The Everyday Green Home Podcast helps you GET the value of green: for you, your family and your community. Whether its green homes, green living or the people who make it happen, join Marla Esser Cloos to learn how green and sustainability practices and products work for you.
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Cheese making at home with Gavin Webber
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LGC103 - Dan Leighton, from Extinct Cheeses to Medieval Re-enactments
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During a consultation session, Dan contacted me in 2023 to ask about making cheeses from the medieval period. This piqued my interest, so I invited him onto the podcast to discuss his interest in reviving extinct UK cheeses and making cheese during medieval re-enactments. ASK A QUESTION FOR THE PODCAST Don’t forget that you can leave a voicemail me…
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Wicked Problems - Transportation and How It Affects Us with Tony Pratte
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Wicked problems are significant issues with no single, straightforward answer, and they are everywhere! Transportation is a wicked problem that touches every aspect of our lives, whether we realize it or not. It affects what we have on our dinner tables, the clothes we wear, and everything we have inside our homes. It even affects where we work, ho…
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LGC102 - Yesterdaze Cheese
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Links as mentioned during this episode; Episode 92 - Tracey Johnson from Cheeseneeds.com; https://youtu.be/G0kdjT-6fE4 Yesterdaze video tutorial; https://youtu.be/galnh1asMPg Guido's Hard Italian Cheese; https://youtu.be/i9sBoJA5kyo Wensleydale Cheese tutorial; https://youtu.be/ubmMbZb8Vrk Ask the Cheeseman Livestream; https://www.youtube.com/@Gavi…
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LGC101 - The Great Cheese Riot of 1766
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Links as mentioned during this episode; The Great Cheese Riot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham_cheese_riot ASK A QUESTION FOR THE PODCAST Don’t forget that you can leave a voicemail message that I will answer and feature during the show. Remember that I cannot answer them immediately, so please don’t expect an instant reply. My Speakpipe pa…
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How to Pay for Better Homes with Kerry Langley and HomeBuck$
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It is hard to talk about how our homes impact our health, well-being, and climate when so many people still struggle to afford the cost of buying their own homes. Today, I bring you a solution cultivated by Kerry Langley, an industry colleague I have known for quite some time. I’m Marla, the Green Home Coach, and I invite you to lean in and pay att…
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LGC100 - My Cheese Making Journey
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Thank you to all the curd nerds who left messages and comments for this, the 100th Episode! I feel humbled by them. Links mentioned during the show; Oldest known book about British Cheese; https://uk.news.yahoo.com/oldest-known-book-british-cheese-154500367.html How to make a cheese fridge; https://www.littlegreencheese.com/2022/08/how-to-make-a-ch…
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LGC099 - Parmesan with Microchips to prevent Counterfeiting
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Today I talk about how Parmigiano Reggiano cheese is now being microchipped to prevent counterfeiting. I also talk about my experience of being accused by the Grana Padano Consorzio of counterfeiting their cheese. What a ride! Mentioned on the show are the following links Cease and Desist; https://youtu.be/M_AzMLhPF1Q?si=0pNi_K13yj-dIvlE Big Cheese…
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LGC098 - Cheesemaking Channels on YouTube
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Today we talk about some of my favourite Cheesemaking YouTube channels. Mentioned on the show are the following channels https://www.youtube.com/@GavinWebber https://www.youtube.com/@cheeseneedsdotcom https://www.youtube.com/@FromagerUrbain https://www.youtube.com/@cheesehistory https://www.youtube.com/@Cheese52 https://www.youtube.com/@GiveCheesea…
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ESG - Building Real Value or Political Lightning Rod with Tony Pratte
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In a world of evolving priorities and rapidly changing investment landscapes, three letters have ignited discussions that resonate far beyond the financial realm: ESG. Environmental, Social, and Governance is a trifecta of influence shaping how businesses get scrutinized, evaluated, and ultimately endorsed. ESG has grown into a juggernaut of consid…
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Becoming a B Corp and OK Sustainability Summit with Traci of Plenty Mercantile
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In a world increasingly driven by the pursuit of sustainability and community well-being, the rise of B Corps is emerging as a beacon of hope for a more conscious and responsible business approach. I was recently captivated by a charming shop called Plenty Mercantile, nestled in the heart of Automobile Alley in Oklahoma City. It is a delightful sto…
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Your Home is Watching You - Smart Homes and AI with Tony Pratte
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Artificial intelligence has become the buzzword of the century, permeating news headlines, chat platforms, and even our everyday browsing experiences. Its presence in our lives is undeniable, revolutionizing the world of computing and enhancing human existence in ways we could have only dreamed of! Amidst this AI revolution, another concept has bee…
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Home Inspection - Not Just for Real Estate Transactions with Stacey Page
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Do you ever think about home inspection? Most people only ever think about home inspection when buying or selling a property. However, the truth is that you will benefit from a proper home inspection because it will allow you to live in a healthier and more comfortable home environment. I’m Marla, the Green Home Coach! Today, I’m excited to introdu…
