If Trees Could Talk

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden, Kids & Family

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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One football field's-worth of forest is lost every single second of every single day. Loss of forests means loss of species and loss of stored carbon; it also means an increased risk of pandemics. On today's show: Explaining the ways in which deforestation is linked to the pandemic prevalence, with tangible action steps for conscious consumers. Here's a preview: [5:00] It's not *just* about timber; it's about livestock, soy, and palm oil too [12:30] Exactly what happens when we raze forests and the generalists (ahem ... the rats, the mosquitos) march in [26:00] Breaking down the differences between the 3 Forest Stewardship Council certifications [29:00] Revisiting the palm oil problem [32:00] The industrialized food system is broken, and it pays to shorten your personal food chain Resources mentioned: Episode #447: No Topsoils, No Food Episode #187: Why Is Palm Oil Bad? This show is listener-supported. Thank you for supporting! Join our (free!) Facebook community here. Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube @sustainableminimalists Say hello! [email protected].

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0:00.0	It has been a summer of self-care over here. I'm talking lots of hikes, lots of beach trips with the
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1:00.8	Well hello there my friends and sustainable.
1:05.0	Well, hello there, my friends, and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian, and you're listening to episode
1:09.0	490.
1:11.0	My gosh, 490, yes,'s true, 490 of sustainable minimalist. This is a listener supported show about intentional and eco-friendly minimalist living. And on today's show we're doing a lot. We're talking about
1:25.1	deforestation yes but more specifically we're talking about deforestation's
1:29.7	link to pandemic so So let me back up. Two things happened last week and both of them
1:37.7	happening together created this episode. So the first event is personal and the second is global. On the personal
1:46.7	level my family went on a lovely road trip. A stop number one on our road trip
1:51.9	was Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.
1:55.3	Now it is a protected forest. Oh my gosh, it is gorgeous.
1:59.0	We had a wonderful time getting lost in the woods basically for three days lots of hikes lots of views no noise pollution just nature it was rejuvenating it reconnected me to nature in a way that frankly a hike in my local
2:18.1	woods just can't do and that's because of the time component. We stayed and we slept in the park for three entire days.
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