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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172 Would We Be Naked Without Synthetic Fabrics?

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 172 Would We Be Naked Without Synthetic Fabrics?   What exactly is a Spinning Jennie? Have you even heard of it? Few people these days own a sewing machine but surely...
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171 Simple Rules Are All We Need

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 171 Simple Rules Are All We Need    I so often marvel at the complexity of our society.  It seems as if things were so much simpler when I was a kid. Even when I first...
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170 The Cost of Convenience

  Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 170 The Cost of Convenience   Few people would believe that I lived without running water and electricity for over 15 years. But I can tell you from first hand...
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169 To Whom Much is Given

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast    Episode 169   To Whom Much is Given     We live in a culture of over abundance. Unless you travel abroad, most of us have no concept of the level of poverty in the world....
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168 Can We Live Without Trees?

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 168 Can We Live Without Trees     How many times per day do you walk by a tree and never give it any thought. It is almost as if we take trees for granted. They have...
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#167 Fourteen Tips to Help You Go Paperless

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 167   How to Go Paperless   Most people never realize that paper usage is directly related to a nation’s wealth. The US and most European countries rank the highest...
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#166 The Disconnect Between Justice and Sustainability

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 166   The Disconnect Between Justice and Sustainability   The three pillars of sustainability are environment, economic and social. Less formally these pillars are...
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#165 Fourteen Things You Never Knew About Grocery Store Produce

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 165 14 Things You Never Knew About Grocery Store Produce     As you likely know by now I am a big fan of having a garden and producing as much of my own food as...
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#164 How to Detox Your Home

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 164   How to Detox Your Home      Did you know that there are now approximately 150 chemicals in our homes that are connected to allergies, birth defects,...
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#163 How Self Reliance Builds Self Confidence

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast Episode 163 How Self Reliance Builds Self Confidence   If so often hear the question “What is the world coming to these days?” And while I would contend that the world is not...
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#162 Tips and Tricks for Container Gardening

Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast   Episode 162   Tips and Tricks for Container Gardening     Being sustainable often means providing a certain amount of things for yourself. Providing for yourself also has the...
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# 161 Don't Pitch It Out! Plant It!

There was a time when I went to the supermarket three to four times per week. Now I go maybe twice a month. It is astounding how much I used to spend on groceries compared to what I spend now. So how exactly did I...
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