247: Life Without Trash?
Age Less / Live More
Lucas Rockwood
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2017
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Is it possible to live a life without trash? Could you reduce your waste by 50%? 75% or More?
On this week's Yoga Talk Show, you'll meet the founder of the "Zero Waste" movement, Bea Johnson who claims she and her family lived for an entire year producing just 1 liter of waste. Nothing about modern life is sustainable, and while Bea's solution might be out-of-reach for most, it's something we can all learn and take inspiration from.
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Listen & Learn:
- Learn the 5R's: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot
- How to do more with less
- Why buying better quality items that last longer is an environmentally responsible choice
- Why just because something says it's recyclable (in theory) doesn't mean it can actually be recycled in reality
- Getting started tips for "zero waste" beginners
ABOUT OUR GUEST
In 2008, Bea Johnson and her family adopted a zero waste lifestyle; they since produce a mere liter of waste per year. With her blog and bestseller Zero Waste Home (translated in 13 languages), Bea launched a global movement and continues to inspire a growing community to live simply and take a stance against needless waste.
Her methodology is based on 5R's: "Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot, and only in that order". She shatters misconceptions, proving that zero waste can not only be stylish, but also lead to significant health benefits, and time and money savings. She speaks at universities, corporate events and conferences all over the globe, including Google, Adobe, the European Parliament and the United Nations.
She has completed five international tours for a total of 150+ speeches in 20+ countries on 5 continents. She has appeared on TV shows and in publications everywhere, from The Today Show to BBC Breakfast. Passionate and optimistic, she has become a guru for many and is a spokesperson for the zero waste lifestyle or, as the New York Times stated, "The Priestess of Waste-Free Living". She is a Grand Prize winner of The Green Awards, and a French native who currently lives in Mill Valley, California.
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| 0:00.0 | Back in 2006 I was really struggling with my balance and I started using these little foam |
| 0:05.3 | separators, the ones you get if you're getting a pedicure or if you're painting your toenails you get those |
| 0:10.1 | cheap little foam things and you stick them between your toes to keep your toes |
| 0:13.0 | and I started using those at night while I was watching movies to stretch out my toes |
| 0:17.1 | and it really helped with my balance so I started blogging and writing about it this was over 10 years |
| 0:21.6 | ago and a bunch of students got really great results as well. |
| 0:24.8 | Over the years I got more and more sophisticated and talked to, I talked to a podiatrist and I talked |
| 0:30.3 | to different doctors and foot experts and running experts and I tried all kinds of |
| 0:34.0 | different foot stretching tools because my feet are all squished up. I have really |
| 0:38.2 | high arches and I wore restrictive and undersized running shoes for many years and I wore really |
| 0:43.5 | high orthotics for many years as well which just exacerbated the problem. |
| 0:47.4 | It's really affected my balance not just in yoga which is really annoying but |
| 0:51.8 | also just in things like running and trail running and walking and just don't have amazing balance and it's annoying. |
| 0:57.0 | And spreading your toes, stretching your toes can be really, really helpful. |
| 1:00.0 | I've had really great results. The biggest results came when I started using |
| 1:04.4 | toe stretchers that you could use when you're active. So for me that's yoga |
| 1:08.0 | practice and about once a week I'll go for a long run wearing awesome toes. |
| 1:12.3 | Awesome toes are these toe spreaders that I've |
| 1:14.7 | created that are incredibly popular. They're super soft and so as long as you have |
| 1:19.6 | wide toebox shoes I wear limbs for example they will keep your that you can wear |
| 1:24.9 | inside your shoes you go for a run and it feels amazing you get this really nice |
| 1:28.5 | therapeutic effect on your feet so wearing toe stretches while you're watching |
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