering how you can make some simple choices to make it an even better, greener home.  Today, we will be covering Chapter 5 of my book, Living Green Effortlessly: Simple Choices for a Better Home . Chapter 5 is about landscaping. Your home sits on the land, it interacts with that land, the...

Today, I'm sharing a podcast that I recorded with Madison Hopkins for her podcast, the Modern Ways Eco-Friendly Homes Podcast. Madison is quite the go-getter! She is also a real estate agent with Moving With Madison in the Denver area. In this episode, Madison and I talk about the 5 Myths of Green Homes. It is a guide that I put out, and it is available on my website.  We dive into the five myths...

I'm Marla, The Green Home Coach. I'm back today with another chapter from my book, Living Green Effortlessly: Simple Choices for a Better Home .  I wrote the book to help you and share some of my experiences so that you won't have to make the same mistakes that I was making.  Our homes have a secret life that we may not even know about as a result of all the complexities of our modern lifestyle. Y...

I'm Marla, the Green Home Coach. Thank you for joining me today for another chapter of my book, Living Green Effortlessly: Simple Choices for a Better Home .  Simplifying has been high on my list right now, and my book can help you make some simple choices for a better outcome!  With the help of my book, we will be covering another set of systems and features of your home to help you make the best...

I'm Marla, the Green Home Coach. Thank you for coming to learn about how you can take advantage of all that I have to share with you to make your home healthier, more comfortable, and safer.  This podcast series is about my book, Living Green Effortlessly- Simple Choices for a Better Home .  I wrote the book because I understand that making more educated and better choices about our homes can have...

I'm Marla, the Green Home Coach, and I welcome you to the first unit of teaching based on my book, Living Green Effortlessly: Simple Choices for a Better Home . I would like to talk to you about green homes and explain why they are the best homes of all. I'd also like to tell you how easy it is to green your home, and if you want to go all-in and create your own dream green home, we can talk about...

Welcome to another episode of the Everyday Green Home Podcast! This will be my last podcast for the year, and what a year it's been! When we look back on this past year, my hope is that we are able to see the silver linings that were in amongst all the challenges that we faced in 2020. I'm pulling another great episode from the archives for today's show. It features my regular guest and co-host, T...

Today, Steve Hengsperger, the founder of Tersano, the company that created the iClean, is joining me as my guest for the show.  Steve started Tersano back in 2002, and they work with ozone technology for water treatment.  Ozone has been used for quite some time in water treatment systems on a large scale. Municipalities use it, bottled water manufacturers use it, and it is also in hot tubs and Oly...

Welcome to another episode of the Everyday Green Home Podcast! It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is almost upon us again! With all that has happened this year, I feel that it is vital for us to focus on all the things for which we can feel grateful.  I have been keeping a list of all the things I'm thankful for, like my family, friends, and my precious husband! I'm also grateful for resources...

Welcome to another episode of the Everyday Green Home Podcast! I am excited today to have Casey Grey as my guest!  Casey is the founder of The Conscious Builder. It is based in Ottawa and has a podcast and a YouTube Channel. Casey has been in the construction industry for over seventeen years, and he has had his business for a little longer than ten years.  Both Casey and his business have been gr...

I am celebrating fall today! So many things we associate with fall, like the fall harvest, and fall food, focus around the idea of community, which in this time of the pandemic, has taken on a whole new meaning.  The source of food has become a hot topic lately, and people are trying new ways to meet their food requirements. I, for one, in my efforts to avoid the discomfort of going into grocery s...

I have pulled one of my favorite instructional podcasts out of the archives for today! It features my great gardening friend, Jackie Marie Beyer, of the Green Organic Garden Podcast, as my guest. I do not have a green thumb, and this show has helped me a lot with gardening! Jackie started t he Green Organic Garden Podcast in 2015. Her initial motivation was to give her husband, their head gardener...

Today, I am excited to introduce you to Autumn McMahon, the Manager of Marketing and Member Relations at Oklahoma Electric Cooperative (OEC).  Autumn has a relatively new podcast as part of her role at OEC. It launched in April this year, around the same time as the pandemic changed the world. Surprisingly, it turned out to be a good time for her to launch a podcast! In today's episode, Autumn sha...

For the month of September, I have selected new and past guests on the podcast to showcase women who are making a difference. Today, I'm bringing yet another show that I really loved out of the archives for you to enjoy. This podcast was recorded back in May of 2017 with Suzanne Shelton, the founder and owner of Shelton Group, which is one of the leading marketing communications agencies, exclusiv...

This month, I am enjoying highlighting so many women who have made a difference! My guest for today is Donna Miller, the founder of Purse Power. Donna has made a difference in my life, and also in the lives of many other women!  Donna is a former Human Resources Executive who spent thirty years in Corporate America. A few years ago, she and her sisters came to the blinding realization that women m...

Welcome to the Everyday Green Home Podcast! Today, I'm happy to be sharing a very humorous podcast that I pulled out of the archives. My frequent co-host, Tony Pratte, and I recorded it in St. Louis, back in the spring of 2017.  In this show, Tony and I interview Angie Mendica, who works with Crescent Plumbing Supply in St. Louis. We met Angie through the Homebuilders Association in St. Louis, and...

I'm excited to share today's podcast with you! This show originally aired two years ago, back in 2018, and Sheridan Foster, the founder of the digital media company, Elemental Green, is my guest. We have a great conversation today about how Elemental Green makes it easy for you to make sustainable choices that are better for you, which will also enhance your living experience. Going green is a con...

A few years ago, I met Steve Feldman, the Founder, and CEO of Renovation Angel, on a panel presentation at the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS). Steve has had an interesting career path with an unusual twist, and in 2001, he stumbled into an incredible market that nobody else was doing at the time. He is joining me on the podcast today to share the fascinating story behind Renovation Angel, a...