Everyday Green Home

The desire to create a green and healthy environment comes to everyone from a different place, and for many of us, it was something in our childhood that initially sparked our interest. My guest for today, Sara Ivey, spent much of her childhood playing outside, and gardening, composting, and recycling was the norm in her family home while she and her brother were growing up.  I invited Sara to joi...

Life has changed in so many different ways for everyone as a result of the global pandemic, particularly in the area of schooling, which has become a big issue for most parents. So I invited Beth Brown and Keri Knutson to join me today to talk about some solutions.  Beth and Keri both have children in school, and they have been doing a lot of work to solve the current problems around schooling. Th...

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. A couple of years ago, my regular co-host, Tony Pratte, and I did a podcast about these three Rs. The idea behind this trio of actions is to extend the life of an item so that we don't keep on having to manufacture new ones.   Well, there's a fourth 'R' now, and that's REFUSE, which gives us the power to refuse to act in any way that will add to the current global crisi...

Companies that pledge to be a force for good! That's exactly what B Corporations do. Gail Garey, founder of Impact 360 Strategies, shares what B Corporations are, and how her love of the outdoors and her corporate background set the stage for her work with B Corporations.     Her mission is to guide and empower business professionals to accelerate environmentally friendly and socially responsible...

You can make a bigger difference than you think to the environment by making small changes to what's on your plate.  We're talking about food today, and we have Hannah Levbarg joining us to talk about how to green your plate. Hannah will be discussing the benefits of plant-based nutrition, and she will explain the effects of a plant-based diet on the environment. About Hannah Hannah is a realtor i...

Today, Tony Pratte, our regular co-host from The Sound Room, joins us once again on the show. In the Everyday Green Home Podcast, we talk about green homes, green living, and green communities. And we discuss how to make all of it work for you in your life, and why it all matters. We offer solutions, and we love to talk about the kind of choices that all of us can make, to make our homes, and ulti...

For the whole of July, we're on a trend. So everything that we will be talking about on the podcast this month will be based on the theme of independence through personal choices.  Today, we're talking about buying local, and we're very excited to have Chelsey Simpson joining us as our guest on the show. Chelsey will be talking to us about the stores she co-owns, about what goes into sourcing the...

Today, we're very happy to be having a conversation with Suzanne Shelton, from the Shelton Group.  The Shelton Group is the country's leading marketing communications firm, exclusively focused in the ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) space, and it exists to help companies gain a market advantage, as a result of what they are doing to create a world that is both sustainable, and socially...

Today, we're happy to have Christy Howell, from CRH Design + Build, joining us. Christy was on the show previously, about a year-and-a-half ago, when her business was going through a transition phase.   She is currently building a pilot home using the incredible ICF (Insulated Concrete Form) technology blocks, which she describes as being like large Lego blocks for adults. Building a home with thi...

We're happy to have our regular guest, Tina Gleisner, from Home Tips for Women, joining us on the show today!  Tina is an expert in home maintenance, and how to get things done around the house, whether it's DIY or calling in professional help.  In today's episode of the Everyday Green Home Podcast, we will be talking about budgeting and planning for the bigger expenses for the maintenance, improv...

Over the last couple of months, due to the global pandemic, the entire structure is being re-analyzed, and people are starting to make changes based on what they're finding. Today, Tony Pratte, our regular co-host, joins us to talk about what we can do, incrementally, to green up our homes. This is an exciting topic because now that we are all spending more time at home, we're beginning to notice...

We have Dave Miller, from Delta Electronics, joining us today to talk about bathroom ventilation and bath fans.  Ventilation is very important, yet it's something that's often overlooked.  About Delta Delta Electronics came out of Taiwan and they have been going for almost fifty years. They are a very diverse firm, with a core philosophy of energy efficiency, good stewardship of the environment, a...

We're very excited to have Sharon Rowe, the creator, and founder of ECOBAGS ™, and the author of  The Magic of Tiny Business: You Don't Have to Go Big to Make a Great Living,   back on the show with us today!   For a long time, environmental movements have been telling everyone to work together. That has become more important at this time than ever before. Now is the time that we need to stand up...

