Well, hi there, my friends, and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian, and you're listening to

episode 526 of Sustainable Minimalists. This is a listener-supported show about intentional and

eco-friendly minimalist living. And this is April's quote, unquote, free show. I believe it's

important to keep putting good quality content out there that

you don't have to pay for. I know. Oh my goodness. Paying for content. Nobody wants to do that.

Well, I don't want to work with brands anymore. Brands were paying me. I don't feel like it's aligned

with my values to work with brands and peddle their wares on a sustainable

conscious consumption podcast. So I'm not. That means that if you like this show, and I'll be just

honest right here and now you're going to love this episode, the content is Chef's Kiss,

amazing, A++.

If you like the content and if you get something out of these episodes,

I humbly ask that you consider supporting this work.

The ways to do that, I'm not even going to waste my frosting all the ways you can do it.

It's in the show notes.

And thank you for considering.

You'll hear my guest, Diane, say today that if we don't support our small and local businesses, they will disappear. Guess what, my friends, it's the same with this podcast. If we don't support

it, it will also disappear. So thank you for considering. Today, we are talking about

using shopping as a superpower.

So after we decide we need, want, simply must have an item, how can we shop with

intention so that we are supporting the good guys and so that we are voting with our

dollars?

Today we are specifically in the second part of today's conversation

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