The Sustainable Living Podcast

Joel Salatin is maybe the most famous farmer of today. Many who want to farm sustainably are learning from Joel. He is a farmer, an author, a speaker and a great person all around.

Marianne talks about the need for less perfectionism, more breaks, cancer, Steemit and freewriting.

It has been too hot to do any extra work - the garden and the plants demanded extra attention. But great interviews with Joel Salatin and Matt Duncan were recorded and will be published soon.

A solo show by Marianne. The Big Bear Yoga Festival is such a great example how the action of one person can impact so many lives. Big Bear Yoga is run by two women as a love offering to the community. A few years back, they decided to also offer a yearly Yoga Festival.   This year, it was a one-day affair and it was free to the public.   Almost 600 people RSVPd.   We could leave it here. That many people got to have a full day of yoga free and have the opportunity to be exposed to so many different aspects of Yoga.   Here is a link to the webpage http://www.bigbearyogafestival.com/   But the impact went way beyond the fact that many people spend a day together practicing self-care.   Many of the participants came from cities several hours drive away and opted to spend one or maybe more rights in Big Bear. Of course eating out and maybe shopping is part of the mini vacation. All bring benefit to the community.   Vendors came too. Over 30 different booths had all kinds of interesting offerings. From Vegan food

Jenise and Marianne met after a long time at Jenise's house in Big Bear. Jenise talks about why she needed to take a break and the impact of being a care-giver. We also talk about the podcast and who we are going to interview. And about Steemit and crypto currency.

Emily, her husband, her child, her dog, and four cats moved from a 2000sf home to a 325sf tiny house. They never were happier and found freedom from debt and freedom to do the work their heart desires.   Can you imagine moving your family from a 2000 sf house to a 325 sf tiny house? Emily Gerde and her husband could. And they did. In many ways, that was a radical act. Emily didn't grow up dreaming of living in a very small house some day. On the contrary, she followed what many might call the American dream: Go to College, fall in love, get married, buy a house, and have a child. Sounds great, right? Can you see the happy family in their big house, relaxing, entertaining and in general having a good time? Well, the reality for Emily and her husband were working two jobs each, and him going to Grad-school on top of it. They hardly ever saw each other and didn't have any time to enjoy their house or yard. Emily's health started to suffer. Being busy and stressed all the time manifested a hyperactive Thyroid. Th

Liza Moiseeva and her partners started a social business called GlobeIn to support artisans all over the world and make a living at the same time. While nonprofits have their place in alleviating poverty, Liza believes that businesses will have a greater impact on the lives of the local population in the long-term. GlobeIn provides subscription boxes with items made by artisans all over the world. GlobeIn provides subscription boxes with items made by artisans all over the world. We are proud to be affiliates for GlobeIn. If you decide you want to support a good cause with your $$ and get beautiful handcrafted items for a great deal click here. Enter the code WELCOME for $10 off your subscription.   Visit our website for pictures and links to videos and more.   Let us know what you think! Give us feedback and tell us topics you like to hear from us. Let us know!!! Email us at SustainableLivingPodcast@gmail.com   Support us on Patreon!   How to reach us: Website: Sustainable Living Podcast We appreciate your

Is Self Care a Radical Act?   Brodie Welch is offering our listeners a great deal! Brodie offers many programs.    The discount of 15 % off is for the 12 Treasures Qigong and Basics of Chinese Medicine.   Use the coupon code "SUSTAIN" for 15% off Scroll to the end for clickable links.     Our podcast guest Brodie Welch is saying without doubt in her mind that self care is a radical act!   Why should we believe her?   Because Brodie knows her stuff. She has studied and worked in the health field for over 20 years and has helped countless people to take that step towards better health.   Here is Brodie Welch’s bio   Brodie Welch is a Licensed Acupuncturist, board-certified herbalist, Chinese Medicine expert, group coach, and self-care strategist. She’s the founder of Life in Balance Acupuncture in Corvallis, Oregon, where she has been treating patients since 2003.   In addition to her clinical practice, Brodie helps caring, high-achieving, women put themselves on their own to-do lists so they can trade stress a

