Why Get Wasted: Innovative Solutions for Climate Change

Guest: Rev. Dr. Jessica Hetherington, Climate Chaplain Sign up for her newsletter: Faith. Climate Crisis. Action. 

Website: jessicahetherington.ca  Host: ⁠Liz Entin, ⁠Why Get Wasted⁠⁠⁠ Rev. Dr. Jessica Hetherington is a public theologian and climate chaplain who inspires people of faith to transform their lives and actions in response to the climate crisis. An ordained minister in the United Church of Canada, Rev. Jessica is a c...

Guest: Amelia Trumble of Retold Recycling Host: ⁠Liz Entin, Why Get Wasted⁠www.whygetwasted.com Amelia Trumble is the co-founder and CEO of Retold Recycling, a Shark-Tank approved convenient mail-in service for recycling any and all unwanted clothing and household textiles, responsibly diverting waste from landfill.  The company has now diverted over 168 tons of textiles out of landfill since their 2020 launch. Having built her c...

Guest: ⁠Gabriela Fiorentino, Nest Earth Host: ⁠Liz Entin, Why Get Wasted⁠ www.whygetwasted.com Gabriela Fiorentino is the founder of Nest Earth. She started her career in sustainable architecture and urban design, but everything changed when she became a mom. Gabriela realized the irony of working to build a better world while raising kids in a way that still contributed to pollution. She knew she had to do something different. ...

Guest: Laura Dobos of Boxifly Host: Liz Entin, Why Get Wasted

Fueled by a passion for sustainability and a mission to address the low recycling rates in the United States, Laura launched Boxifly in Austin, TX. Witnessing excessive waste from online shopping after becoming a parent and years of corporate business travel, she realized there were limited solutions for hard to recycle items. After immersing herself into research on rec...

Guest: Nazia Siddiqui, Transcend Host: Liz Entin, Why Get Wasted

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Nazia Siddiqui is the founder and designer of Transcend, a fashion brand inspired by her deep-rooted passion for textiles and art, cultivated by her mother during her early years in India. Growing up, Nazia was immersed in the vibrant and hands-on experience of shopping for fabrics and creating custom outfits with her mom, an experienc...

Guest: ⁠Julia Billings, Wildhaven Wools Host: Liz Entin, Why Get Wasted

Julia Billings is the founder of Wildhaven Wools, a waste-reducing kids clothing brand.

Wildhaven makes innovative kids clothing, from sustainable materials, to help kids spend more time in nature so they fall in love with Mother Earth. Her love of nature comes from her childhood in Alaska and her career as an environmental scientist prior to starting Wildhav...

Guest: Joslyn Faust, HeyBamboo Host: Liz Entin, Why Get Wasted

Joslyn Faust⁠ is the founder of HeyBamboo, an eco-safe toilet paper made entirely of bamboo. “During the pandemic I learned a lot about toilet paper that surprised me,” says Faust. Like, approximately 27,000 trees are cut down every day to make toilet paper. That’s 15 million trees and 15% of our Earth’s forest literally getting flushed down the toilet every year.&quo...

Guest: Sonia Ketkar, LiveGreen NYC

Host: Liz Entin, Why Get Wasted

Sonia Ketkar is the founder of LiveGreen NYC, a platform that helps consumers make local and sustainable food choices from buying and storing food to disposing it. We host online and in-person educational events and workshops and provide a directory of NYC-based resources, brands and businesses that are working toward sustainable food systems. Prior to starting Live...