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Expert Insights on Eco-friendly Real Estate
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Real estate is a massive part of our lives! We live in homes, buy homes, sell them, fix them up, and rent them, and real estate is at the heart of all that! Much about real estate has been in the news lately, with home prices being turbulent during the pandemic and people moving to different places. The side of real estate that has recently been ta…
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Empowering People to Build or Remodel Better Homes with Green Home Institute
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There are so many green home experts out there! That makes it hard to know where to go for help and who to approach for the resources you require. People need to know where to go to get trusted information. So today, I would like to introduce the Green Home Institute because they have been extremely helpful to me! They have vast resources, products…
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2 Reasons to Certify an Existing Home for Sale
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Have you read about the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the news over the last six to eight months? The Inflation Reduction Act was passed to help combat climate change, upgrade electrification, and move people toward new technologies in their homes and businesses. It is a big piece of work that applies to almost all of us because a large part has…
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Helping You and Your Unit Breathe Better with Gay of Green Screen Air Filters
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Many different aspects of our homes may impact our health and well-being and the ease with which we can maintain our homes. Something I learned to take in hand during the pandemic was the filtration in my home. Filtration systems may vary, but they all serve the same purpose: To filter the air moving through the heating and cooling systems, making …
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Green Community and Resources at Rate It Green with Allison Friedman
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What is the green home industry? If you’d like to learn more about it, find out how to connect with people within it, and get to know about all the new things coming out in it, you’re in the right place because you will hear all of that today! I’m Marla, the Green Home Coach, and I am excited to have Allison Friedman from Rate It Green with me toda…
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Everyday Green Home Podcast - Wicked Problems - The Circularity of Plastic with Trent Esser of Printerior Designs
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Plastic is a wicked problem! We are finding bits of it everywhere! Plastic was a great invention. It has become an integral part of our convenience lifestyle, so we can’t seem to do without it. But it is filling our landfills and oceans, and we even find it in our food and water! It was exciting when plastic soda bottles came out because they were …
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The House That She Built with Natalie Miles
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We are facing so many challenges in the labor and workforce and the construction industry right now, and people want to know why there aren’t more women employed in construction, the home-building industry, and the skilled trades. I am a huge advocate for workforce development, women in construction, and women in the skilled trades, and I have come…
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2 Ways of Addressing the Labor Shortage with Will Blake
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Wicked problems have been a huge part of our lives! Most of us know that the housing market has been a little crazy for the past few years. Some of that has been due to wicked problems like labor shortages, supply chain issues, and even land shortages in many parts of the country. The labor shortage has been of interest to many people, me and my gu…
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3 Spaces to EcoRenovate with Sheridan of Elemental Green
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Eco-renovate is a term a business friend coined while doing a project on a historical building in Chicago, Illinois. We all have the opportunity to up-level our home, a home we are buying, or homes we are selling. There is so much we can do to improve our health and that of the world while we make our homes a whole lot better! I’m Marla, the Green …
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Wicked Problems: "People-ism" - It's Really All About People with Tony Pratte
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The term wicked problems describes some of today's most challenging social issues. Wicked problems require a reframing of success because they might never be fully solved. Success with wicked problems means having an impact on or making a difference toward improved outcomes and reduced risk. Today, we dive into the wicked problem of people-ism. I’m…
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An Alternative to Plastic Bottles in Your Bathroom with Lindsey of Plaine Products
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It can be hard to find good products that also have great packaging. Several years ago, I started using a great set of products with amazing packaging that gets specially delivered. I’m Marla, the Green Home Coach, and I have Lindsey McCoy from Plaine Products joining me today! Plaine Products is a company with a unique delivery system for sustaina…
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LGC097 - Interview with Tutu Saad Artisan Cheesemaker Bangladesh
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Tutu’s Artisan Cheese is the only artisanal cheese-making establishment in Bangladesh. Tutu Saadullah personally makes hard and soft cheeses from fresh milk. He follows the traditional European cheese-making process. It was a pleasure to talk to him today about his cheese-making passion. ASK A QUESTION FOR THE PODCAST Don’t forget that you can leav…
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Wicked Problems - Consumerism and Buying with Values with Tony Pratte
