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Sustainable Minimalists — 583 episodes

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1

Saying No To New

2

Plastic, Plastic Everywhere

3

Talking It Out

4

The Unfollow Effect

5

The Cost of Constant Connection

6

The Power of Place

7

The Plastic Detox

8

Beyond the Beige

9

The Architecture of Connection

10

The IDGAF Decade

11

Starve The Machine

12

The Anti-Catalog Home

13

Timeless Parenting

14

The #SkinTok Effect

15

The Digital Childhood

16

Suburban Sprawl

17

The Downsizing Mindset

18

Incrementally Off-Grid

19

Conditioned Consumerism

20

Your Net Worth Isn't Your Self-Worth

21

Unhappy? You're Normal

22

Your Shopping Superpowers

23

Sneak Peek: Influencers Aren't Friends

24

The Psychology of Spring Cleaning

25

How To Let Stuff Go

26

The Shopping Conspiracy

27

Zero-Waste In The Land Of Wasteful Maximalism

28

New Year, Same Ol' Wonderful You

29

Revisiting The Capsule Wardrobe Conversation

30

No Such Thing As Bad Weather

31

Living Seasonally, Not Commercially

32

How Many Jeans Do You Own?

33

A Poverty Of Spirit

34

Micro Activism

35

How To Be An Anti-Capitalist

36

The Distorted Mirror

37

A Life Of Purpose

38

Reclaiming Movement Opportunities

39

Water Smarts

40

Future-Conscious Thinking

41

Stuff You Should Know

42

How To Host A Clothing Swap

43

The C Word (Cancer!)

44

Selective Mediocrity

45

Rebuilding Your Village

46

Edit Your Life

47

The Antidote To Hedonic Adaptation

48

The Commercialization Of Kids

49

Removing The Mask

50

A Mindful Wardrobe Refresh

51

Ripple Effects

52

Phthalates And Kids Products

53

Streamlining Non-Negotiables

54

Sleep Is Medicine

55

Roots

56

What Advertisers Know

57

If Trees Could Talk

58

Extracurriculars Are Extra

59

Back To School Shopping

60

Feeding Littles Lunches

61

Big Cleaning

62

Decluttering For Self-Care

63

Glimmers

64

Climate Solutions

65

How To Stop Eating Microplastics

66

Values-Driven Spending

67

Create More, Consume Less

68

Preserving With A Purpose

69

Surviving Late Stage Capitalism

70

Charting A Rich Life

71

Home Overwhelm

72

There's Nothing Wrong With You

73

The Great Outdoors

74

Hyper-Capitalism

75

Are You Smartphone Addicted?

76

Breath Awareness

77

Things We've Lost To The Internet

78

Shared Solutions

79

Cooking With Cast Iron

80

An Attitude Of Gratitude

81

Toxic Fashion

82

Optimizing Your Walks

83

HEADLINES: Shrinking Fish

84

Produce Without Pesticides

85

The Cost Of Climate Change

86

HEADLINES: Ulterior Motives

87

Roads Less Travelled

88

Greenwashing 2.0

89

HEADLINES: Biggest Plastic Polluters Revealed

90

Pleasure-Saturated

91

Labors Of Love

92

The Great Connector

93

HEADLINES: Geoengineering

94

Stealthily Frugal

95

Disconnecting

96

Can We Have Kids And Nice Things?

97

The Low-Tox Lifestyle

98

HEADLINES: The Economics Of Climate Change

99

Lights Out

100

House Rules

101

HEADLINES: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

102

INTRODUCING: Book Club!

103

Family Dinner

104

HEADLINES: Jevon's Paradox

105

Three Acts

106

Excessively Convenient

107

HEADLINES: Good News, Bad News

108

Athleisure

109

No Topsoils, No Food

110

HEADLINES: Assessing Air Quality

111

Vital Simplicity

112

Sustainable Seafood?

