Adventures in Sustainable Living
There is one thing you will hear me say again and again. As long as someone else is in control of your resources, they are in fact in control of your life. Consequently, my solution to that problem was to develop a sustainable, self reliant lifestyle. Not only that, but I’ve lived off the grid for more than 20 years. This podcast is not only about sustainable living it is also about teaching you to take more control over your life by being in control of many of your resources. It is possible to live a life without debt, produce much of your own food, have much more personal freedom, as well as increased personal security and peace of mind. So join me as I discuss diverse topics associated with sustainable living, off grid living, and share some of my hilarious and sometimes incredible adventures. My goal is to make you realize that you can also have a wonderful sustainable life that is adventurous, enjoyable, challenging, and rewarding. I will also make you question why you live the way you do now. Besides this podcast, I have a companion blog at www.offgridlivingnews.com Enjoy!!!
Episodes
242 episodes
242_The Healthy Benefits of Sustainable Living Part Two: Reducing Exposure to Toxins
There is a long list of benefits for living sustainably. As you can likely imagine, such a lifestyle is easier on the environment and as such is healthy for our planet as a whole. We use resources more conservatively, we reduce our personal env...
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Episode 242
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23:36
241_The Health Benefits of a Sustainable Lifestyle Part One
I have often said that the world just might be a better place if everyone could live like I do. When I go home it is quiet and peaceful with no traffic noise. I sort of have neighbors but I may only see them every couple of weeks if that. ...
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Episode 241
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24:33
240_The Slow Death of the Home Cooked Meal
Did you know that on average we now spend almost $12K per year on food. This includes money spent on take out and delivery as well as cooking at home. The average person in our culture only eats 8 meals per week at home which means we are spend...
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Episode 240
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28:12
239_Feed the Future: How to Support Pollinators in Your Community
I often say that it’s the little things that make the difference. But whenever you say that, no one thinks that you are actually taking about bumble bees, or for that matter, any of the other tens of thousands of small creatures that pollinate ...
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Episode 239
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32:04
238_The Reach of Pesticides is Far Beyond the Field
One of the first things you learn when going through a medical based education and something that forms the very foundation of medical ethics is the concept “Above all do no harm.” But you kind of have to wonder why this does not seem to apply ...
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Episode 238
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22:22
237_How to Protect Yourself From the Invisible Affects of Air Pollution
To say that our society is toxic would be a gross understatement. It is truly impossible to avoid exposure to some sort of toxic substance. We have pesticides in our foods. We clean our homes with toxic compounds. We routinely place toxic chemi...
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Episode 237
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21:57
236_Eleven Ways to Become More Self Sufficient
I have often said that self sufficiency is the best security blanket. But I see fewer and fewer people that truly appreciate the value in being able to take care of yourself with little or no outside help. I think this attitude prevails in our ...
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Episode 236
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30:32
235_The Dangers of Microplastics and How to Avoid Them
There is so much talk these days about going plastic free. Plastics are everywhere and in every part of our lives. It is nearly impossible to get through an entire day without utilizing something made of plastic. But the challenge w...
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Episode 235
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24:26
234_Is It Legal to Live Off the Grid?
Many years ago when I decided to live off the grid, everyone around me thought I was crazy. Fast forward 25 years and now everyone wants to know how it is that I do what I do. Living off the grid is now becoming an increasingly comm...
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Episode 234
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31:16
233_Why Favoring Development Over Conservation is a False Assumption
Humanity has not always been the best at looking into the future. We tend to do whatever we are going to do and never give a lot of thought to the consequences. But as I always like to say, everything we do has a price. Over time we...
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Episode 233
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29:56
232_Building Resilience and Adapting to Change
No matter what you do, some day something is going to come along and change your world without your permission. No one is immune to such things. This of course can create a tremendous amount of stress.But this is where our per...
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Episode 232
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28:25
231_Urban vs Rural Living: The Pros, Cons, and Critical Considerations
Just the other day I was sitting on the hillside in the sun enjoying a cup of coffee and thinking about all the time I’d lived at the cabin. My thoughts were centered around all that I had accomplished and the amount of time it had taken. And o...
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Episode 231
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25:21
230 Eleven Sustainability Trends That Will Shape Our Future
The condition of our planet is slowly but surely becoming a daily headline. This is both good and bad. But being what it is, at least this type of daily news is getting everyone’s attention. It is perhaps pressuring people and businesses to tak...
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Episode 230
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26:36
229_Nine Flavors You Should Never Pour Down the Drain
An amazing thing happens when you truly focus on zero food waste. Creativity and ingenuity takes over when you focus on using every little thing. You start making new dishes, trying new sauces and creating flavors you never thought possib...
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Episode 229
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27:29
228_Optimistic Futurism for the Environment
The challenges we face in our world today are truly unnerving. All we hear about is one bad news story after another. Big governments and big business are still arguing about climate change instead of focusing on actions needed to build a...
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Episode 228
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24:47
227_Seven Not-so_Obvious Strategies to Level Up Your Self Sufficiency
Chores, chores, chores. Some days on the homestead it seems as if the chores will never end. At times I get discouraged and ask myself if it would not be easier just to skip this whole process. Sometimes simplicity seems difficult. ...
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Episode 227
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32:25
226_The Real Scoop on a Plant-Based Diet
There was a time whenever someone mentioned vegetarian or vegan diet that I would just roll my eyes and walk away. But now that seems to have transitioned into something else we hear more frequently and that is “plant-based diet.” F...
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Episode 226
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30:56
225_ 8 Tips to Reduce Your Impact While Using the Internet
The internet is truly a powerful tool. We have access to thousands of years of information in a matter of seconds. In combination with digital technology this has literally changed how we live and function. It saves us time, work, money, gasoli...
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Episode 225
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26:49
224_Can AI Put Us on the Path to Sustainability?
New things, the unexpected, circumstances out of our control and any sort of change are all things than can make us a bit uneasy. Perhaps it is nothing more than fear of the unknown. We feel as if we will lose something or maybe we will lose ou...
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Episode 224
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29:29
223_Incorporating Renewable Energy in Your Everyday Life
When we sit in a beautiful, quiet place to watch the sunrise most people are taking in the beauty and perhaps having a meditative moment and appreciating nature. Then we go about our day never really thinking much about the power of the sun. Ma...
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Episode 223
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29:40
222_Ready Made Meals: A Fresh Convenient Approach to Meal Prep
In today’s world most people want everything fast and convenient. That includes the food we eat and especially how we prepare it. Such a desire for convenience is exactly what gave rise to prepackaged and microwave foods. Unfortunately, most of...
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Episode 222
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26:27
221_Can We Save the Planet by Planting Trees?
More and more frequently these days we are reaching for ways to reduce and reverse the effects of climate change. Perhaps this is because talks of climate change are becoming increasingly serious. Although we have known about this for over 100 ...
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Episode 221
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28:45
220_My Homestead Do-Over: How Would I Do Things Differently?
Certainly most of us have looked back on specific accomplishments in our lives and asked the question “If I had to do this all over again, how would I do it differently?, or Knowing what I know today, how would I have done this differently?...
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Episode 220
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33:33
219_Redefining the Modern Homestead
Self sufficiency, tiny homes, sustainability, renewable energy, or simple self reliance, are all things we hear about more and more these days. Personally I am happy to see this level of interest in self reliant living because it is the focus o...
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Episode 219
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29:50
218_Finding Your Personal Path to Self Reliance
Certainly we all remember the time in our lives when we were kids and told our parents how we couldn’t wait until we were all grown up. We thought all about being independent, making our own decisions, going where we wanted when we wanted. We j...
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Episode 218
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