Amy Oestreicher turns her personal hardships into successful plays, artworks, and books. She uses her creativity to deal with her pain from the many years of recovery from a severe illness and from sexual abuse. But she also uses it to help others.   Visit our blog for more info http://www.sustainablelivingpodcast.com/   The article about Amy's new play: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/13739704 More info: amyoes.com/flicker You can help to make the full production happen with any kind of donations here: patreon.com/amyo Gutless and Grateful: amyoes.com/gutless Amy's programs and presentations at amyoes.com/ptsd Amy's TEDx talk: amyoes.com Twitter: @amyoes Facebook.com/amyoestr Amy's book: amyoes.com/book Here are the guidelines for #LoveMyDetour guest posts: https://amyoes.com/lovemydetour-guest-post-guidelines-for-why-not-wednesday/

You are the agent of social change. You, our listener, and you, our fellow podcaster. If you are interested in gender or racial justice - we need you! If you are interested in food justice, green living or polite discourse - we need you! If you are interested in gay rights, saving the rainforest or feeding the world through Permaculture - we need you. We are formulating an action plan how we all can work together and support each other reaching our goals which are all parts of the puzzle - social change. Please join the discussion!! Reach out.   Judithe Registre from the Non-Profit Inclusivus and Marianne are sharing about their Panel at Podcast Movement 2017. Their session, Podcasts: Untapped Resource for Social Change is the start of a collaboration of podcasters with a different focus area in this genre. For more detail and a full blog post, visit our Website: Sustainable Living Podcast   Please send your ideas and Feedback to sustainablelivingpodcast@gmail.com   How to reach us: Website: Sustainable Livin

A solo episode about life priorities and that sometimes we can't keep up with a schedule - even if it is full of projects and tasks which bring us joy. Jenise needs a bit of a break. She is a caretaker for her elderly mother and that takes so much time and energy. Marianne is at the same examining where she can do less in the different areas of her life - and at the same time add more to her plate. A constant shifting of focus and priorities. Visit our blog/website at http://www.sustainablelivingpodcast.com/ If you like our show, we appreciate your support of any amount on Patreon

We are at Podcast Movement and learning every minute. A new episode will be there for you next week. Have a wonderful week!! We love you!!

Let us know what you think! Give us feedback and tell us topics you like to hear from us. Let us know!!! Email us at SustainableLivingPodcast@gmail.com   Support us on Patreon!   David Perrodin, PhD left a high paying, high-status position without a plan. He shares his personal story of transformation for the first time. David went from an angry and very unhealthy man with a great paycheck to a happy and healthy person. He found many opportunities and experiences coming his way he never imagined possible. And he does not miss that high paycheck and status at all. The life he now has allows him time to spend with his family and time to pursue things he enjoys. David hosts his own podcast, has co-written and co-produced a movie, rides his bike and is writing a book. He finds time to help his neighbors and can't wait to see what other adventures will present himself. David Perrodin, PhD, worked twelve years as a Director of Student Services before exiting the profession in 2014 to focus exclusively on researchin

Episode 109 Are homesteaders just moochers living off of "civil" society? A recent opinion piece in Forbes magazine suggests that they are. And a brilliant homesteading blogger named Daisy Luther of The Organic Prepper blog, articulately countered the argument on Zero Hedge. I read Daisy's article and thought it would make for an interesting discussion on our latest episode of the podcast. But first Marianne and I share a little bit about how we are "mooching" on our respective homesteads! August Update Marianne is tired of hand watering her plants and is making plans for installing a watering system in her garden.  She wants to create a watering grid to "just hydrate everything." And she talks about a sustainability-oriented company she's considering for sourcing this watering system. I'm excited about my recent sheet mulching project. Looking at all the weeds in between my raised beds got old.  So after collecting cardboard from friends and neighbors, I covered the weeds with it. Then I topped the cardboard

Let us know what you think! Feedback and topics you like to hear from us. Let us know. Email us at SustainableLivingPodcast@gmail.com   Support us on Patreon!   Candida van Rood aka Candy Spender has become a friend via social media and now even more so through this podcast. We connected through expressing strong feelings about how to mother children and found so much more common ground.    Our fathers fought in the second World War and were prisoners of war. We grew up with a resource aware attitude.  We are both Geminis We feel that children deserve a village to raise them. We read many of the same books. Permaculture and so much more       I f you want to reach Candy, visit our website for contact info  How to reach us: Website: Sustainable Living Podcast We appreciate your support! You can do so on Patreon. Here is how. Go to the Patreon Homepage. Create an account. You will need a name (can be an avatar), an email address, a password and a credit card. This should only take a few minutes. Then look for

