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Nashville's Crema Coffee business model is how we wish all businesses would operate. In our interview with Rachel Lehman we find out that Crema was one of the first Zero Waste businesses in Nashville and how they keep innovating to reduce wast
Would you sneak a plastic bag monster costume into your State's Legislature and wear it to meet with lawmakers? This is just one of the interesting things we found out in this inspirational interview with Sadie and Zach, the organizers behind
With world wide Covid-19 deaths in the millions, political upheaval, social unrest and a tumultuous economy, continuing the conversation about sustainability sometimes feels like some kind of privileged guilty pleasure. Michael and Maris discus
Do you feel like you're the only one recycling, composting your food scraps and getting dirty looks from cashiers for bringing your own bags? Finding and supporting your local environmental organizations can be a great way to stay connected an
Have you thought about sustainable gift giving? How do you personalize a gift experience when sending an electronic gift card? Why do we even give gifts? Maris and Michael have a conversation about how to approach gift giving as Zero Waste pr
How do you "pull a Maris"? Is there a waiter in East Nashville with a zero waste chopstick injury from Jess? How does Michael offset air conditioning for furry Akitas? Life is full of trade offs for what's good for us, the environment and ou
Hey Ladies! Did you know that tampons and pads that we have been told to use our whole lives are actually toxic to our bodies? Maybe this isn’t news to you, but really these foreign objects we’re putting into our bodies are NOT good for us! and
Karen McIntyre from Nashville's Westmead Elementary is much more than a librarian. She's helped start a compost program, a school garden, recycling drives and a way for students to donate uneaten food from the lunchroom. She shares her succes
There are a lot of items that sit in our closets, attics or basements that only get used a couple of times a year. Do you know how many resources it took to produce, ship and sell all that stuff so that it can just sit around unused? Ruckify i
In this episode, Michael talks about his experience with his new bidet and about how the process works down to the nitty gritty detail. We also hear from a couple of listeners who gave us audio testimonials about why they love their bidets. Sa
Does your city have a Zero Waste Plan? If it does, is it being implemented and/or championed by your elected officials? The Chairman of the Nashville Solid Waste Board, John Sherman, gives us some background on how and why Nashville has a Zero
Gleaning is an ancient practice mentioned in the Old Testament and codified into law in some countries. Normally, over 1/3 of the food produced in the world is wasted but during the pandemic shutdown this was exacerbated as crops were being pl
Who wouldn't want a grocery store where they are part owners and can vote on the items being sold, where they come from and how they are packaged. Learn what a grocery co-op is and how to start one in our conversation with Ellery Richardson fro
If plastic recycling is broken, why do we do it? It makes no sense financially or by any measure of success when it's a 90% failure rate. Even if it worked better, plastic can't be recycled more than 2-3 times before it falls apart so all we
In this episode, Maris and Michael have a conversation with Clay Ezell from The Compost Company, an industrial composting facility, about how industrial composting differs from backyard composting and why Nashville is one of the few cities in t
Jenn Harrman, the Nashville Public Works Waste Reduction Program Manager, answers our questions about what's recyclable in Nashville and where does it go? Like many cities, Nashville has had to adapt to a changing markets for recyclables. The
We touch base with Zero Waste Trash Talk family member Jess Johnson to discuss her experiences with donations as a home organizer. In addition to asking what each organization is accepting before just dumping items on them, she finds out what
In Episode 3 we talk about watching the new documentary The Story of Plastic on Amazon Prime and we interview our friend John Hawkins, a Nashville waste diversion specialist and musician, to get his take on the problems with recycling. We dis
Nashville's first zero waste, package free refill store owner, Megan Gill, talks to us about her zero waste journey. She moved back to the States from Costa Rica where she taught women who had been sex traffic victims how to become beauticians
In this first episode we talk about sustainability in Nashville and what we are doing to strengthen our community. It's a hyper local conversation with ideas that can be applied to communities all across the globe. We cover city composting op
If you care about the planet and are the type of person who takes trash home with them to sort, you are the right audience for this podcast.
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