Trash Talking With Eco-warriors | Sustainability, Green Business, Conservation

Small Act of Green Rebellion: Wear clothes that help to close the loop. From the most supported clothing launch on Kickstarter to using coffee grounds in their hoodies and socks, Coalatree has created a brand that thinks as much about durability as they do about sustainability. JM Fabrizi, Director of Brand Development, joins us to chat about how the brand has successfully launched several products on Kickstarter, from the Kachula Blanket to the Trailhead Pants. Their evolution hoodies is made out of a  fabric, developed in Taiwan and Bluesign certified, that has helped to remove over 140,000 plastic bottles and 82,000 cups of coffee grounds from the waste stream so far. Visit Coalatree on Instagram and Twitter to see more. You can also check out their current Kickstarter for a self-healing windbreaker (I'm not kidding). -- Season 3 of Trash Talking with Eco-Warriors is sponsored by Plaine Products. Plaine Products is a zero-waste personal care company that uses re-fillable aluminum bottles. Their shampo

Small Act of Green Rebellion: Stop using single-use plastics. Sierra Brodleit always grew up with sustainably minded parents. When she graduated from college, she knew she wanted to be at a company that aligned with her values. What started as an internship at a small company based in Chico, California turned out to be Sierra's only job that she's had since college. ChicoBags produces solutions for stopping the use of single-waste everything - plastic bags, snack bags, masks, bottles - you name it. And when your ChicoBag is at the end of its life, you can send it back and the company will recycle the materials on your behalf. Click here to watch the Bag Monster running through the streets of San Francisco and about how ChicoBags was sued by the top three producers in the plastics industry. -- Season 3 of Trash Talking with Eco-Warriors is sponsored by Plaine Products. Plaine Products is a zero-waste personal care company that uses re-fillable aluminum bottles. Their shampoos, conditioners, and body products a

Small Act of Green Rebellion: Live off-grid. Fran Whitlock is the Communications Manager of Global Ecovillage Network Europe. She tells us about her journey of going from working in climate policy in London to living in a rural community in Northern Spain where she lives with thirty or so other likeminded individuals. These communities are just one of the many ways that people are reducing their impact on the planet and opting for a lifestyle that is more environmentally conscious. -- Season 3 of Trash Talking with Eco-Warriors is sponsored by Plaine Products. Plaine Products is a zero-waste personal care company that uses re-fillable aluminum bottles. Their shampoos, conditioners, and body products are toxin-free and vegan so they’re good for you and good for the planet. Get 20% off your first order by using the link above or entering promo code TRASHY20. All proceeds from ads and sponsors for Season 3 will be donated to MyClimate, the leading provider of CO2 offsets and carbon offsetting consulting. By list

Small Act of Green Rebellion: Buy sustainable gifts. More than 63% of American adults drink coffee and about 500 billion cups are consumed each year. Since coffee grows near the equator, that is a pretty big impact as a whole industry. Anu Menon started Driftaway Coffee with her husband, Suyog, as a way of building a company that they could both be passionate working on. A couple years in, they realized that in order to really love what they were building, they had to think of the sustainability of their company and products. Now, Driftaway Coffee is a subscription coffee company that uses fully compostable packaging and pricing transparency as part of their business practices. -- Season 3 of Trash Talking with Eco-Warriors is sponsored by Plaine Products. Plaine Products is a zero-waste personal care company that uses re-fillable aluminum bottles. Their shampoos, conditioners, and body products are toxin-free and vegan so they’re good for you and good for the planet. Get 20% off your first order by using the

Small Act of Green Rebellion: Find your green community. Jordana Vasquez is an architect turned sustainability and energy consultant. Following the destruction of Hurricane Katrina, Jordana decided to use her skills to help protect vulnerable communities with sustainable building practices. Around the same time, Jordana met her co-founder, Chante Harris, at an event where the two were the only BIPOC women in attendance. What sprang from their chance meeting was an organization, the Women of Color Collective in Sustainability (WOCCS), that helps to connect women of color in the sustainability space. Jordana has also been featured on the United Nations' blog and a Coordinator for the Global Youth Leadership Institute.  -- Season 3 of Trash Talking with Eco-Warriors is sponsored by Plaine Products. Plaine Products is a zero-waste personal care company that uses re-fillable aluminum bottles. Their shampoos, conditioners, and body products are toxin-free and vegan so they’re good for you and good for the plan