113

Unpaid Labor And Gendered Work

114

HEADLINES: An Oceans Update

115

Weekend Catch Up

116

The Anti-Aging Problem

117

HEADLINES: The Food Episode (Sort Of)

118

Plasticizers

119

The Negativity Bias

120

What Our Kids Really Need

121

Breaking Food Waste Norms

122

HEADLINES: Spin City

123

Willful Blindness

124

Advice For Living

125

HEADLINES: Losses And "Gains"

126

Is It Time To Quit Amazon Prime?

127

The Fast Furniture Trap

128

HEADLINES: President Biden

129

Shopping Triggers

130

Why Repairability Matters

131

HEADLINES: A Glimpse Into The Future

132

Lessons Re-Learned

133

Get Growing

134

Your No Spend/Low Spend January

135

SMART Resolutions

136

HEADLINES: Only Good News

137

Modern Distractions

138

HEADLINES: Water Wars

139

The Obesogens

140

HEADLINES: Business As Usual

141

The Happiness Formula

142

Sustainable Shopping Is An Oxymoron

143

HEADLINES: COP28

144

How To Buy Wine Like A Conscious Consumer

145

It's More Than Just Stuff

146

Anti-Black Friday 2023

147

Secondhand Sunday

148

HEADLINES: A Climate Report Breakdown

149

A Minimal-ish Holiday

150

Waking up Grateful

151

HEADLINES: An Electric Airplane

152

How To Buy Soap

153

Sustainable Investing 2.0

154

HEADLINES: How To Cool Down A City

155

Just Stop It! (Holiday Decor Edition)

156

Micro Activism

157

HEADLINES: Enhanced Oil Recovery

158

Modern Stress

159

Eating Out

160

HEADLINES: Iron Enrichment

161

To-Do List Freedom

162

Comfort At All Costs

163

HEADLINES: Lots Of Dead Animals

164

Breaking Down Body Odor

165

HEADLINES: Monster Fracks

166

Cheat Codes For A Good Life

167

A Green Constitutional Amendment

168

HEADLINES: Net Zero Greenwashing

169

Climate Migration

170

Climate Change And Family Planning

171

HEADLINES: A Busy Week In New York

172

A Better Bread

173

The Processed Food Problem

174

HEADLINES: Dating Debt

175

Building Experiential Wealth

176

Reclaiming Your Weekends

177

HEADLINES: Groundwater

178

Buying For Life

179

Grandma Wisdom

180

HEADLINES: Fast Fashion Unites

181

Keeping Clutter Out

182

What Organizers Do

183

HEADLINES: Caring about Coral

184

The C Word (Cancer!)

185

Lifestyle Creep

186

HEADLINES: Climate Litigation

187

Big Pharma

188

Single-Use Poison

189

HEADLINES: Plastic Barbies And More Extreme Weather

190

Back-To-School Shopping

191

Predictors Of Back-To-School Success

192

The Pet Episode

193

Certified B

194

HEADLINES: Shein Backlash

195

The 30-Day Mess-Stress Fix

196

The Genderless Fashion Movement

197

HEADLINES: A Worm Invasion

198

6 Things You Can't Buy On Amazon

199

In Defense Of Staycations

200

HEADLINES: 3 Cheers For Bacterial Cellulose

201

Forest Bathing

202

Gatekeeping Your Peace

203

HEADLINES: A Real Smorgasbord

204

Let's Talk Diapers

205

HEADLINES: Easy Listening

206

Our Carbon Problem

207

Climate Optimism?

208

HEADLINES: Mega Fires And Feedback Loops

209

From Green To Clean

210

Buyer Beware

211

HEADLINES: Varying Levels Of Sacrifice

212

From That To This

213

When Everything's A Favorite

214

HEADLINES: Sinking Cities

215

Mess And Stress

216

Upgrade Culture

217

HEADLINES: Angry Environmentalists

218

To Replace Or Not To Replace?

