Simple sustainable connections - The EarthyB podcast with Rebecca B. Kimber

In this episode, Christina Johnson explains how she started Upcycle it Now. Here are a few topics we cover in the episode: 

• What upcycling is and how it's different from recycling.
• How she changed rain jackets into fanny packs for Patagonia.
• What consumers can do to help the circular economy movement.
• What can sustainability-minded entrepreneurs can do if they're interested in using previously used materials and upc...

In this episode, I talk to Diane Bailey, the executive director of Menlo Spark in Menlo Park California, about home electrification and carbon-neutral cities. She explains:

• What carbon-neutral cities and communities are.
• What Reach Codes are. 
• Bay Area cities that have adopted Reach Codes. 
• Why natural gas is bad for the environment.
• The problem with fracking.
• How natural gas impacts climate change.
• The a...

Justin Knapp from All Power Labs explains what biomass and biochar are and why both are important for the environment. Biomass is Drawdown.org’s #34 climate change solution and biochar is #72. In this episode, Justin explains: 

• What biomass is 
• How All Power Labs makes renewable energy and biochar out of biomass waste
• What biochar is
• How biochar works to sequester carbon

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If you have a closet full of unworn clothes and shoes, this episode is for you. SellHound CEO Suzanne Wouk and Deborah Lindsay, SellHound's Director of Operations and Sustainability, explain why buying and selling second-hand clothes is one of the most sustainable things you can do. They also explain how the SellHound App turns anyone with a smartphone into a circular fashion re-seller.

We talk about: 

Recommerce

Circular fash...

I talk with Erik Hawkins from Soil Value Exchange about what carbon storage is and how cows can help regenerate farmland. Soil Value Exchange brings together landowners who store carbon in their soil with a network of buyers willing to purchase that carbon storage.

Highlights include:

An explanation of what carbon storage and regenerative agriculture are.

The difference between regenerative farming and conventional farming.

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Stephanie Conner, the host of the Kiddos in the Kitchen Podcast, explains how to cook with kids and why it's important. Reforming the food system is essential to help slow climate change, which seems daunting. But when we go back to the basics and teach our children to cook, not only do we give them the skills they need to eat healthy in the future, we also influence the next generation's relationship with food.

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In this episode, I interview Katie Whalen, the host of the Getting in the Loop podcast about circular economy basics, and why it's important for our environment and economy. 

She explains the concept behind slowing loops and closing loops, and uses cell phones as an example. We also discuss how the idea of a circular economy is seen in the United States compared to Europe. For example, we talk mostly about zero waste and susta...