216: Can we still live sustainably during COVID-19? Lessons from a zero-waste movement leader | Lauren Singer

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 24 April 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Lauren Singer: “Now is the time to learn how to make things yourself. Lattes, toothpaste, laundry detergent…Look at the things you buy packaged in plastic that are pretty simple to make.” Singer, an environmental activist and zero-waste movement leader, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how to live a zero-waste lifestyle in a COVID-19 world, plus: *Why houseplants give us a sense of control* *Why prioritizing function over form always wins* *How you can live sustainably and still have a cluttered household* *The best freezer staples to have on-hand* *How to keep plastic away from landfills during the global pandemic* Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the My Buddy Green podcast. I'm Jason Walkab, founder and co-ceeo of My Buddy Green and your host.
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0:47.0	Hey guys, you're in for a treat. We have Lauren Singer on the podcast today who is the person who literally put
0:56.0	zero waste on the map and what's so cool is this started with a post she wrote for My Buddy Green in 2014 where she
1:05.2	shared how she didn't create trash for two years and since that post went live
1:10.5	it's been read by millions of people, millions around the world and
1:15.7	Lauren went on to launch the package free shop here in Brooklyn. It's been on the Forbes
1:19.9	on 30 under 30 list and the rest is zero waste history. So Lauren welcome.
1:27.0	Hey, thanks so much that's it's great. I'm super always just so grateful for that post and for you guys taking a chance on me and my story.
1:36.8	It really launched everything.
1:38.6	Well, we're so grateful for everything you've done, all the good work you're doing and when I think
1:45.5	about you know the work you're doing and the world we were in in 2014 and the world we're
1:51.2	in now in the storm of COVID-19.
1:55.0	I'm curious, like let's start there.
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