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006: Living a Zero-Waste Lifestyle with Bea Johnson
FromA Sustainable Mind - environment & sustainability podcast
006: Living a Zero-Waste Lifestyle with Bea Johnson
FromA Sustainable Mind - environment & sustainability podcast
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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Sep 28, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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Bea Johnson is one of today's foremost experts in the area of zero-waste living and voluntary simplicity. She is most well-known for being able to fit her family of four’s trash for an entire year into a quart-sized jar. She has helped people all over the world achieve various levels of voluntary simplicity and eco-friendly living through her blog ZeroWasteHome.com and her book by the same name. She continues to spread the zero-waste message through talks which she gives all over the world. The turning point By living with less we all of a sudden had more time to do the things we enjoyed doing How she got started Eliminated plastic bags Bought all dry goods in bulk Made reusable bags out of an old sheet Resources Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste by Bea Johnson Patagonia 3-way Jacket Bulk app, for finding stores that sell items in bulk, populated by members of the voluntary simplicity and zero waste community vrbo.com and airbnb.com for renting out your home relayrides.com for renting out your car eliminating junk mail optoutscreen.com dmachoice.org cataloguechoice.org paperkarma.com ----- Do you like A Sustainable Mind? Don't forget to subscribe, share, and rate & review. Did you know that ASM is a 501(c)3 charitable organization? Become one of our donors with a tax-deductible donation on https://ASustainableMind.WeDid.it
Released:
Sep 28, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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