Small Act of Green Rebellion: Use paper (instead of plastic) to pick up your dog's poop. After 8 years of picking up her dog's poop with plastic bags, Tracy Rosensteel decided to do something about finding a greener alternative to the "biodegradable" bags on the market (which are still made of plastic). What she ended up creating is Pooch Paper, a recycled, non-bleach alternative to plastic poop bags. Pooch Paper has since been picked up by Shark Tank and can be found in big box stores like Target and Chewy. -- Season 3 of Trash Talking with Eco-Warriors is sponsored by Plaine Products. Plaine Products is a zero-waste personal care company that uses re-fillable aluminum bottles. Their shampoos, conditioners, and body products are toxin-free and vegan so they’re good for you and good for the planet. Get 20% off your first order by using the link above or entering promo code TRASHY20. All proceeds from ads and sponsors for Season 3 will be donated to MyClimate, the leading provider of CO2 offsets and carbon off

Small Act of Green Rebellion: Make green news go viral. Lucy Biggers started out her career as a video producer at NowThis covering stories like Standing Rock and micro plastics in your face wash. What started as an interest in technology and following the stories of passionate players in the sustainability field has turned into a full-on environmental niche for Lucy. Her Standing Rock videos have collected over 9 million views and President Obama mentioned that media attention is one of the reasons why he blocked the pipeline. It seems that viral videos and sharing stories online can actually make a difference. We encourage everyone to go out and exercise their right to vote. -- Season 3 of Trash Talking with Eco-Warriors is sponsored by Plaine Products. Plaine Products is a zero-waste personal care company that uses re-fillable aluminum bottles. Their shampoos, conditioners, and body products are toxin-free and vegan so they’re good for you and good for the planet. Get 20% off your first order by using the

Small Act of Green Rebellion: Buy carbon neutral or local products. Danielle Doggett took her love of sailing and nature to build a company that will sail products from Costa Rica up the Pacific in a carbon neutral vessel. The shipping cargo industry pollutes more than the 6th most polluted country in the world and 10,000 containers are lost at sea every year (check out this article about the rubber ducks lost at sea). This means a hefty impact on our planet for up to 90% of the goods that we own. SAILCARGO is hoping to change that and help reduce our impact on the planet with carbon neutral shipping. -- Season 3 of Trash Talking with Eco-Warriors is sponsored by Plaine Products. Plaine Products is a zero-waste personal care company that uses re-fillable aluminum bottles. Their shampoos, conditioners, and body products are toxin-free and vegan so they’re good for you and good for the planet. Get 20% off your first order by using the link above or entering promo code TRASHY20. All proceeds from ads and sponsor

Small Act of Green Rebellion: Plant a guerrilla garden. After learning about a movement called Guerrilla Gardening in London, Vanessa Harden, Founder of The Subversive Gardener started her own city-wide project here in New York City. By planting flowers and vegetable gardens in public spaces, guerrilla gardeners are partaking in a fun and sustainable act of green rebellion.  -- Season 3 of Trash Talking with Eco-Warriors is sponsored by Plaine Products. Plaine Products is a zero-waste personal care company that uses re-fillable aluminum bottles. Their shampoos, conditioners, and body products are toxin-free and vegan so they’re good for you and good for the planet. Get 20% off your first order by using the link above or entering promo code TRASHY20. All proceeds from ads and sponsors for Season 3 will be donated to MyClimate, the leading provider of CO2 offsets and carbon offsetting consulting. By listening, sharing and supporting this podcast, you're also taking steps to reduce your carbon footprint. -

Small Act of Green Rebellion: Use green geothermal energy to heat/cool your home. Kathy Hunnan was working at Google X, Alphabet's moonshot division, as an entry-level marketer when she got involved with a solution for heating and cooling individual homes - using geothermal energy. From there, Kathy spun off the company as her own startup and has been focused on making green heating and cooling systems affordable for all.  -- Season 3 of Trash Talking with Eco-Warriors is sponsored by Plaine Products. Plaine Products is a zero-waste personal care company that uses re-fillable aluminum bottles. Their shampoos, conditioners, and body products are toxin-free and vegan so they’re good for you and good for the planet. Get 20% off your first order by using the link above or entering promo code TRASHY20. All proceeds from ads and sponsors for Season 3 will be donated to MyClimate, the leading provider of CO2 offsets and carbon offsetting consulting. By listening, sharing and supporting this podcast, you're also

