This month I’m talking about junk, and how finding it a new home can help save resources--and climate emissions. This week I talk generally about the circular economy, and share some tips from my experience cleaning out a house in northern Germany over the summer. Spoiler alert: you're got to get creative!
This month I’m focusing on perspective, turning the podcast from My Climate Diet to Our Climate Diet. This week I talk with a former student about food waste. And I share an article from the Guardian's new series, the United States of Plastic, about not trying so hard.
This month I’m focusing on perspective, turning the podcast from My Climate Diet to Our Climate Diet. This week I return to the question of travel, getting some advice from a former student who talks about how to travel with eco-sensibility. And I answer a listener question about homemade deodorant.
This month I'm looking at perspectives, sharing my thoughts with others and tips from my former students. Today I'm excited to share a letter from a listener packed with questions on issues that have challenged me: how to reduce travel emissions, and how to calculate savings by switching to a green bank.
I talk about what I've learned in covering climate finance for a month: individuals can make a big difference, if they have money, and live somewhere with green banks. And I talk about the recent German documentary "Die rote Linie" (The red line).
This is the third episode in my month of climate finance. This week I look at the measurements available to evaluate the climate performance of financial investments, check out how green my U.S. mutual fund account is (spoiler: not very) and talk about what to do about it.
This week, I look into green banks in Germany and open a German checking account! And I find that doing so will save me over 1 ton of carbon dioxide this year.
This week marks the first of a series of four episodes on money and climate change. I start by going back to a classic article by Bill McKibben that looks at how important money is in fueling the extraction of oil and gas. I talk about how the divestment movement is trying to dry up the supply and how changing my bank account can help. Plus: why Harriet Tubman stamps are giving me hope.
This week I look more generally at the effects of cosmetics on the climate. I find that I'm not the only one who knows little about the impact of cosmetics on the climate. And I give one listener tips on how to maximize the climate benefits of cloth diapers.
This week I share the second half of my chat with my friend Josh Huffman about homemade deodorant. He gives me some tips to perfect my recipe as well as more general advice about making your own cosmetics. And I share a recipe for an exfoliating face mask with only two ingredients. (Note: Josh's language is still a bit salty!)
This month I'm focusing on cosmetics. This week is the first half of an interview with my friend Josh Huffman, who has made his own deodorant for over six years. He talks about how he got started, and shares his easy recipe for making the best deodorant he's ever used. (Note: There is some salty language this week!)
This week I'm eating local in Lower Saxony. I talk about the importance of food miles and food groups and buy a kilogram of delicious white asparagus (or Spargel).
My first week of eating local: I talk about what's in season in April, what's always available, and how easy it is to cook potatoes.
I totally blew it on my challenge this week -- to properly dispose of a bag of e-waste I've collected over the past year -- but somehow managed to come out ahead anyway.
This week I talk about my experience at Fridays For Future in Berlin on March 15, 2019, a massive student-organized protest for climate action that took place on six continents with over 1 million demonstrators. I also reflect on the importance of thinking about my carbon handprint, not just my carbon footprint. More information at: myclimatediet.org.
The first episode of the podcast is up! In this episode, I introduce myself and explain why I'm going on a climate diet (spoiler alert: to reduce my environmental impact!). Then I do my first weigh-in to figure out where I stand, looking at my emissions using a calculator from a German living lab I participated in last year, as well as tools from the Global Footprint Network and the Nature Conservancy. I find I'm better off than I feared, but have a lot of work to do in what I eat. More at: mycl...
Join Lisa Pettibone as she starts a diet to shed unwanted pounds--of greenhouse gas emissions. Launching March 12, My Climate Diet shares practical tips to do your part in reducing your climate footprint.
