Realistic Sustainability

Nick and Mike discuss what it takes to start homesteading on any sized property. From learning to raise your own chickens to preserve your embarrassment of riches from the summertime garden, we call all do a little to reduce our reliance on processed foods. Join us while we discuss beginning homesteading.  We hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends...

Sometimes you can get an illness just from the condition of your home or workspace. Chronic headaches, coughs, and nosebleeds are just a few symptoms of Sick Building syndrome. Join Mike as he covers the basics while discussing sick building syndrome in this educational short.  We hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review...

Nick has to talk Mike through his research on printed food dates. join us as we discuss the mind-boggling findings of what each of those dates on our food really means and you just might be surprised.  We hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. The more people that we can expose to sust...

In this short, we dip our toes into the beautiful science of Biomimicry. Enjoy as we take a look at some of the examples over history where biomimicry gave us some wonderful and useful technologies.  We hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. The more people that we can expose to sustai...

This week Mike and Nick get the pleasure of interviewing Austin Sachs the Director of ETHYK . ETHYK is a browser plug-in for Chrome that helps shoppers find sustainable companies to work with. It was an honor to get an opportunity to take a sneak peek at the inner workings.  We hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on...

Just a reminder, politics doesn't rule all. Elections don't change the need. It is us and our actions that help lead the world in a positive sustainable direction, not politics.  Things have changed as of late but it is not time to relax, it is not time to take the foot off the gas when it comes to sustainability.  We hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with...

Join Mike and Nick as we work through the ideas behind gene editing. Believe it or not, there are good and bad reasons to discuss GMOs. We set the stigmas aside to discuss this touchy subject.  We hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. The more people that we can expose to sustainabili...

Grayson is back to ask the important questions like, what kinds of solar power do we use? I do love to talk about solar power, it;s my favorite kind of nuclear power.  We hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. The more people that we can expose to sustainability, the better.  Than...

Join Mike and Nick as we work through carbon cost/tax/offset credits. In a climate where regulations are considered as a job killer, we look at the whole picture and strip out political bias to decide if it's worth it in the long term.   We hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. The mo...

Addison is back this week to ask "what is the point of no return?". Join us for another educational short where we discuss exactly what is the point of no return? We hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. The more people that we can expose to sustainability, the better.  Thank you! Ple...

What started out as an attempt to discuss personal transportation effect on the environment led to us just talking about the basics of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, Hybrids Electric Vehicles (HEV) and, Electric Vehicles (EV). So, consider this an episode about the basics of each technology.  Opps, well it happens. We will revisit this topic again and dig in a bit deeper.  We...

Addison is back this week to ask "How does a coal plant work??". Join us for another educational short where we discuss the basics of coal plants. We hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. The more people that we can expose to sustainability, the better.  Thank you! Please consider to...

Could businesses be more profitable while still be responsible for the products they sell? Join Mike and Nick to scratch the surface on the complex topics of creating a circular economy.  We hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. The more people that we can expose to sustainability, th...

Grayson is back this week to ask "what is the Circular Economy?". Join us for another educational short where we discover the basics of the circular economy.  We hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. The more people that we can expose to sustainability, the better.  Thank you! Pl...

What if people were more responsible with their spending, what if we really did reduce and refuse, could capitalism withstand that change? Mike and Nick start to unpack the complex relationship between sustainability and capitalism.  We hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. The more p...

This week we skipped the educational short because we had something cooler, a listener comment. Jessie a listener took the time to help me out and told me what to do with my eco-bricks I was making. She turned me towards GoBrik. Join us as we take a moment to talk about what to do with all of those eco-bricks you're making.  We hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it...

Can we keep making consumers the electronics and swapping them out as often as we do?  Mike and Nick talk about options for the future. I hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. The more people that we can expose to sustainability, the better.  Thank you! Please consider to support...

This week my son Grayson asks "what a life cycle is". Join us for another educational short where we discuss the phases of a life cycle and how it tells us what the embodied energy is in a product or object.  We hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. The more people that we can expose...

Should you downsize? Could you downsize? Mike and Nick talk about the benefits of shrinking your living space and experiencing the world more. I hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. The more people that we can expose to sustainability, the better.  Thank you! Please consider to suppo...

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Mike and Nick discuss several common ways energy is created. I hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. The more people that we can expose to sustainability, the better.  Thank you! Please consider to support the podcast: Here Greeningyourlife.org Get the book: Here Contact us: Here

This week my daughter Addison asks "where electricity comes from?".  This was a great opportunity to discuss the 2 major categories of energy production which are obsolete, renewable, and clean. Join us for another educational short on the current ways we create electricity.  We hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a revi...

Mike and Nick have a good conversation about learning to reduce the waste in your home. I hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. The more people that we can expose to sustainability, the better.  Thank you! Please consider to support the podcast: Here Greeningyourlife.org Get the book:...

This week Mike defines some of the kinds of waste found in the home and few ways to reduce it. I hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. The more people that we can expose to sustainability, the better.  Thank you! Please consider to support the podcast: Here Visit: Greeningyourlife.org...

Mike and Nick had the luxury of having the host of The Curated Culture Podcast Rob Boggan on the show to discuss the effects COVID-19 has had on sustainability.  From single-use items to human health we tackle some of the setbacks 2020 has dealt with the green movement.  hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on yo...