219

Me, Myself, And I

220

HEADLINES: Plastic's Future & The Colorado River

221

Why Rage Decluttering Doesn't Work

222

HEADLINES: A Sinking Capitol And A Major Enviro-Win

223

Back To Basics

224

The Commercialization Of Kids

225

HEADLINES: A Glimpse Into Our EV Future

226

Opting Out

227

Soul Work

228

HEADLINES: Warming-Resistant Coffee and Sci Fi Climate Solutions

229

Conscious Eco-Giving

230

Old-Fashioned On Purpose

231

HEADLINES: Allergies, Wine, SpaceX

232

Slow Progress Is Still Progress

233

Breaking Bad Habits

234

Living On Purpose

235

HEADLINES: Good News, Sodium Batteries, Swimming Pools

236

Fantasy v. Reality

237

In Defense Of Homemaking

238

HEADLINES: Tornado Alley, Electric Scooters, Big Oil

239

De-Influenced

240

Decluttering Through Grief

241

HEADLINES: Kids V. State, Smart Tech & Duluth

242

Recycling The Unrecyclable

243

The Decor Trend Bandwagon

244

HEADLINES 3/24/23: Forever Chemicals, Slow Burn TV & Berries

245

Junk Culture

246

Edit Your Life

247

HEADLINES 3/17/23: Lab-To-Table, Bumpy Flights & Alt. Jet Fuel

248

Are Carbon Offsets Worth It?

249

Growing Joy With Plants

250

HEADLINES 3/10/23: #StopWillow, Zombie Forests & Poland Springs

251

The Scarcity Mindset

252

The Impact-Effort Tradeoff

253

High-Impact Decluttering

254

Capsule Beauty

255

Rapid Fire Q&A

256

Grocery Store Hacks

257

Pesky Polymers

258

A Green Burial

259

The Distorted Mirror

260

How To Quit

261

When Minimalism Feels Overwhelming

262

The Gifting Experience

263

Dark Chocolate's Dark Side

264

How Ethical Is Your Chocolate?

265

Intentional Screen Time and Slow TV

266

Defend The Eco-Trend: Algae

267

Valuable Minimalist Lessons

268

Plant-Based Families

269

Your Right To Repair

270

Finite Resources

271

The Big Fix

272

Clutter's Hidden Costs

273

New Year New You

274

Holding The Line

275

Gift Boundaries

276

RE-RELEASE: Listeners Call In! 20+ Non-Consumer Gift Ideas

277

Something For Nothing

278

Expansion

279

O Christmas Tree

280

From FOMO To JOMO

281

Life Lessons

282

The Attitude-Behavior Gap

283

Minimalism And Well-Being

284

How To Buy Laundry Detergent

285

Impulse Buys

286

Too Much Of A Good Thing

287

The Rescue Effect

288

Rise And Grind?

289

Thousands Of Data Points

290

Energy And The Good Life

291

Fashion "Rules"

292

Rapid Fire Q&A

293

(Re)Purposeful Organization

294

Prioritizing Your Priorities

295

Taming Your Triggers

296

Low-Waste Lunchboxes

297

Defend The Eco-Trend: Closed Loop Consumption

298

Climate Reparations?

299

Life's Changing Seasons

300

Materialism's Sweet Spot

301

Clutter Blocks

302

The Golden Triangle

303

Future-Conscious Thinking

304

The Gas Stove Love Affair

305

The Kids' Clothes Conundrum

306

The Right-To-Know Revolution

307

Defend The Eco-Trend: Bamboo

308

A Better Bag

309

Productive Pantries

310

The Minimalist Phone Movement

311

The Pinch At The Pump

312

Late Stage Capitalism and Self-Care

313

The Convenience Tax

314

An Ounce Of (Mess) Prevention

315

Intuitive Eating

316

Wasted Money

317

Minimalist Game Night

318

Fashion's Missing Link

319

Skimpflation

320

An Extremely Simple Eco Summer

321

The Power Of Anticipation

322

Seventh Gen, Unilever & SLS

323

Divesting

324

All-Things Eggs

325

Life Lessons Learned From Plants

326

The Trauma Response

327

Plant-Based Fashion

328

Countertop Composters

329

Rebalancing

330

Quick Fix Thinking

331

Desperation Dinners

332

Responsible Family Vacations

333

Subscription Services

334

Evergreen Rooms

335

Made In China

336

Mental Minimalism

337

Forever Chemicals

338

How to Use A Safety Razor

339

No Mow May

340

Minimalist Master Bedrooms

341

The White Gold Rush

342

The Best Things Are Free: Rich Conversations

343

Conscious Spending

344

Spring Cleaning For Home, Head and Heart

345

The Best Things Are Free: Sleep

346

The Best Things Are Free: Story Time

347

Managing Just In Case Clutter

348

Everything Eco-Minimalist Birthdays

349

What’s Good For Us Is Also Free

350

Getting Your Partner On Board

351

How To Find Quality Clothes

352

Build Back Better?

