From the popular blog www.startingsustainability.com we have created a podcast to help you learn the simple ways you can incorporate sustainable practices into your lifestyle. Follow Kaylin along with her triumphs and fails of navigating a sustainable lifestyle. Everyone can do more than re-usable bags and cups. Getting everyone to do an extra few steps towards sustainability will have a greater impact than just one person doing it perfectly. To learn more check out www.startingsustainability.com
Episode 156: Trapped Water
Kaylin has a looong Catch Up segment this week. Near the end you can catch the info about trapped water and why it is so important to set if free.
2/19/2024 • 29 minutes, 57 seconds
Episode 156: Change in Direction
Still Starting Sustainability but taking a new direction. Kaylin will continue the podcast and sustainably related topics but will include more "other" topics as well. In this episode a new segment of "what its like to be a parent" is introduced (but not for those with a weak stomach). Also, it is the kickoff to Black History Month and Kaylin discusses the fascinating story of Claudette Colvin. Never heard of her? Well, listen in and learn!
2/5/2024 • 34 minutes, 47 seconds
Episode 155: Bucket Lists and Challenges
Kaylin is BACK!!!!! It has been far too long! Warning, there is a LOOOONG catch up segment because so much has been going on for the past month. If you are not into the catching up, just fast forward a bit to the main discussion about bucket list fails and achievements as well as 2024's challenges.
1/22/2024 • 44 minutes, 56 seconds
Episode 154: The MIND Diet- Eat Right to Keep Your Brain Sharp
There is a new diet out there designed to SLOW down cognitive decline. If you have a family history of Alzheimer's or Dementia then check out the food you should be eating and food to avoid to slow down the cognitive decline.
12/11/2023 • 43 minutes, 14 seconds
Episode 153: Holidays and Special Occasions
Startingsustainability.com It is the kickoff to a holiday and special occasion season. Get a refresh on different ways you can be sustainable during these fun celebrations.
11/20/2023 • 30 minutes, 53 seconds
Episode 152: Successful Sustainability Campains
www.startingsustainability.com Sometimes marketing sustainability succeeds and most often is seems like it fails or ends of being greenwashing. Kaylin found three big companies who are putting in a great effort, doing things right, and have marketing techniques that worked!
11/6/2023 • 34 minutes, 31 seconds
Episode 151: Ghoulish Ways to Repurpose...Mummies.
Startingsustainability.com Halloween is right around the corner and I have been saving this weird and slightly sustainability related story just for this event.
10/23/2023 • 33 minutes, 25 seconds
Episode 150: Trash Attracts Bear Attacks
www.startingsustainability.com It's officially SPOOKY season! Kaylin is going a little off of the traditional trail. This episode is a creepy and oddly sustainable story all about how back in the 1960's littering in Glacier National Park led to the first fatal bear attack in the parks history.
10/9/2023 • 45 minutes, 12 seconds
Episode 149: Black Market of Venus Flytraps
www.startingsustainability.com Kaylin and her family are back from vacation...it could have been better. There is a new term scientist are using, global boiling. The main topic of this episode is the black market behind venus flytraps. Apparently, that is a thing. Listen in to learn all about the seriously ridiculous crime behind the carnivorous plant.
9/25/2023 • 35 minutes, 31 seconds
Episode 148: Back to the Basics
www.startingsustainability.com Reflecting on why Kaylin started this podcast. She wanted to know how to be sustainable, but in a simple manor. In this episode Kaylin goes back to the basics. She took last episode's challenge seriously and kept track of her trash for almost 24 hours and figured out how to repurpose it. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
8/28/2023 • 59 minutes, 28 seconds
Episode 147: Messing with Meat
www.startingsustainability.com A follow up to Episode 115: Lab Grown Meat. Learn about the advancement of science in creating sustainable meats.
8/14/2023 • 30 minutes, 6 seconds
Episode 146: The Little Known Incident at Church Rock
www.startingsustainability.com The largest radioactive spill in the US happened in Church Rock New Mexico and hardly anybody knows about it. Listen in to learn what happened and why it was overlooked by so many agencies.
7/31/2023 • 31 minutes, 31 seconds
Episode 145: Mid Year Bucket List and Dolly Parton Inspiration
www.startingsustainability.com We are officially into Season 5!!! Holy moly 5 years strong with this podcast!!! Thank you everyone! This episode is a brief review of Kaylin's annual bucket list to see what has been accomplished and what has been forgotten. A visit to Gatlinburg gave a little Dolly Parton Inspiration to the latter half of this episode.
7/17/2023 • 31 minutes, 9 seconds
Episode 144: California Crisis and Kaylin's Big Mess Up
www.startingsustainability.com It's officially season 5! Kaylin forgot episode 143! Already off to a great start of a new podcasting season. Oops! Catching up x2 on this episode! Congratulations to Emily and Colin! What is going on in California? Did they just ban gas appliances? Can they do that?