Small Act of Green Rebellion: Donate your hair to clean up oil spills. Lisa Gautier, Founder and President of Matter of Trust, tells us about how hair, textiles and fur can be used to help soak up oil before it ever reaches the ocean. Since 1999, Matter of Trust has been making hair mats that are used in industrial settings and to help remove oil from the environment. These hair mats are then broken down by worms into usable compost, so it's completely green and renewable.  -- Season 3 of Trash Talking with Eco-Warriors is sponsored by Plaine Products. Plaine Products is a zero-waste personal care company that uses re-fillable aluminum bottles. Their shampoos, conditioners, and body products are toxin-free and vegan so they’re good for you and good for the planet. Get 20% off your first order by using the link above or entering promo code TRASHY20. All proceeds from ads and sponsors for Season 3 will be donated to MyClimate, the leading provider of CO2 offsets and carbon offsetting consulting. By listeni

It’s 2020. Your local compost program has been canceled due to COVID. Shops are using single-use plastic in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus. Grocery stores are denying your reusable bags. Forget reusable cups at your local coffeeshop. And everyone is home, producing more disposable waste and individually trying to cool down their apartments during the hot summer. For all of us eco-warriors, this year could not be a bigger climate disaster. And as the worst fires rage on the western coast and the southern coast is bombarded with hurricanes and tropical storms, we sit at home and wonder - WHAT CAN I DO? Season 3 of Trash Talking with Eco-Warriors is all about fighting the green fight. Doing those small things that can turn into a wave, a movement, your win against the war. So if you’re tired of the status quo and staying at home doing NOTHING, this is it. Start small, start today. We’ll be giving you tips from leaders in the green movement who’ll share how you can contribute your small act in this

“So many people climb the ladder of success only to find it was against the wrong wall.” Wendy Hapgood is the Co-Founder and COO of Wild Tomorrow Fund. She was working in electrical engineering in Australia when she decided she was following the wrong path in life. Now, Wendy and her husband run a project based out of New York and South Africa that focuses on restoration and wildlife protection in a small parcel of land that is a wildlife corridor. They recently started a program called The Green Mambas, a group of 14 women from Zululand who Wendy helping become self-sustaining stewards of this land. Follow Wild Tomorrow Fund on Instagram and check out their page to take action. This is our last episode of Season Two. Join us again in 2020 for Season Three! -- There are 3 days left back the Wally Shop project so they can launch grocery delivery across the nation. Pledge here. If the content we make here at Trash Talking inspires you, become a sponsor! Go to anchor.fm/trashtalking and click on the li

Whale poop. That was how Asha de Vos, the first and only Sri Lankan to hold a PhD in Marine Mammal research, made her first big discovery - that Sri Lanka was home to a unique population of blue whales that did not follow textbook migratory patterns. Since her first discovery, Dr. de Vos has made it her personal mission to bring marine research to her home country in a pursuit of ensuring equal opportunity education for those in developing countries. In this episode, Dr. de Vos dives deep into what she had to overcome to pursue what she loved. Follow Asha and Oceanswell on social. -- Fund the change. The Wally Shop just kicked off a Kickstarter campaign to launch package free grocery delivery across the entire country. We kicked off Season Two with Tamara’s inspiring story (go back and give it a listen!) and it was actually my desire to share this story that made me relaunch the podcast. I've made my pledge and hope you will too. If the content we make here at Trash Talking inspires you, become a sponsor! Go

Ramona Barnes was born in Thailand where she spent her childhood playing on the beach. When she became a mother, she dedicated her life to a natural lifestyle but she was frustrated by the solutions for zero waste that weren't designed the way she wanted. So Ramona started her own zero waste lifestyle line called Orez, which is zero spelled backwards. This live recorded episode finds us going through Ramona's journey to creating beautiful zero waste solutions. -- If the content we make here at Trash Talking inspires you, become a sponsor! Go to anchor.fm/trashtalking and click on the link to Support This Podcast. For as little as $2.99 a month, you can help support the stories we cultivate and help us continue to spur more eco-warriors to action. Join the conversation on Facebook and follow us on Instagram. Don't forget to subscribe, review, and share this podcast with other eco-warriors. We read all of your reviews and your positive ratings help us spread the word and spur more eco-w