353

Reducing Home Toxins (Without Spending $$)

354

Ugly Fruit, Misshapen Veggies

355

Keep The Memories, Lose The Stuff

356

Just Let It Go

357

Supporting Your “Skin Story”

358

Boundaries And Generational Clutter

359

Simplified Family Scheduling

360

Mommy Malaise

361

Learning To Love “Just Enough”

362

Home Is A Feeling

363

The Future Of Food

364

Adding More Space (Without Adding More Space)

365

The Health Of Our Oceans

366

Your Digital Carbon Footprint

367

Preparing For Postpartum

368

Rapid Fire Q&A

369

Creating Closet Boundaries

370

Unhappy Returns

371

A Better Cup Of (Ethical) Coffee

372

A Radical Footprint Life

373

Listeners Call In! 20+ Non-Consumer Gift Ideas

374

The Power Of The Purse

375

Love Languages

376

Capitalism's Coercions

377

Should I Keep Clothes That Don’t Fit?

378

Reclaiming Movement Opportunities

379

Leather Versus Faux Leather

380

Conscious Nursery and Kids’ Room Design

381

All-Things Bidets

382

Pushing Back Against Convenience Eating

383

How To Read a Cleanser's Label

384

Functional Entryways That Flow

385

Simplifying Kids’ Craft Clutter

386

Career Minimalism

387

Using The Whole Pumpkin (& The Whole Apple)

388

Going Car-Light

389

5 Questions That Determine An Item’s Potential

390

Realistic Work-Life Balancing

391

How To Make Soap At Home

392

The Global Food Supply Chain Under Strain

393

Pragmatic EMF Protection For Better Health

394

Less Waste Moving

395

Minimalist Skincare Essentials

396

Rightsizing Your Budget

397

Antidotes To Eco-Despair

398

50 Shades of Gray (Hair)

399

How To Get Organized In A Small Space

400

Fewer But Better Adult Friendships

401

Navigating The Eco-Contradiction Minefield

402

Secondhand Vintage For The Rest Of Us

403

BONUS: Is Minimalist Parenting Possible?

404

What Not To Eat

405

BONUS: Restricted Recycling? Here's What To Do

406

Minimalist Mindset Shifts Toward Body Acceptance

407

Intentional Nail Care

408

BONUS: Are Essential Oils Worth the Hype?

409

How To Downsize (Even If No One's Moving)

410

Intentional Interior Decorating

411

Curating a Healthy House

412

How Sustainable Minimalists Entertain

413

The Pandemic Versus The Planet

414

Palm Oil's Problems

415

The Lowdown on Sustainable Toys

416

How To Be Happy In A Small Home

417

In Defense of Subtraction

418

The Benefits to the Circular Economy

419

Finding your Minimalist Mindset

420

5 Tips For An Organized Home (With Kids!)

421

Pop Culture and the Environmental Movement Today

422

Minimalist Beauty For The Conscious Consumer

423

Digital Minimalism In The 21st Century

424

Becoming A Zero Waste Chef

425

Why 1000 Hours Outside?

426

Accessible Sustainable Consumption

427

“Good Enough” Environmentally Friendly Parenting

428

How to Simplify Picky Eating

429

Minimalist Tips To Manage Time

430

Learning At Home: The Big Picture

431

Housework Help For a Peaceful Home

432

Cloth Diapering 101

433

Intentional Living at Home

434

Bonus: Recycling Isn't Enough with Marie Eve

435

8 Minimalist Style Principles

436

Difficult Sustainability Conversations

437

Your Minimalist Play Room

438

Intentional Personal Development

439

Bonus: New Is Not Best With Murielle G.

