Adventures in Sustainable Living

Adventures in Sustainable Living

Hosted by: Patrick Keith

There is one thing you will hear me say again and again. As long as someone else is in control of your resources, they are in fact in control of your life. Consequently, my solution to that problem was to develop a...

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Is E-Commerce Killing the Planet?

Episode #51

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 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...
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Edible Insects: A Sustainable Alternative

Episode #50

  Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 50   Edible Insects       The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization say that agricultural production on a global scale will have to increase by 70% in...
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My Zero Waste Road Trip

Episode #49

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 49   My Zero Waste Roadtrip       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...
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Should We Ditch China

Episode #48

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 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...
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Your Carbon Footprint Explained

Episode #47

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 47   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...
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The Best Economy in the World

Episode #46

Adventures in Sustainable Living   Episode 46   The Best Economy in the World       An important part of sustainability is recycling.  There are many reasons that things get recycled. For example, in 1776 during the...
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Green Growth in Action

Episode #45

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 45   Green Growth in Action       It takes little stretch of the imagination to appreciate that in our society economic growth is directly coupled with increased...
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Chemical Dependency versus Sustainability

Episode #44

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 44   Chemical Dependency versus Sustainability     Did you know that Americans have a chemical dependency problem? And I am not referring to drugs, alcohol,...
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Noah's Ark All Over Again

Episode #43

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 43   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...
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Lights Out

Episode #42

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 42   Lights Out     In 1977, in less than one hour,  three separate lightning strikes resulted in the entire power grid for the largest city in the United States...
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How to Overcome the Resistance to Change

Episode #41

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 41 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...
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Troubled Waters: There is a Perfect Storm on the Horizon

Episode #40

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 40   Troubled Waters, The Perfect Storm Is 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...
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