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Episode 100 Celebration!

Book of Leaves - April 29, 2024 16:09 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
I am so lucky to be able to create this podcast and I'm beyond grateful to you, the listener, not to mention all the wonderful guests who have taught us all so much. Thank you, thank you, thank you. A special thanks to those who have contributed on Buy Me A Coffee or Patreon. It's been a lifel...

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Episode 161: Bizare Plastic Eaters

Starting Sustainability: Sustainable Living: eco-friendly: environment: green: recycle: zero-waste - April 22, 2024 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
Scientist have discovered 4 creatures on this earth that can eat/ break down plastic. Listen in to learn more about them.

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Helping Injured Wildlife - Jana, Kildare Wildlife Rescue

Book of Leaves - April 15, 2024 05:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
**WhatsApp me a voice-note, or e-mail a message to [email protected] for episode 100 before April 25th!** Welcome back to Book of Leaves! I'm delighted to be coming out of a 3 month hibernation joined by Jana from Kildare Wildlife Rescue no less. As we're fully into Spring, there'll...

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Episode 160: Next Level Switches for Earth Day

Starting Sustainability: Sustainable Living: eco-friendly: environment: green: recycle: zero-waste - April 08, 2024 10:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
Previously we discussed simple switches. The easy things to switch in order to make an impact. However, at this point most listeners are beyond the simple switches. It is now time to discuss the next level for actions to take to make an impact on saving the earth. 

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Episode 159: Shark Month Part 2

Starting Sustainability: Sustainable Living: eco-friendly: environment: green: recycle: zero-waste - March 18, 2024 10:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
Happy Spring Break! Welcome to part 2 of Shark Month. In the previous episode we discussed all of the science behind documenting, researching and learning about shark attacks. In this episode the worst shark attack in US history is discussed. The reason behind all of the shark attack science, th...

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Audiotuur Toomas Volkmanniga: näitusel "täis minevik"

Fotografiska Tallinn's Podcast - March 15, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour
Eesti ühe silmapaistvama fotokunstniku, 2024. aastal teenetemärgiga pärjatud fotograafi Toomas Volkmanni näitus “täis minevik” oli Fotografiskas avatud 10. märtsini. Näituse viimasel nädalavahetusel, päev enne sulgemist viis Toomas huvilised veel oma fotokunsti radadele seiklema. Tema viis lugus...

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Fotografiska Talks: Vincent Peters

Fotografiska Tallinn's Podcast - March 12, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour
As part of the Fotografiska fashion month in February 2024, the world-famous fashion photographer Vincent Peters visited Estonia again to open the legacy of Peter Lindbergh to Estonian public and meet Estonian photographers. In this episode, Vincent Peters and Peter Napoliello have a touching, d...

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Episode 158: Shark Month Part 1

Starting Sustainability: Sustainable Living: eco-friendly: environment: green: recycle: zero-waste - March 04, 2024 11:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
Part 1 of a 2 part series about Sharks. Why? Because that is what Kaylin has been learning about over the winter. And now that it is time for Spring Break....its time to share all of the knowledge gained about sharks. 

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Episode 156: Trapped Water

Starting Sustainability: Sustainable Living: eco-friendly: environment: green: recycle: zero-waste - February 19, 2024 11:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
Kaylin has a looong Catch Up segment this week. Near the end you can catch the info about trapped water and why it is so important to set if free. 

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Fotografiska Talks: Benjamin Lindbergh

Fotografiska Tallinn's Podcast - February 14, 2024 19:00 - 49 minutes
We speak to Benjamin Lindbergh, son of the late, great photographer, about the power of the new 'Lightness of Being' exhibition and what exactly made his father’s work so impactful. Peter Lindbergh’s “Lightness of Being” on display until June 2024 at Fotografiska Tallinn The talk is hosted by E...

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Episode 156: Change in Direction

Starting Sustainability: Sustainable Living: eco-friendly: environment: green: recycle: zero-waste - February 05, 2024 11:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
Still Starting Sustainability but taking a new direction. Kaylin will continue the podcast and sustainably related topics but will include more "other" topics as well. In this episode a new segment of "what its like to be a parent" is introduced (but not for those with a weak stomach). Also, it ...

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Episode 155: Bucket Lists and Challenges

Starting Sustainability: Sustainable Living: eco-friendly: environment: green: recycle: zero-waste - January 22, 2024 11:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
Kaylin is BACK!!!!! It has been far too long! Warning, there is a LOOOONG catch up segment because so much has been going on for the past month. If you are not into the catching up, just fast forward a bit to the main discussion about bucket list fails and achievements as well as 2024's challeng...

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Leaving the 'High Life' for the Bigger Picture - Tom Butler

Book of Leaves - January 01, 2024 06:37 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Tom Butler, together with his wife Pam, run an organisation called Astræa, through which they inspire people to think, act, and live in harmony with the planet and each other. They grow food on a small organic farm, host classes, sell books and much more. At their root, they are two people using...

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Fotografiska talks: Elizaveta Porodina

Fotografiska Tallinn's Podcast - December 22, 2023 08:00 - 40 minutes
In Elizaveta Porodina’s exhibition Un/Masked, we are invited to gaze into the spheres of her artistry and image creation. With her experimental, dreamlike and occasionally surreal photography, she calls us to merge the past and the contemporary – a journey through time and space.  In this podca...

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How Sport Clubs can take Climate Action - Bohemian Football Club

Book of Leaves - December 18, 2023 06:04 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Bohemian Football Club (BFC) is the first football club in the world to set up a climate action committee and they’ve been doing a stellar job of it. I interviewed two of the people on the team, Sean McCabe and Leo McConnell to get the inside scoop on how they’ve been working. You can follow the...

