Podcast
Zero Waste Life Hacks Podcast
Hosted by Zero Waste Life Hacks Podcast · EN
ZERO WASTE LIFE HACK is a podcast that shows our listeners simple solutions to some big problems. Yup, it's not all doom and gloom. We can all do so many easy things to live more sustainably and feel good about our actions. It's all about being practical and continuously inspiring each other. We are here to help you gain knowledge and an understanding of how our daily purchases and, ultimately, the stuff we throw out can become ZERO WASTE opportunities instead.
Each episode will tackle one item used daily, giving you facts about its global impact and how you, yes even you, can change your daily habits to become a ZERO WASTE LIFE HACKER.
Visit our website for more information www.zerowastelifehacks.com
11episodes
Episodes
Newest firstAll episodes
#14 Heat
Jun 19, 2023Tap to summarizeHow do we stay cool as the planet gets hot? In this Zero Waste Life Hacks Podcast episode, we invite Marta Segura, the City of LA's first Heat Officer, to talk to us about a warming climate and ways to keep cool. Learn how "shade equity", climate justice, the white goth, internal temperature, and thermal comfort can all help you bet the heat on any budget. Learn how to hack your home and build a swamp cooler. Learn how to beat the heat.
Transcribe →#13 Compost
Jun 11, 2023Tap to summarizeOur composting episode is very informative and inspiring. Sofia Ratchvich and Michelle Sinclair invite Monique Figueiredo, Founder of Compostable LA, to break down what is happening in that compost pile, what are some of the fancy names for the types of compost, and why it is so essential for compost to be a a part of our local communities.
Transcribe →#12 Listening
Apr 18, 2023Tap to summarizeListening is a beautiful hack for learning, having empathy, and being present. We are honored and blessed to have Madame Gandhi as our guest for this episode. Madame Gandhi is a talented producer and musician whose Music takes the listener on a journey of liberation and beats. Her path has led her to be on the Forbes list of 30 Under 30 in Music, and her 2020 TED Talk about conscious music consumption has reached millions worldwide. It was a joy to have Madame Gandhi in the studio as she offered a genuinely unique and poignant perspective on our hack of the episode listening. Madame Gandhi led us through a 3-minute meditation that we placed at the beginning of the episode for any listeners who wish to revisit it.
Transcribe →#11 The Eco Set
Mar 13, 2023Tap to summarizeWhat do Insomniac events, the HBO show VEEP and the local elementary school play all have in common? They all use salvaged materials from Eco Set. You can find a ‘set’ at the theater, in commercials, tv shows, movies, events, and festivals. Our special guest Kris Barberg, of Eco Set and Materials Oasis, shared hacks and inspiration around how to create a more eco-friendly set. She also shares some great stories about some epic props. We hope this episode helps people in production, large and small, find solutions from creation to tare down to redirect, divert and reuse their sets.
Transcribe →#10 Events
Feb 14, 2023Tap to summarizeThis episode will help anyone planning an event for up to 200 guests to reach a goal of diverting at least 80% of waste from going to a landfill. It will focus on small steps to make an event more sustainable behind the scenes. The key is in the planning phase. Take the time to know how many are attending, what materials for decor can be reused after the event, and how guests receive and consume food and drinks. These three steps seem easy, but they will take some planning. Listen to this episode to hear stories from Sofia (host) as she shares ten years of experience as a Zero Waste event consultant. We are back with Season 2! Kicking this season off, Michelle interviews Sofia to get tips on making your next event more Zero Waste. Not only is Sofia the host of this podcast, but also a ZERO WASTE event consultant. She has seen it all and sorted through the worst of post-event trash.
Transcribe →#9 Zero Waste State of Mind
Jul 13, 2020Tap to summarizeSofia has a discussion with the mother of the zero waste movement Bea Johnson. Fans all over the world have taken on her challenge of fitting a year's worth trash into one mason jar. They talk about guilty pleasures, how to travel zero waste and what makes up the zero waste state of mind.
