Adventures in Sustainable Living
Episodes
276 episodes
201_Food Recalls and How to Avoid Them
Despite the fact that it’s been years since I’ve watched network television, I pursue the new once a week. It is the only way I keep track of what is going on in the world. Over the last year, whenever I sit to review world events, ...
200_Sustainability Summit 102
Adventures in Sustainable Living PodcastEpisode 200Sustainability Summit 102After covering quite a variety of topics over the last 100 episodes there are several things that clearly stand out...
199_Regenerative Living: A Step Beyond Sustainability
Adventures in Sustainable Living PodcastEpisode 199Regenerative Living: A Step Beyond SustainabilityAfter so many years of living at the cabin, installing solar, building the greenhouse, rais...
198_Fourteen Things You Can Do to Help Protect Our Biodiversity
Adventures in Sustainable Living PodcastE198Fourteen Things You Can Do to Help Protect Our BiodiversityConsidering all that is going on in our world it is not surprising that the average pers...
197_Biodiversity: Our Strongest Defense Against Climate Change
Most of us are no stranger to talks about climate change. It is in the news almost daily. We sit and watch in awe as we see one devastating event after another. Most of us likely are asking “Why doesn’t someone do something?” ...
196_Is Going Organic Better for Your Health
Adventures in Sustainable Living PodcastEpisode 196Is Going Organic Better for Your Health?Colorado is one of those places that has plenty of grocery outlets for the purchase of organic food....
195_Twelve Tips to Live Healthy in a Chemical World
Adventures in Sustainable Living PodcastEpisode 195How to Live Healthy in a Chemical WorldWorking as a practicing veterinarian I commonly have to deal with infectious diseases. For the most p...
194_A Sustainable Life May Make You Live Longer
Adventures in Sustainable Living PodcastEpisode 194A Sustainable Life May Make You Live LongerDid you know that globally we spend about $170 billion dollars a year on dietary supplements. The cosmetic s...
193_The Integration of Core Life Skills and Sustainability
Most people think our technology driven world is so much better than how things were in the past. If you have been around long enough to see substantial changes in our society and culture, it truly seems that even 40 years ago we were living in...
192_Is Conscious Consumerism Just a Lie?
Scientists and other experts with ExxonMobile knew about the long-term detrimental affects of burning fossil fuels back in the 1970s. Their predictions of climate change were astonishingly accuracy. Yet we were led to believe there was nothing ...
191_Twelve Tips to Becoming a Conscious Consumer
Despite the fact that we live in the age of information the average person is still confused about how to start living sustainably. This is somewhat understandable because there is so much information available. Furthermore, it is not helpful t...
189_Dispelling the Myth of Zero Waste
Someone once said to me that the only problem with going plastic free is going plastic free. But the same could be said for having a sustainable lifestyle. It is a process, a choice, a journey instead of an end all be all. But I als...
188_Not in My Backyard: A Critical Review of Environmental Racism
Adventures in Sustainable Living PodcastEpisode 188Not in My Backyard: A Critical Review of Environmental RacismSurveys of community needs from around the world show that almost everyone wants t...
187_How to Eat Healthy on a Budget
Adventures in Sustainable Living PodcastEpisode 187How to Eat Healthy on a BudgetInflation is taking a toll on just about everyone. But one of the most common areas where we feel the pinch is in the pri...
190_How to Maintain Your Internet Privacy and Freedom
How would you feel if your neighbor came to your mailbox everyday and opened your mail? How would you feel if someone was always looking over your shoulder to monitor everything you did on the internet? I think most people would say "NO!" And t...
186 The Best Reasons to Live Off the Grid
More and more frequently these days people are looking to live off the grid. Possibly this is because people are growing weary of the perpetual rat race and just want some peace and quiet. Hopefully people are looking to be off grid because the...
185_Can We Prosper Without Growth
Kate Raworth, an English economist with Oxford University, wrote that “Reversing consumerism’s financial and cultural dominance in public and private life is set to be one of the twenty-first century’s most gripping psychological dramas.” ...
184_Buy It Once. Buy It For Life
Whether you like it or not there is a lot of psychological research that goes into the marketing of products. The majority of this research is used to manipulate consumers and get you spend more money. Additionally, convincing consumers to purc...
183_Danger: Comfort Zone
There are so many warning signs about the fate of our planet yet the average person is happy to live in comfortable ignorance. Have you ever stopped to ask why people are so complacent about something that truly affects our future? Furthermore,...
182_A Critical Review of Amazon Ethics
When I get up in the morning I typically sit quietly by the wood stove for about an hour and start my day with some good coffee. I don’t worry about a lot of things during my quiet time but I do put some thought into planning my day.If I...
181_Is It Ethical to Shop at Walmart?
Top of the list for most consumers is price and convenience. However, in our pursuit of such convenience we often sacrifice our money, our physical health, our mental health, the environment as well as the rights of all the workers upstream fro...
180_Is Honey Really Be Vomit?..And Other Interesting Food Facts.
In case you haven’t noticed, life has no standardized rules. How we are prepared to meet the world as adults depends mostly on how we are raised as kids and our family background. But at least we have certain basic skills such as ho...
179_After Sustainable Habits, What's Next?
Adventures in Sustainable Living PodcastEpisode 179After Sustainable Habits, What’s Next?My veterinary career has truly been quite varied. Upon entering veterinary school I only had experience in one ho...
