Adventures in Sustainable Living
Episodes
276 episodes
#51 Is E-Commerce Killing the Planet?
There are few things I dislike more than going shopping. When I do, it is out of sheer necessity. I walk into a place of business with a mission in mind, purchase what I need and immediately leave. However, online shopping from some e-com...
#050 Edible Insects: A Sustainable Alternative
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization say that agricultural production on a global scale will have to increase by 70% in order to feed a global population that is expected to reach 9.1 billion people by the year 2050. Yet a...
#049 My Zero Waste Road Trip
In E5 I gave an introduction to the concepts of zero waste by talking about 12 Steps to a Zero Waste Lifestyle. Proponents of zero waste admit that it is impossible to generate absolutely no waste. While we can reduce our household waste to alm...
#48 Should We Ditch China
Having lived and worked in several different countries what I have learned is that no country or government is perfect. Every place has its problems, its share of corruption, and quirky little things that seem to make life more difficult than i...
#047 Your Carbon Footprint Explained
Did you know that I can list 10 simple things that you do everyday that pollute the environment. Things that you have perhaps done thousands of times and never given it a thought. And maybe it was the same for me until I produced over 40 episod...
#046 The Best Economy in the World
As you can easily believe, the products we products, the things we use everyday and the things we choose to eat directly influences how much waste we product. But what most people do not think about is how we manage our waste ...
#045 Green Growth in Action
As you likely know by now, I like to criticize how we live and all the wasteful things that we do. And I am especially critical of my own culture in the United States. However, there are a lot of positive things going on in the world rela...
#044 Chemical Dependency versus Sustainability
Did you know that Americans have a chemical dependency problem? And I am not referring to drugs, alcohol, marijuana, or prescription substances. Yet this chemical dependency is a very open and social thing. In fact, it is openly promoted, bragg...
#043 Noah's Ark All Over Again
A number of years ago I had the opportunity to travel extensively through the Amazon basin. I visited remote villages and saw things that most people never see except on the pages of National Geographic. Yet there are so ...
#042 Lights Out
For multiple reasons, it is entirely possible for our power grid to go down not just for a few days, but for weeks to months. In this episode I discuss some very real scenarios of how this could happen and how it has happened. But what most peo...
#041 How to Overcome the Resistance to Change
Among the hundreds of people waiting to visit Mahatma Gandhi was a mother and her young son. When it was their turn, the woman asked Gandhi to speak with her son about eating sugar. Gandhi asked her to come back in two weeks. When t...
#040 Troubled Waters: There is a Perfect Storm on the Horizon
About 10 years ago, Annette and her son and I were sitting in a small cafe in some far corner of Costa Rica. Her son Erik was still very young at the time and this was his first trip out of the country. As we were sitting at the table looking a...
#039 When the Rubber Meets the Road, Where Does It Go?
We literally live in a sea of micro-plastics. These tiny particles can be found from the deepest place on the planet, the Mariana Trench, to the highest mountain, Mount Everest. By simply living, eating, breathing, and going about your normal d...
#038 The Value of Simplicity
Take a good look at your lifestyle. I think it is safe to say that most of us live under such a cloud clutter that we have long forgotten what it is like to live a simple life, much less a sustainable one.Yet there is a lot of value in h...
#037 Sustainability is Your Best Security Blanket
It is basic human nature that at a subconscious level, all humans crave normalcy, routine, and familiarity. This is especially true during a disaster or some other stressful event. Small children carry stuffed animals and security blankets for ...
#036 Ignorance is a Choice
As Americans, plain and simple, we are addicted to convenience. It is almost to the point of being ridiculous. And that convenience results in a short attention span, very little patience, and a wasteful lifestyle. But there is a different way ...
#035 How to Make a Clean Get Away
In this episode, I want to focus on the topics of sustainable travel and ecotourism. Now that travel restrictions are starting to relax, we are all anxious to get out and about, which I totally understand. I know I feel that way as well. But, a...
#034 Staying Wild May Save Us All
In this episode I want to first give an overview of how nature, wildness, and wilderness was actually a key factor in defining the American experience. It actually represented limitless opportunity and freedom. It fostered the self reliance and...
#033_How to Kill the Vampires in Your House
Did you know that vampires are not a thing of the past? There is actually a vampire culture that is alive and well in our modern age. But they keep that a secret of course. However, when we all think of vampires we automatically envision the vi...
#032 There is No Away: Now We Have to Live With Our Leavings
Did you know that every piece of plastic that was ever produced is still on the planet? Did you know that disposable diapers take between 250 and 500 years to decompose? What that means is that the disposable diapers that your mother used on yo...
#031 Twelve Practical Ways to Cook Sustainably.
What if I told you that I could give you some 12 simple tips that you could implement today that would save you about $2000 per year? Would you do it? Well, the easiest and simplest place to start is right in your own kitchen. Makin...
#030 Nature's Treasure Chest: Why We Must Conserve Our Natural Heritage
In this episode I want to discuss one of my favorite topics. And in the process I hope to give you some interesting and useful information. What I want to touch on is a very broad topic which is covered in numerous books. But to get to the poin...
#029 Ransomware Hacks: A Clear Case for Sustainability and Simplicity
I think by now that we are all aware of the recent high profile ransomware hacks on the Colonial Pipeline as well as the JBS meat supplier that shut down their packing plants for a couple of days resulting in meat shortages. While such things m...
#028 A Walk in the Woods
In this episode I am going to first try to convince you how important it is to take a walk in the woods on a regular basis. Then I am going to discuss how important that resource really is to all of us, how that resource is being destroyed and ...
#027 The 2000 Watt Society: A Proven Process for Courageous Climate Change
In this episode I want to cover this topic of the 2000 Watt Society, what that actually means, and why it is an extremely important topic. In episode #3 titled How Much Should One Person Be Allowed to Use, I touched on this topic. Additionally,...