JW Peters, the President of Solar Power of Oklahoma, joins us today to talk about solar power for homes. JW wants his company to have a strong voice within the community and within the state, to make sure that he is doing everything he can to promote solar. JW and Marla both serve on the Board for the Oklahoma Renewable Energy Council.  Currently, the US gets a lot of energy from burning fossil fu...

Tony Pratte, our once-a-month guest co-host from The Sound Room, joins us today to talk about no-touch smart homes.   Tony has an extensive background in smart homes and automation. With the Coronavirus pandemic, it's very helpful to have automated, no-touch systems in place in your home.   A wireless world Currently, we are going further and further along the route of wireless internet inside the...

We are very excited to have Tony Pratte, our regularly-scheduled guest host, joining us again for today's podcast. In this episode, Tony will be talking to us about landscaping for energy efficiency. Tony likes to keep his mind active, so he is currently one class away from finishing up a project management program at St. Louis University.   And his business is still moving, even with the current...

It's time to get growing! Jackie Marie Beyer, of the Green Organic Garden Podcast, joins us once again for today's show. Jackie has been podcasting for a little over five years now and she runs a one-woman-show. At the time of this recording, she had single-handedly produced 311 episodes of her podcast, while also working full-time as a teacher.   Jackie had what she describes as a "brown thumb" w...

Today, Tony Pratte, our regular monthly co-host from The Soundroom, joins us on the podcast.   Because the world has been turned upside down right now, and things are a little crazy for everyone, we're going to be doing things a bit differently. For today's podcast, Marla and Tony will be reversing roles, so Tony will be driving the show, and Marla will be the co-host.   Things are changing– some...

There's so much happening in the world right now, as we find ourselves in the middle of an unprecedented global pandemic. This led Marla to reach out to today's guest, Jackie Marie Beyer, of the Green Organic Garden Podcast, because there is always something we can do, and Jackie has some really helpful information to share with all of us today.   Jackie is Marla's resident expert about all things...

Tina Gleisner, our regular guest from Home Tips For Women, joins us again today to talk about home maintenance. For the last seventeen years, Tina has been working in a variety of different ways within the arena of home maintenance, so she has become a treasure trove of knowledge.   Women are taking responsibility for maintaining their homes In years gone by, many women used to think that home mai...

Our guest for today is Jessica Jacobs Thompson, and today's podcast is about the product that Jessica and her sister, Jana, produce and sell, called First Saturday Lime.   About First Saturday Lime First Saturday Lime is a healthy alternative to pesticides. It is a once-a-month application, just like most other pest controls. It took years of research and testing to develop this product, which is...

We have Gay Harris as our guest for today's podcast. Gay and her husband, Mickey, are the founders and owners of a company called Superior Air Quality, and they are the suppliers of Green Screen HVAC Filters.   How it all started Mickey and Gay have been working together for years. A while back, when they were both working for a company that was doing some insulation work in Austin to create bette...

We are very happy to have Lindsey McCoy, of Plaine Products, with us today. Lindsey's story is not like that of most entrepreneurs. Her background is in non-profit management.   Plastic everywhere Lindsey met and married her husband in the Bahamas, and when she moved there, she did environmental education work. She kept bumping into single-use plastics everywhere in the Bahamas because they don't...

Tina Gleisner is back with us today for her second interview in our series on home maintenance. In her first interview, Tina spoke to us about home maintenance in general. In today's podcast, she shares more of her deep knowledge about home maintenance, and she continues to empower women, in particular, to take good care of their homes. The most important point The most important point to remember...

Shabby Chick and Everyday Green Home are partners Everyday Green Home and Shabby Chick Cleaners have partnered up, and today, we have Shabby Chick, Amber Malcom, with us to spend a few minutes talking about some of the seventeen Shabby Chick products that are featured on Everyday Green Home. These cleaning products have all been designed to make cleaning your home green and simple.   About Amber A...