Every piece of plastic ever created still exists on this planet. After seeing the effects of plastic in our environment firsthand while working in environmental education out in the Bahamas, Lindsey McCoy decided it was time to do something about the plastic in her household. Together with her sister, Lindsey started Plaine Products, a vegan, zero-waste circular hair and body beauty company based out of Cincinnati, OH. Since launching in 2017, Planie Products has already helped to divert 100,000 plastic bottles from landfill. Get your green haircare on point and use promo code TRASHY20 for 20% off your first order on this line of refillable shampoos, face wash and lotions. Follow Plaine Products on Instagram. -- If the content we make here at Trash Talking inspires you, become a sponsor! Go to anchor.fm/trashtalking and click on the link to Support This Podcast. For as little as $2.99 a month, you can help support the stories we cultivate and help us continue to spur more eco-warriors to action

From winning a contest with her modular outerwear collection. Carmen Gama landed a one-year fellowship to work at Eileen Fisher’s Renew program. Her mission, to figure out something to do with the 35% of 1.3 million garments that have been sent back over the years through the company’s Renew program. Carmen tells us about how she build a program for textile reclamation and helped figure out a circular design for beloved pieces. If you’re in the NYC area, there’s an opportunity for you to meet Carmen in person this week! On Thursday, Oct. 10th from 6-8 PM at Eileen Fisher Brooklyn at 47 Bergen Street, Carmen will be speaking on a panel about circular design. Check out the events on the Eileen Fisher website to find out where to shop the Resewn and Renew collection. -- If the content we make here at Trash Talking inspires you, become a sponsor! Go to anchor.fm/trashtalking and click on the link to Support This Podcast. For as little as $2.99 a month, you can help support the stories we cultivate and h

From Eataly to Google, CEO Christina Grace's company Foodprint has been asked to help take some of the biggest companies to zero waste. What is a Foodprint, you ask? Your foodprint is the result of everything that it takes to get food to your plate, including the effect your food has on the farmers who make it, the land where it’s grown and the animals who are part of it. Mentioned in this episode: ReFED RISE Rockaway -- If the content we make here at Trash Talking inspires you, become a sponsor! Go to anchor.fm/trashtalking and click on the link to Support This Podcast. For as little as $2.99 a month, you can help support the stories we cultivate and help us continue to spur more eco-warriors to action. Join the conversation on Facebook and follow us on Instagram. Don't forget to subscribe, review, and share this podcast with other eco-warriors. We read all of your reviews and your positive ratings help us spread the word and spur more eco-warriors to action. --- Support this

Amber English, Co-Founder of Pixie Cup, grew up in the midwest where she never had curb-side recycling. When she went to live in South Korea, where they recycle everything, Amber realized the importance of reducing her impact on the planet through reducing waste. Amber started Pixie Cup with her brother and they now sell reusable silicone menstrual cups that are better for both women and the environment. They also have a give back program where a cup is donated when one is purchased.  Resources mentioned in this episode: Cost of a period Clue App Find Pixie Cups here or on social. -- Join us for an end of summer beach clean up with Rockaway Waterfront Alliance on Saturday, September 14th from 11-1 PM EST. Sign up here and come pick up trash with us! --  If the content we make here at Trash Talking inspires you, become a sponsor! Go to anchor.fm/trashtalking and click on the link to Support This Podcast. For as little as $2.99 a month, you can help support the stories we cultivate and h

The Rockaway waterfront South of Manhattan was an area prone to illegal dumping and destruction. Through activating the youth in the area, Jeanne Dupont has been able to help protect this land and allow the local youth to connect with it as well. Jeanne founded Rockaway Waterfront Alliance 15 years ago and has run the center as the Executive Director ever since. From a background in fashion and costume design, Jeanne has made nature her stage. Join us for an end of summer beach clean up on Saturday, September 14th from 11-1 PM EST. Sign up here. Hope to see you there! -- If the content we make here at Trash Talking inspires you, become a sponsor! Go to anchor.fm/trashtalking and click on the link to Support This Podcast. For as little as $2.99 a month, you can help support the stories we cultivate and help us continue to spur more eco-warriors to action. Join the conversation on Facebook and follow us on Instagram. Don't forget to subscribe, review, and share this podcast with other e