Adventures in Sustainable Living
Episodes
276 episodes
#026 The Real Me
What I want to accomplish in this episode is to give my listeners an in-depth background on where I came from and how I got to be where I am today. And at the end of this episode, I want to leave you with an important message that will help you...
#025 The Keystone Life of Coral
In this episode I am going to introduce the concept of a keystone species, the importance of a keystone species and what happens if that species is taken out of an ecosystem. And as you could guess, the keystone species that I am speaking of in...
#024 Never Cry Wolf
In this episode I want to talk about how, as humans we have the tendency to destroy things that are in the way of what we view as “progress”. First I want to talk about this from a historical perspective and then give you a more modern example ...
#023 Waste Not, Want Not, Pollute Not
In the United States, there is an estimated 130 to 160 billion pounds of food that goes to waste each year, as much as 40% of our food supply. And much of this food is perfectly edible and nutritious. This wasted food cost this country about $2...
#022 Are We Recycling or Wishcycling: Who is to Blame.
Many of us think that recycling is a fantastic thing and that is what is going to help us save the planet. However, in many ways we are not recycling we are wish- cycling. Sadly, many times recycling is just another term for a long,...
#021 Is Sustainable Air Travel Just an Illusion
The first commercial airline flight took off on January 1, 1914. It flew from St Petersburg, Fl to Tampa Bay. It was a flight of 21 miles and took 23 minutes. This flight service only lasted 4 months but it paved the way to the airline industry...
#020 A Good Country
I want to start this episode by asking a simple question. If you were told you had to live in a different country from now until the rest of your life, where would it be? Where would you go? That said, how would you go about choosing a new coun...
#019 The True Impact of Fair Trade
After my last episode titled Choices Make Changes; What is a Sustainable Product and How to Find Them, I thought it was fitting to follow that episode on something having to do with fair trade. Because the products that we choose to purchase no...
#018 Choices Make Changes: What is a Sustainable Product and How to Find Them
There is one thing that we know for sure, our choices as consumers drive the market place. If consumers demand something or if the demand of the general public is for one specific product or service, then the market changes accordingly to provi...
#017 Take Extinction Off Your Plate
You may find it interesting that scientist have a better understanding of how many stars there are in our galaxy than how many species there are on planet Earth. There was a study that was conducted in 1980 in the tropical forests in Panama. Th...
#015 Back From the Land
During the 1960's and 70's there was a tremendous and powerful social movement in the United States. As many as one million people left their jobs, their educational institutions, and families to transition into a simpler life that was cl...
#016 Don't Grow Up-It's a Trap
Many people wish they could just turn back the clock and go back to their younger years. As children we had complete emotional liberty, few if any responsibilities, and our life ahead of us was full of possibilities. Then we grow u...
#014 The New Self Sufficiency-Doing Without
In this episode, I want to share with you how over a 5 year period of time I went from $295K in debt to zero debt. And I want to share with you how you can do the same thing as well as what that all has to do with a simple sustainable lifestyle...
#013 Fast and Fatal
Unfortunately, I think we are all familiar, at least from a historical prospective, with the term genocide. And if you are listening to this episode and you are very young, perhaps you are not familiar with this term. Genocide is the killing of...
#012 Self Sufficiency is Impossible-and Essential
In this episode I am of course going to talk about the importance of self sufficiency and how that is connected to sustainability. I am also going to discuss how self sufficiency means different things to different people so there are dif...
#011 A Simple Act of Kindness
Sustainability has just as much to do with relationships as it has to do with solar panels. Sustainability has just as much to do with relationships as it has to do with recycling. Sustainability has just as much to do with relationships as it ...
#010 A Bottle of Deception
By the end of 2020, the population of the world was approximately 7.8 billion. According to the World Health Organization, one in three people in the world does not even have access to an improved water source. This means approximately 2.6 bill...
#009 Nature is Worthless
Nature is worthless!! Right??? Well you would think that is how most people feel because most of us treat nature as if it is worthless. You have heard the old saying that "People are truly defined by what they do, not by what they...
008 Our Off Grid Sustainable Family
This episode is a brief interview with my 15 year off-grid partner Annette. We talk about our lifestyle and how it all came about. I wanted to produce this episode especially for my listeners to let them know that what I do and how I live is ve...
#007 A Culture of Change
Welcome back to the Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast. After several episodes on various topics, such as our consumeristic society, how much waste we produce, and various sustainable countries, I felt as if it was time to pro...
#006 The One Basic Principle of Sustainability
Very simply put sustainability means meeting your own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. When most people think about sustainability, most likely the first thing that comes to mind is ...
#005 12 Steps to a Zero Waste Lifestyle.
Having a lifestyle with zero waste is one of the most sustainable choices that you can make. This lifestyle has tremendous impact on the environment and on the planet as a whole. A zero waste lifestyle is about reducing what you need, reusing a...
#004 Alternatives to a Consumer Society
In this episode I first briefly review some of the concepts discussed in previous episodes. I then discuss the effects that consumer society has had on al of us. I then off 10 things that you can do to step away from consumer culture and ...
#003 How Much Should One Person Be Allowed to Use
This episode is focused on our consumer culture, the affects that it has on all of us , as well as the environment. In the end I point out how this type of culture is just not sustainable. In summary, here is what will be disc...
#002 The Most Sustainable Countries
This is Episode 2 of the Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast. In this episode I first discuss the basic concepts of sustainability. Then I showcase 5 different countries that have made substantial effort toward developing a sustainable cul...