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The term “wicked problems” describes some of the most challenging social issues of this time. Those problems require a reassessment of success because being successful with wicked problems means making a difference toward them or influencing improved results and diminished risk, even though the problem may never be fully solved. Consumerism, or foc…
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Trusted Partners and Brands
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There are so many different products to choose from for our homes, well-being, and personal care that it is often really hard to figure out which products are better for our health and wellness, are longer lasting, more durable, and do what they are meant to do. I’m Marla, the Green Home Coach! Today, I’m doing a solo episode to share my thoughts o…
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LGC096 - Interview with John Wilson, Cavignac & Wilson Kampot Cambodia
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Today's guest is part of the duo who run Cavignac & Wilson, artisan cheeses makers from Kampot in Cambodia. John talks about how he and his partner Chris, started an artisan cheese factory from scratch and all the challenges they had to overcome to produce amazing french style cheeses. You can find them on Facebook at Cavignac & Wilson. ASK A QUEST…
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Wicked Problems - Infrastructure - Quality vs. Quantity with Tony Pratte
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We have some tremendous wicked problems in our society right now! Wicked problems are how we describe some of today’s most challenging social issues. They call for us to reframe our notion of success because they may never get fully solved. Being successful with wicked problems means making a difference toward them, improving the outcomes, or reduc…
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LGC095 - Interview with Patricia Gauci
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Patricia is a long-time supporter of the podcast and cheese-making channel and it has been fantastic watching her grow as a cheese maker. I'm glad I caught up with her for this fascinating interview. ASK A QUESTION FOR THE PODCAST Don’t forget that you can leave a voicemail message that I will answer and feature during the show. Just remember that …
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Designing Wellness In with Christy Howell of CRH Design Build
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Lately, I’ve been talking about health and wellness and how much it impacts our living environment. That means how we design, build or remodel a house or building, how we live in it, and how we interact with it. I’m Marla, the Green Home Coach! For the last few months, I have hosted one of my business partners on the podcast. It has been exciting t…
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LGC094 - Interview with Ruth Cohn
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I've known Ruth personally since the start of Kim's cancer treatment and she is a wonderful human being. And why wouldn't she be, seeing she makes her own cheese and is a professional therapist as well. You can read more about Ruth's work and sometimes cheesemaking on her blog; https://ruthcohnmft.com/ ASK A QUESTION FOR THE PODCAST Don’t forget th…
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Wicked Problems - Changing Weather and How It's Affecting Our Lives with Tony Pratte
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Global challenges are abounding, and working in the world of sustainability, health, and wellness has brought many wicked problems to light. We can describe some of the most challenging social issues we face today as wicked problems. With those problems, we have to re-frame our notion of success. Although they will never get entirely solved, succes…
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LGC093 - Interview with Jennifer Murch
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Jennifer Murch is a homesteader out of Virginia, USA and has two dairy cows with which she makes her cheese. We talked about all things cheese and dairy including a recent cheese and wine party she threw for her friends and family! You can find Jennifer on her blog at https://jennifermurch.com/ and on YouTube; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHlQ3…
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LGC092 - Interview with Tracey Johnson from Cheeseneeds.com
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Today I am joined by Tracey Johnson from Cheeseneeds.com. She is also an admin of the Facebook page Learn to Make Cheese. A great conversation about cheese making, running a small cheese-making supply business, authoring books, and much much more! ASK A QUESTION FOR THE PODCAST Don’t forget that you can leave a voicemail message that I will answer …
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LGC091 - Consultation with Wendy Parrington-Jones
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About a year ago, Wendy reached out to me to see if I was willing to do a consultation to help her iron out a few issues with her cheesemaking. Well, this recording is the result. ASK A QUESTION FOR THE PODCAST Don’t forget that you can leave a voicemail message that I will answer and feature during the show. Just remember that I cannot answer them…
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Healthy Living System from Wellness Within Your Walls
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We’re hearing a lot about health and wellness right now! Since the start of the pandemic, conversations about how we feel, sickness, wellness, and even cancer have blown up everywhere! We are starting to realize that our health and wellness, how we feel, our mental well-being, and what is going on inside our walls have converged, and they all matte…
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Wicked Problems: Trade-offs of Electric Vehicles with Tony Pratte
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Wicked Problems: Trade-offs of electric vehicles with Tony Pratte The topic of wicked problems has been inspiring some interesting conversations lately! Driving electric vehicles rather than those powered by internal combustion engines is fascinating for Tony and me! Recently, Tony sent me an article explaining that what we need right now is an hon…
