You're listening to episode 16 of the Sustainable Minimalist Podcast.

You are listening to the Sustainable Minimalist Podcast, a show about living simply and

sustainably with your family. Here's your host

Stephanie Safarian.

Hello there and welcome to episode 16. Today is our special Earth Day episode.

This year, 2018, Earth Day falls on Sunday, April 22nd.

And Earth Day is a pretty cool day, right? It's a day for us to pick up litter or plant a tree.

But there's a big problem with Earth Day and it's this.

It's just one day out of 365 days in a year.

On Monday morning, after planting trees and picking up garbage, most people will

go back to their daily lives and back to their environmentally damaging habits.

So today, on this episode, we are going to talk about some changes we can all make in our daily lives for the next 365 days.

We are not just going to put a band-aid on the problem. Instead, we are going to try our darnest to adopt a lifestyle

change with the Earth and mind. I have come up with a list of five lifestyle changes for the aspiring

eco-friendly minimalist.

This is for people who are just starting out

on their journey, no judgment.

I'm here for you.

And then I'm following up that list of five suggestions with five more suggestions for

those listeners who may be a little bit more advanced and further on their

sustainable minimalist journey. Now full disclosure here, some of the

items on today's list do have to do with minimalism, but a lot of them don't.

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