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A Sustainable Life with Jen Gale

Jen Gale

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[019] – 12 NOT SO FUN FESTIVE FACTS

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2018/11/06

The kids are back to school and now there is no denying that we're on the downhill slope to Christmas and the biggest consumer festival of the year.Which brings with it not only a dose of magic and goodwill to all (hopefully) but also the stress, the overwhelm and All The Stuff.In this episode I […]

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[018] – THE ONE THING YOU NEED TO DO TO TAKE ACTION...

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2018/10/24

Wednesday 24th October is International Climate Action Day - Yay!But wait, hold on. What the hell is climate action? And what does it mean to regular people like you and me?Surely 'climate action' is something for governments and big business to be concerned with? Not for me to have to worry about in between school runs and […]

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[017] – SUSTAINABLE(ISH) TRAVEL WITH EARTH CHANGERS

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2018/10/17

Travel.We all want to do it- whether it's to experience the world and different cultures, or simply to get some R&R in the sunshine away from the gloom of the British winter or the fickle nature of English summers.But for most of us on the sustainable(ish) spectrum, it probably comes with a good smattering of […]

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[016] – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT…CLIMATE CHANGE

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2018/10/10

This is the first in a new series for the podcast of commentary type episodes, some might even say rants, about some of the big sustainable issues we're facing right now.I hope you enjoy!I couldn't sleep last night, and I got to thinking, and then to worrying, and then to freaking out, about climate change.The […]

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[015] – MONEY AS A FORCE FOR GOOD WITH TRIODOS BANK

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2018/09/28

In this episode I'm chatting to Amy Robinson who is the business development manager at Triodos bank.For those of you who haven’t heard of them, Triodos are the UK’s most ethical bank and have a tagline that is “money as a force for good" which I totally love!The banking industry as a whole isn’t one […]

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[014] – PUTTING THE (ISH) INTO SUSTAINABLE

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2018/09/14

I don't know about you but when I think about a 'green family' or a family living 'sustainably', I would expect to see lots of muted colours, wooden toys, maybe one of those bikes with a trailer, and the odd dreadlock or two. I know, I like to buy into stereotypes...But do you know what? […]

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[013] – BE GOOD AND DO GOOD WITH YOUR MONEY

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2018/09/09

This is another 're-purposed' interview from last year that I recorded with Lisa Stanley, co-founder of Good with Money - a website about "helping you become good with money while doing good with money too". I don't know about you, but it took me far longer than it should have done to realise that the […]

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[012] ZERO WASTE WEEK WITH RACHELLE STRAUSS

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2018/08/31

This is an interview I recorded with Rachelle, the founder of Zero Waste Week in 2017, just before the 10th annual Zero Waste Week. In it Rachelle shares how she got started on her own zero waste journey, as well as 'fessing up to the fact that her own bin is possibly not be as […]

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[011] – How and why to recycle LESS (it’s more...

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2018/07/24

In this solo episode I'm talking all things recycling. Or rather NOT recycling. We're digging into the 'waste hierarchy' (yes, I am aware this is the most dull sounding precise of a podcast ever - I promise it's not that bad! You might even giggle a bit...) to find out all the things we can do […]

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[010] #2MINUTESOLUTIONS TO PLASTIC POLLUTION WITH...

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2018/07/17

As this episode goes live, we're right in the middle of Plastic Free July, a global movement to encourage people to reduce their consumption of single use plastics. Since Blue Planet II it feels like the world is finally waking up to the impact of plastic pollution on our planet, which is fabulous, but it […]

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[009] – 4 EASY WAYS TO REDUCE YOUR PLASTIC FOOTPRINT...

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2018/07/10

Plastic is big news right now as we are waking up to the environmental impact of plastic pollution and our addiction to single use plastics. In this episode we're looking at ‘The Big 4’ plastic polluters: water bottles; coffee cups; plastic bags; and straws, and the impact YOU can make by choosing to refuse single use […]

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[008] – RENEWABLE ENERGY WITH GOOD ENERGY

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2018/06/19

Renewable energy seems to really have the bit between it's teeth now, which is fabulous news. It has gone from contributing 9% of our electricity mix in 2009, to 25% in 2018 and in 2017 more renewable energy was added to the 'global grid' than energy from fossil fuels.In this episode I'm chatting to Tom […]

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[007] – SHOPPING PLASTIC FREE WITHOUT A LOCAL ZERO...

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2018/06/19

In this episode of the Sustainable Life podcast I’m chatting to Kim Tew, the founder of Plastic Free Pantry which is the UK’s first plastic free online food shop. […]

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[006] – PLASTIC FREE LIVING WITH THE ZERO WASTE CHEF

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2018/05/22

In this episode I'm SO excited to be chatting to Anne Marie Bonneau, aka the Zero Waste Chef.Anne Marie shares the story of how she got started on her Zero Waste journey, and her top tips for cutting out single use plastic. Useful linksAnne Marie's blog - Zero Waste Chef Anne Marie on Instagram Anne Marie on Facebook Anne […]

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[005] – HOW TO GET STARTED WITH A SUSTAINABLE LIFE

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2018/05/15

In this episode we look at what Sustainable Living even means, and how to get started when it might be feeling really overwhelming. Useful linksEpisode 003 – Start with WhyEpisode 002 – with Chris Hellawell, founder of the Edinburgh Tool LibraryMy ‘Sustainable 2018’ webinar – I talk in here about goal setting and chunking things […]

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[004] – COMMUNITY GARDENING WITH SARA VENN FROM...

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2018/05/11

Before we start – a little heads up about the background noise on this one – Sara works in an incredibly hip co-working space surrounded by trendy millenials and moustache wax, who can be heard getting themselves a skinnydoubleshotdecaffavocado latte in the background..! Sara Venn is one of the first people I thought of when I […]

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[003] – A SUSTAINABLE LIFE – START WITH WHY

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2018/05/11

In this episode, I share why I think it’s so important for us all to get really clear on WHY it’s so important to us that we make sustainable changes in our lives.It may well be something you’ve never really thought about, but if you can spend a few minutes giving your ‘why’ some thought, […]

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[002] – MEET THE FOUNDER OF THE UK’S FIRST TOOL LIBRARY

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2018/05/11

Tool libraries are a brilliantly simple concept, and are a pretty popular thing over in North America, but up until a couple of years ago, we didn’t have even one here in the UK.All that changed in 2015 when Chris Hellawell started up The Edinburgh Tool Library. It’s an inspirational story of one man with a […]

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[001] – A SUSTAINABLE LIFE – THE PODCAST!

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2018/05/11

Yes, that’s right, a podcast!I’m SO excited to get this out there – it feels like this podcast been a long time coming, and I can’t wait to get on some of my sustainable living heroes as guests, and to chat with you each week about all things sustainable living and hopefully inspire and motivate […]

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