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Wellness Real Estate with Sheila Alston
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What is wellness real estate? We hear a lot about wellness real estate lately. Sheila Alston knew nothing about it until she started thinking of ways to bring health and home together. After doing some research, she discovered that wellness real estate had already become a 134-billion dollar industry two years earlier! The very first wellness lifes…
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Wicked Problems: Connecting Personal Health with Our Larger Community
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We face so many challenges in our world today! That is why we need to connect the dots between our homes, and the health of our communities. Many of us don’t make the connection between our health, our homes, and the health of the world at large. Yet sometimes, without us even knowing it, the products in our homes make us sick. Or they impact our s…
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You know what they say, “ Reduce, reuse and recycle.” Well, there are now four Rs. The first is REFUSE, which gives us the power to stop things from happening by simply refusing them. If we follow the 4 Rs to a T, then our world will be better for all those who come after us. Even though I’m sure you can think of plenty of examples of how society b…
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Business as a Force for Good - B Corporations with Gail Garey
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What if you could run your business in such a way that it was actually good for society? A Force For Good! That's what Gail Garey, founder of Impact 360 Strategies says she wants to do. Her love of the outdoors and corporate background set up this work with B Corporations- those companies who are pledging themselves as forces against social isolati…
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A Better Home with Incremental Green
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Today’s show topic is very exciting to me. There is not a one-size-fits-all solution for improving eco-friendly living spaces. Everything varies according to your needs, style, and budget!. Today, Tony Pratte joins us and discusses how we can “green up” our homes! He reminds us of exciting opportunities we all have to reuse or reconstruct previousl…
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The Truth About Green Product Labels
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What does it mean to buy green? There are no standard definitions for the words used to describe green products, so we sometimes tend to confuse products that sound green or claim to be green with those that truly are sustainable and environmentally friendly. Some companies intentionally use words like natural or eco-friendly as a marketing ploy to…
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Supporting Good Companies with Suzanne Shelton
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Can business be a force for good? There is a huge transition taking place within our culture and society right now. We are seeing some fascinating changes, many of which are being integrated from the younger generations up to the older generations. Whether we realize it or not, most of us vote with our pocketbooks. Today's younger generations only …
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Helping People: The Living Well Toolkit with Tony Pratte
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We all care about the health of our family and friends and want them to live in a safe and healthy environment. A few years ago, The US Green Building Council created a movement, campaign, and toolkit called the Living Well Standard, which published a message that still stands true today. It spells out how much it matters that the places we live, w…
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Smart Home, Connected Home with Tony Pratte
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There seems to be an app for everything right now! Could you imagine downloading an app for your house? Or even a whole bunch of apps? Well, that is what you need to do if you have a smart home! But how do you go about connecting everything in this time when technology is constantly moving and things keep on changing? I am Marla, the Green Home Coa…
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Beliefs, Values, and Traditions
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Most of us do not realize how often our beliefs, values, and traditions play out in our lives because they are so deeply entrenched. Working with sustainability and green over the years has taught me a lot about people. I have learned how much our beliefs, values, and even our traditions impact the way we live our lives and how the way we live conn…
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Reusing...Almost Everything - My Grandmother's Legacy with Tony Pratte
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Did you know that reusing stuff is back in vogue again? People reuse things for many different reasons. When they do, it always reminds me of my grandmother because that is her legacy. She was one of the biggest motivators for me getting involved in the green and sustainable world. I am Marla, the Green Home Coach. Today, my occasional co-host, Ton…
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10 Things to Do Better in Your Next Remodel Project
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Houses and buildings are moving like crazy, but supply chains are still nuts! Remodeling has been affected by all the craziness that is going on with homes and homebuilding. However, when we decide to do a remodel, we have the opportunity to do some amazing things to make our homes even better! I am Marla, the Green Home Coach, and today, my occasi…
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Climate Crisis - Recycling Gone Awry
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Recycling has gone awry, and there is plastic everywhere! Do you sometimes forget to put recyclable items, like plastic soda bottles, pill containers, and the little plastic takeout cups and lids from takeout food, in the right place and end up throwing them out with the trash? Or have you ever had something that you would like to recycle, but you …
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