440

Raising Healthy Children

441

Mindful Parenting Tips for Overwhelmed Moms

442

Bonus: Eco Conscious Christianity with Lisa M.

443

Feng Shui, Meet Modern Minimalism

444

When Living Green Gets Exhausting

445

Eco Friendly Laundry Products versus CPGs

446

Eco-Resolutions That Benefit the Collective

447

The Future of Sustainable Fashion

448

How to Organize For Your Personality

449

How to Live Below Your Means (Without Feeling Deprived)

450

How Minimalists Combat Burnout

451

Sustainable Gifts for Everyone On Your List

452

The Case for Part-Time Plant-Based

453

Climate Change and Human Health

454

10 Secrets of Successful Declutterers

455

Eat, Drink, Shop & Support Local Businesses

456

Self-Sufficiency Spotlight: Foraging 101

457

How to Discuss the Effects of Climate Change

458

Biodiversity is Declining. Here’s Why that’s Important

459

Challenge Alert! Become a Minimalist this September

460

Ethical Alternatives to Amazon (and How to Support Them)

461

Self Sufficiency Spotlight: Microgreens

462

10 Eco-Friendly Yard Care Rules

463

5 Facts About the Global Water Crisis

464

How to Declutter Your Home without Trashing the Planet

465

5 New Ways to Reduce Your Plastic Waste

466

Raising Good Humans with Minimalist Parenting Guidance

467

How to Buy Nothing By Embracing the Gift Economy

468

Advanced Simple Living Tips for Seasoned Minimalists

469

5 Carbon Footprint Facts You Likely Didn’t Know

470

Eco-Conscious Gifts for New Parents (That Are Actually Helpful)

471

Housework Woes: How to Simplify (& Green-ify!) Common Chores

472

How to Save Money Like A Minimalist

473

5 Ways to Stand Up to Environmental Racism

474

3 Steps to Becoming an Anti-Consumer

475

How Sustainable Minimalists Do Summer

476

How to Embrace Secondhand With The Best Online Thrifting Stores

477

5 Ways to be Frugal Without Being Cheap

478

Homeschool & Work From Home Konmari Tips

479

Fair Trade, Certified B and More: The 3rd Party Labels You Need to Know

480

Your Sustainability Questions, Answered

481

9 Zero Waste Lifestyle Tips During Quarantine

482

What’s a Menstrual Cup? (& Other ZW Period Queries)

483

Slow Homes, Climate Change, and Coronavirus

484

Your Conclusive Clean Beauty Guide

485

How to Tackle Family Clutter by Heat Mapping

486

When Overspending Backfires

487

How Minimalists Spend their Sundays: 8 Tips

488

The Nitty-Gritty Behind Microplastic Pollution

489

5 Tricks to Help You Buy Less Stuff

490

Tips on Decluttering 6 Oft-Forgotten Areas

491

What are Eco Friendly Fibers, Really?

492

6 Minimalist Lifestyle Tips for Overarching Simplicity

493

Cluttered vs. Hoarding: What’s the Difference?

494

Greenwashing Examples: Have you Been Duped?

495

Donating’s Dark Side: Where Do Goodwill Donations Go?

496

Eco-Friendly Communities & Why We Need Each Other

497

Does Green Buying Make Us Happier?

498

In-store or Online Shopping: Which is Better for the Planet?

499

5 (Essential) Spaces to Declutter Before Christmas

500

(Anti)-Black Friday 2020 for Sustainable Minimalists

501

How to Raise Eco-Conscious Kids

502

Less is More! Practical Self-Care During the Holidays

503

Ethical Gift Giving for You & Me

504

Why Self-Sufficiency Matters

505

What’s Planned Obsolescence?

