The Building a Better World Podcast
Join Shawn Klassen-Koop, co-author of "Building a Better World in Your Backyard - Instead of Being Angry at Bad Guys", for short episodes introducing ideas you can use to make a huge, positive, global difference from your own home! Prioritize comfort over sacrifice while saving thousands of dollars!
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 26
- Years Active
- 2020
Episode 26: Where Do We Go From Here?
This podcast series has been all about providing ideas and solutions for building a better world in your backyard instead of being angry at bad guys. This episode, the last episode of this podcast se…
00:09:32 |
Mon 13 Apr 2020
Episode 25: Strategies for Early Retirement
There are many paths to retirement. Some are more extreme than others. This episode explores strategies for acquiring a home without a mortgage, retiring early, and much more. The culmination is "The…
00:14:04 |
Fri 10 Apr 2020
Episode 24: A Millionaire Life Without a Million Dollars
Most people spend their lives working at a job trying to get ahead, but there is another way. This episode shares the fictional story of two people and their life journeys that take radically differe…
00:11:14 |
Wed 08 Apr 2020
Episode 23: Natural Swimming Pools
A swimming pool is a symbol of luxury. It is entirely unnecessary. The energy and toxins involved are problematic. And yet, having a swimming pool can be a wonderful source of joy and relaxation. So …
00:15:31 |
Mon 06 Apr 2020
Episode 22: A New Sustainable Building Design
Imagine living in something that, from the inside, looks like a log cabin with more light; doesn’t need heat or A/C; is three times faster to build; and has about one-fifth of the materials cost. Bui…
00:18:26 |
Fri 03 Apr 2020
Episode 21: Replacing Petroleum with People
Most people who talk about permaculture talk about small gardens, or maybe a small homestead. And a few people talk about larger homesteads. But how could permaculture work on 20,000 acres? This epis…
00:14:20 |
Wed 01 Apr 2020
Episode 20: Safely Recycling Blackwater Nutrients Instead of Flushing Them Away
Blackwater is filled with nutrients. Flushing those nutrients away is like flushing away free fertilizer! But blackwater can also be very dangerous, so we need to deal with it safely. There are many …
00:16:49 |
Mon 30 Mar 2020
Episode 19: Breaking the Toxic Water Cycle
The toxic footprint of our wastewater is immense. Reducing the amount of water that goes into septic or sewer systems will result in a much higher concentration of toxins, which should hopefully ring…
00:12:44 |
Wed 25 Mar 2020
Episode 18: Pampering Animals for Increased Plant Growth
Animals are a key component of natural ecosystems. Learning from nature, caring for animals can help us increase the amount of plants growing on a plot. But conventional methods of caring for animals…
00:13:06 |
Mon 23 Mar 2020
Episode 17: Solving Colony Collapse Disorder
Colony collapse disorder threatens to destroy food crops around the world. Conventional beekeepers were reporting losses of 40%! And yet treatment-free beekeepers reported near-zero losses. The solut…
00:11:45 |
Fri 20 Mar 2020
Episode 16: Growing a Better Lawn with Less Work
Lawns are the most irrigated crop in the United States of America. If we want to have a lawn, let's explore ways to care for a lawn that require much less irrigation. While we're at it, let's find wa…
00:11:24 |
Wed 18 Mar 2020
Episode 15: Eliminating Fertilizer and Pest Control with Polyculture
This is the last in a series of episodes about strategies for growing double the food with one tenth of the effort. Conventional methods of controlling pests and fertilizing are time consuming, expen…
00:11:21 |
Mon 16 Mar 2020
Episode 14: Two Strategies for Reducing Irrigation and Building Soil
This is the fourth in a series of episodes about strategies for growing double the food with one tenth of the effort. This episode shares two strategies for building soil and reducing the need for ir…
00:09:29 |
Fri 13 Mar 2020
Episode 13: The Many Values of Trees
This is the third in a series of episodes about strategies for growing double the food with one tenth of the effort. Growing more trees is one of the best things we can do for the environment. They s…
00:11:20 |
Wed 11 Mar 2020
Episode 12: Prepping the Soil to Not Need Prepping
This is the second in a series of episodes about strategies for growing double the food with one tenth of the effort. Tilling can be a lot of work. And while the short-term benefits can be excellent,…
00:10:07 |
Mon 09 Mar 2020
Episode 11: Transplanting? That’s Unnecessary Work!
This is the first in a series of episodes about strategies for growing double the food with one tenth of the effort. Most gardeners spend a lot of time starting their plants indoors in the spring and…
00:10:15 |
Fri 06 Mar 2020
Episode 10: The Value of Growing Your Own Food
A huge portion of our world's footprints come from the food we eat, not only because of the destructive methods of conventional agriculture, but also because of all of the many other industries that …
00:10:58 |
Wed 04 Mar 2020
Episode 09: Vegan vs. Omnivore vs. Junk Food
The food we eat has a massive impact on our health and our planet. Conventional methods of raising animals are terrible for everything involved, but eating food grown in a way that mimics nature can …
00:16:36 |
Mon 02 Mar 2020
Episode 08: A Big Solution That Is Hard to Get Right
Living in community is one of the biggest solutions for solving our environmental problems. Unfortunately, it is also really hard to do in a way where people actually want to do it. Oftentimes discus…
00:12:59 |
Fri 28 Feb 2020
Episode 07: Eliminating Household Toxic Gick
People are getting sick at an alarming rate. The list of factors is immense, but there are things we can do at home to reduce our exposure to toxins that will also save us money at the same time. Thi…
00:15:29 |
Wed 26 Feb 2020
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