Transcribe →#8 Shipping & Packaging
Mar 25, 2020Tap to summarizeThis episode was recorded on Feb 6, 2020, as part of a live panel discussion with Shopify to help merchants to find some zero waste hacks around their shipping and packaging needs. Laster year, it was projected that there would be 2.05 billion global digital buyers. But that was before the pandemic of covid 19 was announced. With the world being asked to self-quarantine and practice social distancing, we will have to see how this affects eCommerce companyies. Our producer and co-host Michelle recorded a special intro as the release of this episode comes at precarious times. Our panel included a shipping industry professional, a waste industry expert, a plastic warrior, and a merchant who applies an eco-friendly approach to their eCommerce store. Sustainability Consultant, Sofia Ratcovich of Zero Waste Co., will lead a conversation around the topics of the circular economy, opt-in/opt-out shipping possibilities, what is recyclable and how merchants can adopt a more zero-waste approach. We wish all of our listeners some silver linings in the different and precarious times. The Merchant's Q&A can be gifted to our Patreon backers. You can access this portion of the panel at any level of support. Thank you For more information on this Episode's topic visit our blog at www.zerowastelifehacks.com Thank you Shopify for hosting this event If you would like a Zero Wast consultation or want to make your next event zero waste, reach out to our host Sofia via her company www.zerowasteco.com
Transcribe →#7 Teeth
Jan 9, 2020Tap to summarizeDid you know that it is estimated that 400 million toothpaste tubes are discarded every year in the United States only? On the global level, that number rises to 1.5 billion discarded toothpaste tubes. AND about one billion plastic toothbrushes are thrown away every year in the United States, creating 50 million pounds of waste annually. In this episode, we are joined by Lindsay McCormick (founder of zero-waste toothpaste brand BITE) to discuss facts and hacks around our teeth routine and how effortless it is to switch our teeth routine to a zero-waste habit.
Transcribe →#6 Bags
Nov 22, 2019Tap to summarizeIn this episode, themed around the plastic bag problem, Sofia interviews the founder of Chico Bags, Andy Keller. Keller has become an outspoken opponent of plastic bags, creating a character called the “Bag Monster” from 500 plastic bags, the number each American uses annually. He uses this to raise awareness about the environmental impact of disposable bags. In January 2011, his company was sued by three leading plastic-bag manufacturers accusing it of causing “irreparable harm” to their business by defaming their product. Though we can not talk about that on the podcast, Andy can talk about facts and hacks around plastic bags.Topics discussed include how the system of recycling is broken, how it is cheaper to throw it in the landfill, benefit corporations, extended producer responsibility, take-back programs, using our dollars as votes, market-based solution, closing the loop on plastic, how50% of the plastic that you get you don't even need or want, producer responsibility on the end of life of their product and how we need to redesign the way we carry groceries home.Thank you, Andy, for being an inspiration and founding a company we can be happy putting our dollars into.
Transcribe →#5 Straws
Nov 7, 2019Tap to summarizeThe straw. It once represented warm and fuzzy feelings because it was a part of so many memories. Getting a soda at the movies, milkshakes at the 50’s diner, grandpa’s homemade root beer floats or teenage meetups at the local fast-food restaurant. Then the silly straws or that hat that would hold the soda cans with a long straw to drink from it. It’s crazy to think that all of those straws exist somewhere still in the planet.The straw no longer represents happy warm, fuzzy, feelings. Ever since the video of the turtle surfaced kids and adults everywhere are more conscientious of the impact this product is making in environments it doesn’t belong.We are here to help with a few lite and simple hacks around the straw.Sofia and Michelle talk STRAWS with Buzzfeed content curator Auri Jackson. From how we began using the straw to how many get used a day, this uplifting discussion will help any listener with simple tips on how to “stop sucking”.
Transcribe →