506

Minimalism for Moms: Parenting the Simpler Way

507

How (Exactly) to Cook Zero Waste Meals

508

The Healing Effects of Sentimental Clutter Cleaning

509

How to Declutter Sentimental Items the Strategic Way

510

How to Redecorate on the Cheap (Without Wayfair/Ikea)

511

25 Ways to Be Eco-Friendly Without Spending a Cent

512

How to Cope With Eco Guilt

513

Why Your Home Is Cluttered After Tidying

514

Your Intentional Life Starts with ‘Why’

515

Why (Organic) Cotton is King

516

Why We Overbuy (+ How to Stop)

517

3 Hard Truths about Clutter

518

How to Make Great Compost (With Very Little Effort)

519

Smart Reuse Ideas + 13 Items My Grandma Never Threw Away

520

The Secret to a Successful Capsule Wardrobe (Planner Included!)

521

Why is Recycling Bad? Here are 6 Reasons

522

How to Love the Home You Have (Not the One You Want)

523

076: Declutter your Home with the Shoebox Method

524

075: Zero-Waste Gardening for Mediocre Gardeners

525

074: How to Live Large by Living with Less

526

30 Items You Won't Miss Tomorrow

527

Why We Keep Clothes We Don't Wear (& How to Let Them Go)

528

071: Conscious Consumerism for Real People

529

070: The Basics of Minimalist Kitchens + Minimalist Cooking

530

069: For Dumpster Diving Skeptics

531

068: Self-care for Busy People

532

067: 10 Handbag Essentials for On-the-Go Sustainability

533

066: How a Dry Month Complements Mental Minimalism

534

065: Your Guide to a Total Home Detox

535

064: How to Shop Secondhand the 21st Century Way

536

063: Why We’re Sick + How to get Healthy (Hint: It Has to do with the Planet)

537

062: 5 Ways to Take Home Less Plastic from the Supermarket

538

061: 5 Steps to Staying Motivated when Decluttering Gets Hard

539

060: Is it ever OK to Buy Fast Fashion?

540

059: 5 Decluttering Roadblocks (+ How to Get Over Them)

541

058: How to Organize a Disorganized Family

542

057: Replace Bad Habits with Better Ones (3 ideas!)

543

056: Why You Should Use the Fine China on a Wednesday

544

055: Eating as Resistance

545

054: The Beauty in the (Eco-Friendly) Journey

546

053: Eco-Friendly New Years Resolutions (+ How You Can Join Me!)

547

052: The Case for a Smaller Wardrobe

548

051: How to Handle Holiday Clutter with Joshua Becker

549

050: Celebrating Major Milestones with Familiar Faces

550

The Why, How, and When of a No Spend Challenge

551

048: The Zero-Waste Swaps that Save Serious Cash

552

047: 5 (Unexpected!) Benefits of Minimalism

553

046: Sweet Simplicity during the Holidays

554

045: Self-Care + Successful Mornings

555

044: Meat-Free Motivation

556

043: Slow Fashion in a Fast Fashion World

557

042: Green Cleaning Made Easy

558

041: Secrets of a Professional Organizer

559

040: Mindfulness for Modern Families

560

039: Finding Time for your ‘Why’

561

038: What’s for Dinner?

562

037: When Sustainability + Imagination Collide

563

036: Minimalism for Home, Head + Heart

564

035: How To Preserve Food Like a Pro

565

034: 9 Things You’re Recycling Wrong

566

033: Thrifting 101

567

032: How to Recreate the ‘Vacation Sensation’

568

031: The Art of Saying ‘No’

569

030: Pet Parenting Done Right

570

029: Is Sustainability Unmanly?

571

028: The Low-Waste Parenting Rulebook

572

027: 5 Super Easy Clothing Repairs (No Sewing Machine Required!)

573

026: The (Inconvenient) Relationship between Clutter + Anxiety

574

025: NOT Keeping Up with the Joneses

575

024: Wedding Season Done Right

576

023: Minimalism + The Mental Load

577

022: Debunking KonMari Myths

578

Low-Waste on a Low Budget

579

020: Zero-Waste Baby Steps

580

019: Tiny Home, Gigantic Life with Emily Gerde

581

018: 10-Minute Tidying Tricks

582

017: Financial Freedom + Minimalism

583

016: Earth Day, Every Day