We're back with some EASY sustainable tips from our listeners today! A personal story But before we get into them, Marianne shares a personal story about an issue she's been going through regarding health care. Virtually all of us have experienced a health scare, at one time or another.  We get stressed and so do our loved ones.  But too often that stress is exacerbated by insurance and health care professionals laboring under a system that is NOT heart centered. Many of us can relate to Marianne's frustration - a feeling that is not very conducive to healing. But we keep moving forward, with an eye toward creating new systems that have compassion and the benefit of human kind as the goal. When it rains it pours! Marianne also needed to get new flooring for her bathroom and, being the dedicated sustainable living geek that she is, she went on a quest to find sustainable flooring.  What she learned really surprised me. Did you know that linoleum is a pretty sustainable source for flooring? I didn't! Marianne c

Episode 106 The future of humanity may very well rest on the success of the small, sustainable farm. If that sounds like a severe exaggeration to you, consider the following: Industrial agriculture uses excessive amounts of chemical pesticides, herbicides and hormones that end up in what we eat, drink and breathe Factory farms and industrial slaughterhouses often create unsanitary conditions that cause food contamination, sickening 76 million people in the U.S. yearly. Topsoil erosion and aquifer depletion caused by industrial agriculture undermines genetic diversity, and pollutes air, water, and soil with toxic chemicals, causing $34.7 billion in environmental damage annually in the U.S. alone. Management of animal waste at factory farms often contaminates nearby  soil and water with pathogens, heavy metals, and excess nutrients that can sicken neighboring residents. Industrial agriculture contaminates ground and surface water with toxic pesticide and fertilizer runoff, hormone and antibiotics residue, heav

Let us know what you think! Feedback and topics you like to hear from us. Let us know. Email us at SustainableLivingPodcast@gmail.com Support us on Patreon!   Our News and Listener Tips for July 2017   We couldn’t sleep. Both Jenise and I couldn’t sleep last night. For very different reasons.   I was up with my solar charged flashlight prowling the yard. Not once, not twice, but three times. Each time, my crazy little dogs woke me from a deep sleep by barking like there is no tomorrow.   Why I never figured out. But since we lost a bunch of chicken last Christmas morning to one of the friendly- or rather not so friendly- night time wildlife visitors, I can’t go back to sleep without investigating.   We have since build a chicken fortress for my girls to spend the night. But the last few nights, I have brought the 12 babies and their mom close to the flock in a temporary enclosure.   Now, they are all next to each other and can get acquainted, but the babies house is not as safe as the fortress.   Ergo, I get

Let us know what you think! Feedback and topics you like to hear from us. Let us know. Email us at SustainableLivingPodcast@gmail.com   Support us on Patreon!     Linda Kelso is a podcaster, a blogger, and a business woman. She is the owner and operator of LK Landscape Design.   You might ask, why in the world have a podcaster on your podcast? Good question!! There are several answers. One is that Linda is an expert in the garden and many of us have started to grow our own food in an effort to be more sustainable. All tips and advice are welcome!   She also knows how to create environments to support pollinators and other critters who are native to a given area - even if you live in an HOA.   Another reason is that we podcasters like to support each other. You, my friend, our listener, belong to a growing, but still small group of the initiated. You know what a podcast is and how to listen to one.   Believe it or not, there is still a large percentage of the population who does not know what a podcast is. If

Episode 103 Marissa Vicario is a certified integrative nutrition coach who is helping people to embrace holistic health. She is the author of the best-selling, award-winning book, Your Holistically Hot Transformation: Embrace a Healthy Lifestyle Free of Dieting, Confusion and Self-Judgment  - about her own journey to wellness and the unique philosophy she uses in her coaching practice to teach women how to trust themselves to make slimming, nutritious and energizing choices without resorting to fad diets. In this interview she shares some valuable tips to help us all create healthier habits. Overcoming self-doubt One of the biggest challenges to anything you want to accomplish is self-doubt. How do we overcome the negative self-talk that keeps us from doing the things we want? Drowning out the noise and paving your own individual wellness journey is, according to Marissa, the true essence of the phrase "holistically hot". In our discussion, she shares a bit about how she overcome her own self-doubt.   I can r