I finally talk to my husband about his herculean effort cleaning out his family’s house this summer. He shares tips on how to sort things and save junk from the landfill. Tips for cleaning a junk-filled house Clearing out a staging area to house all the junk on its way out. If you’re cleaning out […]
This week I talk with sustainability manager and activist Marie Budde about upcoming climate actions taking place worldwide. Upcoming climate events Global Climate Strike on Friday, September 20 World Clean-Up Day this Saturday, September 21; and Extinction Rebellion‘s international rebellion from October 7 to 20 Additional resources to find events near you Umweltkalender Berlin GreenMeBerlin […]
Sorry, but I have to break into my own podcast with an important bulletin!! I discovered a moth infestation in my kitchen this past week, forcing me to throw out several packages of flour, grains, and sugar and waste the carbon emissions that went into producing them. So I want to ask you to pest-proof […]
This month I report back on my attempts to sort through a house full of junk in a climate-friendly way. In this episode, I look at that effort through the lens of the circular economy:
This month I’m focusing on perspective, turning the podcast from My Climate Diet to Our Climate Diet. So far, I’ve answered questions from a listener about travel and green banking, and chatted with a former student about traveling with eco-sensibility. This week I talk with another former student about food waste. I’m excited to share […]
This month I’m focusing on perspective, turning the podcast from My Climate Diet to Our Climate Diet. Last week I answered questions from a listener about travel and green banking. This week I return to the question of travel, getting some advice from a former student who talks about how to travel with eco-sensibility. I’m […]
This month I want to focus on perspective. I want to open the floor to other climate dieters who have tips to share. But first, this week I want to answer some questions from a listener named Marjorie Millot. Thoughts for Marjorie Marjorie is a fellow American who lives in France. She asked about how […]
This week, I wanted to talk about what I’ve learned this month. When I teach sustainability, I use five principles, the last of which is reflexivity. That means that sustainability calls for us to check in regularly, see if what we’re doing makes sense, and think about next steps. This month’s lessons The biggest thing […]
This month I’m focusing on climate finance. In episode 9, I talked about how money contributes to climate change. Last week, in episode 10, I changed my German checking account to a green bank and discovered that this simple, one-time change will save me 1 ton of carbon dioxide this year. This week, I looked […]
This week, I change my German checking account to a green bank. My goal was for this single change to allow me to save 1 ton of carbon emissions. And I’m really excited to tell you how it went: Green banks in Germany In Germany, there are three main green banks: the UmweltBank—or environmental bank—which […]