A Sustainable Mind - environment & sustainability podcast
A Sustainable Mind is a podcast created for the earth-conscious individual, ecopreneur, environmental activist, sustainability enthusiast, grassroots organizer, minimalist, conscious consumer and the eco-curious. If you are looking to get inspired, motivated and take ACTION to be the change you want to see in the world you are in the right place. Delivered to you each week, Marjorie Alexander brings you environmental changemakers whose campaigns, companies and projects have changed the planet for the better. Featured guests discuss their relationship with nature early on, their journey to a green career, light-bulb moments, sustainable habits, lessons from launching their projects, and much more. Each episode ends with ACTIONABLE advice and resources for you to hit the ground running!
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2022
021: Ecological Art and Bringing Nature Into the Home with Ashley Lieber
Ashley Lieber is an ecological artist and educator. In this episode we discuss her ecological art series, Moss for Meditation, as well as maker culture, building sustainable community, hydroponics (o…
020: Radical Self Care and Natural Beauty Products with Tameko Rowe
Tameko Rowe is a corporate employee turned eco conscious beauty and self care product line creator. Her company Cocoa Butter Mothers offers a range of products from nursing butters to beard balm, all…
019: Children and Healthy Eating Habits with Kathryn Kemp Guylay
Kathryn Kemp Guylay is an author, speaker, certified nutritional counselor and coach with a master’s degree in business. She is the founder of Nurture, a national non-profit that provides wellness ed…
018: Building Community Through Urban Farming With Greg Peterson
Greg Peterson is an urban farming and sustainability innovator who resides at the Urban Farm, an environmental showcase home in the heart of Phoenix. He opens his home weekly for tours and classes, n…
017: Upcycling Plastic, from Runway to Everyday with Sara Wiener
Some of Sara’s greatest memories growing up were of sewing with her grandmother Bella. When she combined her love of sewing and making old things new again with the overabundance of plastic bags Sara…
016: Holism, Food Activism and Environmental Justice with Nikki Silvestri
Nikki Silvestri has had a long history of working to support environmental justice and growing sustainable communities. As a Co-founder of Live Real and former Executive Director of People’s Grocery …
015: The Urban Forest and the Importance of Trees with Cindy Blain
Cindy Blain had a background in marketing and tech but wanted a life for her family out of Silicon Valley and closer to nature. She has worked with environmentally focused non-profits such as the Pre…
ASM: Sometimes Your Why Finds You
In today’s episode I talk to you about a few things that came up for me over the last few months that caused me to stop recording for a while.
Well I am happy to be back on the mic once more and in t…
014: Origins of Nature Deficit Disorder and How to Get Kids Reconnected with Texas Children in Nature's Jennifer Bristol
Jennifer Bristol is the State Coordinator for Texas Children in Nature which connects over 300 organizations with the children & nature movement in Texas. Prior to becoming the first State Coordinato…
013: Charting Your Own Path to a Career in Sustainability with Take 3's Tim Silverwood
Tim Silverwood is an educator, environmentalist and speaker. He founded Take 3 – A Clean Beach Initiative, asking everyone to complete one simple action each time they visit a beach, waterway or anyw…
012: What Should I Eat and Other Food for Thought with Food, Health & Wellness Educator Lauren Nixon
Lauren Nixon is a food and wellness educator giving workshops in and around D.C. Philadelphia and New York. She has a passion for creating spaces where people feel empowered to combine healthy food a…
011: Ending Food Waste One Ugly Apple at a Time with Jordan Figueiredo
Jordan is a Food Waste Superhero. He is the founder of the organization End Food Waste and the brains behind the Ugly Fruit and Veg campaign that recently took the food waste fight to the steps of Wa…
010: Getting Real About What Kind of Action Really Improves the Planet with Colin Beavan
Dr. Colin Beavan is among the world’s foremost spokespeople on environmental issues and consumerism. He was called the Best Green Ambassador by TreeHugger and his blog was selected as one of the top …
009: Saving the Rainforest One Cell Phone at a Time with Topher White
Topher White is an engineer with a background in physics and kinetic sculptor. Little did he know that visiting the rainforest as a tourist would spark an idea as to how to help save it. Since 2013 T…
008: ASM Unplugged - Intentional Communities and Responding to Western Privilege with Ma'ikwe Ludwig
Ma’ikwe Ludwig is the Executive Director of Dancing Rabbit Eco Village in Northern Missouri and also sits on the Board of the Directors for the Fellowship for Intentional Community. With a long histo…
007: There's BPA in My What? Jay Sinha Talks Plastics and Running an Earth Conscious Business
Jay Sinha has a unique background in biochemistry, law, ecotoxicology and environmental research. In this interview, he reveals a lot about the true nature of what is in the products we use on a day-…
006: Living a Zero-Waste Lifestyle with Bea Johnson
Bea Johnson is one of today's foremost experts in the area of zero-waste living and voluntary simplicity. She is most well-known for being able to fit her family of four’s trash for an entire year in…
005: Team Dynamics and Giving Back to the Community with Denzel Austin Thompson
Denzel Austin Thompson grew up in North Philly. During a service trip to New Orleans he got the idea to plant urban gardens in empty lots in his neighborhood back home. He is the co-creator of the Ph…
004: Fermentation and Other Kitchen DIY with Anne-Marie Bonneau of ZeroWasteChef.com
Anne-Marie grew up learning the DIY mentality from her father. She now puts it to use in the kitchen making all her food from scratch, from sourdough to kombucha and everything in between. She also h…
003: Consumer Culture and Resilient & Sustainable Communities with Laird Christensen of Green Mountain College
Laird Christensen has dedicated his life to environmental activism and finding ways to create more sustainable communities. He has been an author, activist and educator during his career and that is …