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Episode 154: The MIND Diet- Eat Right to Keep Your Brain Sharp

Starting Sustainability: Sustainable Living: eco-friendly: environment: green: recycle: zero-waste - December 11, 2023 11:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
There is a new diet out there designed to SLOW down cognitive decline. If you have a family history of Alzheimer's or Dementia then check out the food you should be eating and food to avoid to slow down the cognitive decline. 

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Navigating & Solving this Planetary War - Naomi Ní Shíocháin

Book of Leaves - December 04, 2023 06:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
**Note from March 1st 2024 - we recorded this interview in November 2023. If you are wondering why Naomi doesn't refer to what's happening in Gaza as a g3noc!de, it's because things hadn't escalated as far as they have today. She now refers to it as a "Level 9 Extermination risk gen0cide". Langu...

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Episode 153: Holidays and Special Occasions

Starting Sustainability: Sustainable Living: eco-friendly: environment: green: recycle: zero-waste - November 20, 2023 11:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
Startingsustainability.com It is the kickoff to a holiday and special occasion season. Get a refresh on different ways you can be sustainable during these fun celebrations. 

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Finding the Wonder in Nature - Anja Murray

Book of Leaves - November 20, 2023 07:08 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
It was such an honour to chat to Anja Murray who many of you may know from being the presenter of Eco Eye. She also is a writer (Wild Embrace & a weekly column with the Irish Examiner), a radio show host (Naturefile with RTE Lyfric FM) on top of having worked in policy in the NGO sector for many...

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Toomas Volkmann talk näituse avamine "täis minevik"

Fotografiska Tallinn's Podcast - November 13, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour
Kutsume sind näituse avamisele, kus Volkmanni teekonda fotokunstnikuna harutavad koos kunstniku endaga lahti asjatundjad ja sõbrad. Näitusega lansseeritud veini ja mulli kõrvale tulevad jutuks 90ndad, foto, seks ja vibe. Kunstnik Marta Vaarik seob 90ndad tänapäevaga; kunstiteadlane Krista Kodre...

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Shop In A Salvage Yard - Harry Maharaj

Book of Leaves - November 06, 2023 11:36 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
I've heard of skip diving and second hand shopping, but salvage yards were not something I knew even existed in Ireland until Harry got in touch about the work he does. Euro Salve has been running for 25 years, based in Kilkenny. A wonderland of treasures, high quality timber, garden furniture, ...

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Episode 152: Successful Sustainability Campains

Starting Sustainability: Sustainable Living: eco-friendly: environment: green: recycle: zero-waste - November 06, 2023 11:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
www.startingsustainability.com Sometimes marketing sustainability succeeds and most often is seems like it fails or ends of being greenwashing. Kaylin found three big companies who are putting in a great effort, doing things right, and have marketing techniques that worked! 

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Preventing Mining & Sink Holes in Monaghan - Sophia McConnon

Book of Leaves - October 23, 2023 10:59 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Sophia McConnon is a youth activist I saw speaking at a climate conference over the summer. She was raising awareness of the detrimental effects mining has had on her community, which began with a large sinkhole that destroyed the local GAA playing field, community centre, and 3 surrounding fiel...

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Episode 151: Ghoulish Ways to Repurpose...Mummies.

Starting Sustainability: Sustainable Living: eco-friendly: environment: green: recycle: zero-waste - October 23, 2023 10:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
Startingsustainability.com Halloween is right around the corner and I have been saving this weird and slightly sustainability related story just for this event. 

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Animal Vs Environmental Rights, & Hare Coursing - Laura Broxson, NARA

Book of Leaves - October 09, 2023 18:38 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
If you’ve ever attended a protest for human or animal rights, chances are Laura has been in the crowd every single time. An activist since her teens, they have a wealth of experience and compassion they primarily use to drive the campaigns of NARA (National Animal Rights Association). Their most...

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Episode 150: Trash Attracts Bear Attacks

Starting Sustainability: Sustainable Living: eco-friendly: environment: green: recycle: zero-waste - October 09, 2023 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
www.startingsustainability.com It's officially SPOOKY season! Kaylin is going a little off of the traditional trail. This episode is a creepy and oddly sustainable story all about how back in the 1960's littering in Glacier National Park led to the first fatal bear attack in the parks history. 

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Fotografiska talks: Roger Ballen

Fotografiska Tallinn's Podcast - September 26, 2023 11:00 - 39 minutes
After developing an idiosyncratic style which is referred to as “Ballenesque”, Roger Ballen became one of the most prominent artist/photographers of his generation. He achieved international recognition through his unique and powerful use of drawing, painting, and collage alongside various sculp...

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An Intro to Doughnut Economics - Roisin Markham

Book of Leaves - September 25, 2023 22:32 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
I've been wanting to cover Doughnut Economics (DE) since I heard of Kate Raworth who coined the theory. Economics is NOT my strong point, so I was delighted to meet Roisin Markham at an even in Cloughjordan Eco Village who has - almost accidentally - become one of the reps for DE in Ireland. She...

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Episode 149: Black Market of Venus Flytraps

Starting Sustainability: Sustainable Living: eco-friendly: environment: green: recycle: zero-waste - September 25, 2023 10:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
www.startingsustainability.com Kaylin and her family are back from vacation...it could have been better. There is a new term scientist are using, global boiling. The main topic of this episode is the black market behind venus flytraps. Apparently, that is a thing. Listen in to learn all about th...

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Mindfully Communicating Climate News - Darragh Wynne

Book of Leaves - September 11, 2023 20:14 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Darragh Wynne is a climate activist and host of the Climate Alarm Clock podcast, which you would have heard me chat about before. It’s a wonderful climate news podcast, based in Ireland and definitely worth checking out. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with th...