Adventures in Sustainable Living
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273 episodes
273_Life Without Social Media Part Three
In my opinion, one of the most significant social issues of our time is social media and the effects it has had on our culture and how it has fundamentally changed the fabric of our society. Social media came rolling into our lives ...
272_Life Without Social Media Part Two
Sooner or later the circumstances of your every day life are going to force you to make a trade off. It is part of being an adult, managing your own life and taking responsibility for your choices. Some times those trade off are beneficial. At ...
271_Life Without Social Media Part One
Who cares about the price of tea in China? This is something my father said quite frequently. He used this whenever we were concerned or focused on something that had no bearing on what was actually going on in front of us. Yet with...
270_Local First, Build Your Life Around Place, Not Convenience
I am always astounded when one single event in our world has a profound impact on the entire global economy. It is now possible for one small disruption in one country on the other side of the planet to affect our daily lives. How can this poss...
269_A Twelve Month Plan for Sovereign Living Part Two
Adventures in Sustainable Living PodcastEpisode 269A 12 Month Plan for Sovereign Living Part TwoMost certainly we have all at one point in time come to the realization that we were tired of someone else telling u...
268_A 12 Month Plan for Sovereign Living Part One
Adventures in Sustainable Living PodcastEpisode 268A 12 Month Plan for Sovereign Living Part OneAs you well know, independence, self sufficiency, and sustainable living are at the heart of much of my life. ...
267_The 30 Day Stop the Consumption Challenge Part Two
Adventures in Sustainable Living PodcastEpisode 267The 30 Day Stop the Consumption Challenge Part TwoIn last week’s episode I laid the foundation of why and how we shifted to a consumer cultu...
266_The 30 Day Stop the Consumption Challenge
Adventures in Sustainable Living PodcastEpisode 266The 30 Day Stop the Consumption Challenge Part OneMost everyone alive today has either grown up in or been conditioned to a consumer culture...
265_Twelve Month Sustainability Action Plan
Adventures in Sustainable Living PodcastEpisode 26512 Month Sustainability Action PlanIt is sometimes difficult for me to believe that I have been living at the cabin for 30 years. I often re...
264_Food Waste: The World's Most Solvable Environmental Problem Part Two
Welcome back everyone to the Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast. This is your host Patrick and this is E264 which is part two of Food Waste: The World’s Most Solvable Environmental Problem. In the last episode we covered the f...
263_Food Waste: The World's Most Solvable Environmental Problem
If you spend enough time watching the news, then you already know that our world has a long list of problems. Many of these issues, especially the environmental ones, seem so far out of our reach that we doubt whether or not our personal effort...
262_The Art of Slow Living
One of the advantages of working in different cultures is that you gain a completely different perspective on life. You step outside of your daily routine, experience different values, eat different foods, and make new friends. But such experie...
261_Seven Tips for Sustainable Living in 2026
Over the past couple of years, you have listened me talk about a wide variety of topics focusing on sustainable living. While researching these topics, I have repeatedly come across articles that would condemn us for destroying the planet with ...
260_Powerful Alone, Unstoppable Together: How We Can Help Our Countries Be More Green
Very early in the production of this podcast I produced an episode on the greenest countries in the world, meaning those that are the most environmentally friendly. Countries that are on this list are evaluated by very specific metrics and it t...
259_Habits for Sustainable Success: The Little Things Make the Difference
Humanity is now the dubious owner of a long laundry list of environment issues that we have to solve. Obviously some are more pressing than others. Despite this, we tend to go about our daily business as if nothing is wrong. Why is that?&...
258_How to Transform Our Urban Areas into a Sustainable Metropolis
Over the last several hundred years there have been an increasing number of people moving to urban areas. But have you ever ask yourself if it is healthier to live in the city or in a rural area. Or is it more environmentally friendly to live i...
257_How to Solve Our Global Challenges in One Generation
Adventures in Sustainable Living PodcastEpisode 257How to Solve Our Global Challenges in One GenerationYears ago I built this really nice storage shed at the cabin. It is where we store a lot of our extra dry goods and it a...
256_Ocean Acidification: The Silent Threat Beneath the Waves
Most of us love going to the beach. There is something soothing about listening to the sound of the waves, relaxing in the sun and then cooling off with a refreshing swim. If you enjoy snorkeling, that adds another layer of enjoyment. If you ar...
255_Foos Scarcity and the Urban Diet Pressure Loop Part Two
One of the things that humanity does best is to go about our daily business despite warnings that we should change. The reason for this is that we are better at responding to emergencies than we are about planning for the future. As long as lif...
254_Food Scarcity and the Urban Diet Pressure Loop Part One
When you live in a developed country where life tends to be stable, it is easy to get the impression that all is good in the world and there are no worries. Most of us calmly go about our daily business and much of the time the vast array of gl...
253_Can We Feed the World Without Destroying It?
It has long been known that our current methods of agriculture are harmful to the environment. Scientists and environmentalists have been warning us for many years now that we need to rethink our present food systems. Despite this, ...
252_What Can Be Done About Deforestation
There are so many times that I sit in front of my cabin enjoying the fact that I am completely surrounded by trees. During the 29 years that I have owned this property, I have always been determined to leave it in it’s original state as much as...
251_How to Reduce and Eliminate Plastic Pollution
There is a long list of environmental problems that we are faced with today. As you learned from my last episode, our dependence on fossil fuels is at the top of that list. Solving the problem of fossil fuels will be difficult because our entir...
250_Reducing Your Dependence on Fossil Fuels
As you could likely guess, there is a whole list of environmental concerns that we are face with in our modern world. When you look at this list, it is easy to see why people are completely overwhelmed and feel as if their individual action mak...
249_The Melting Ice Caps: Why It Matters to Us All
I’m sure we’ve all heard the old joke “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” This refers to the fact that people often take a trip and do some outrageous things. Once they are back home they would rather not share their silly shenanigan...
