Podcasts by My Climate Diet
My Climate Diet follows Lisa Pettibone, a teacher, writer, and sustainability geek, as she goes on a new type of diet. It's all about shedding unwanted pounds -- or tons -- of carbon dioxide and finding a lifestyle that doesn't wreck the planet. Funny, personal, and informative, My Climate Diet provides real-life tips to help you slim down your carbon footprint.
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Year 3, Ep. 1: I'm back, baby! from 2021-03-22T16:22:45
I'm finally back from a long, COVID-lockdown-induced funk. This week I talk about how I reduced my emissions last year and why I'm moving to "Our Climate Diet." Also, I invite you to join a pane...
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Year 2, Ep. 17: Lockdown vs. quarantine from 2020-11-24T14:00
In this episode, I reflect on how personal action and government action can pick up each other's slack in dealing with our biggest problems -- using the examples of coronavirus and climate chang...
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Year 2, Ep. 16: Degrow Your Home from 2020-10-06T13:00
This week I talk about what degrowth can mean at home, and give tips on how to create spaces for "enough" stuff not to morph into "too much." I crunch the climate numbers on living smaller based...
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Year 2, Ep. 15: This Situation from 2020-09-24T13:00
Welcome to "This Situation"! I talk about my time in Tino Sehgal's fascinating installation/performance piece at Gropius Bau this past month, and how it felt to be an often lone voice on climate...
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Year 2, Ep. 14 - Too Much Stuff from 2020-08-12T13:00
This week, I complain about cleaning yet MORE junk out of the junk house, the cluttered state of my apartment, and the problem of stuff in general. But there's a silver lining -- I'm taking part...
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Year 2, Ep. 13 - Read what you love for the planet from 2020-07-14T13:00
I report back on the media diet I started two weeks ago, and find that it's great reading less and being more mindful about my media consumption. Plus, climate activists boycott Facebook, why th...
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Year 2, Ep. 12: My Media Diet from 2020-06-30T13:00
This coming month I'm going on a media diet. That means canceling my last streaming account to take a larger role in curating entertainment media, spending more time on news and analysis relevan...
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Year 2, Ep. 11: Take to the Streets from 2020-06-11T19:44:44
This week I weigh in on Black Lives Matter, connect it to the climate and sustainability crises, and explain why I'm joining Extinction Rebellion's next Rebel Wave from June 12-21. A big shout-o...
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Year 2, Ep. 10: Stories from the Future from 2020-05-27T09:43:04
Today's episode is something special: I talk about the new project I'm working on, a series of workshops called Stories from the Future. In these workshops, organized as part of the "Collective ...
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Year 2, Ep. 9: Vegan comfort food with Maria Koimtzoglou from 2020-05-07T15:05:34
This week I present an interview I did with Maria Koimtzoglou, owner of the Berlin restaurant Maria (mariamariamaria.com), about the connections between food and sustainability and what it's lik...
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Year 2, Ep. 8: Going Vegan from 2020-04-23T14:59:23
This week, I'm responding to my friend Jason's question: Do you have any tips on going vegan while being cooped up at home because of the coronavirus? I share 8 tips from my 8 months as a vegan ...
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Year 2, Ep. 7: Stay Strong with Can-Do Invitations from 2020-03-31T15:41:44
With corona getting me down, I scrap my original plan of talking about the post-corona degrowth utopia to talk about scaled back ambitions and life in the new corona reality. Inside of giving my...
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Corona announcement: DC Environmental Film Fest is streaming! from 2020-03-27T18:18:24
Hi everyone, just wanted to tell you that the DC Environmental Film Festival, the largest environmental film festival in the world, has put much of this year's program online for free through th...
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Year 2, Ep. 5: Climate Change and Coronavirus from 2020-03-17T14:00
The news is saturated with coronavirus, so I wanted to put the global pandemic into a climate change context: what this outbreak means for global emissions and short- and long-term climate actio...
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Year 2, Ep. 4: Climate Diet 101 - Green Electricity from 2020-03-04T14:00
I've been on a climate diet for a year now, so I thought I'd take a step back and talk about the first steps you can take to reduce carbon emissions. Today I'm talking about electricity and how ...
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Year 2, Ep 3: Degrowth and race from 2020-02-13T14:00
Today I introduce the concept of degrowth and start my celebration of Black Future Month by looking for black voices who have written about degrowth or related visions. I look at a 2013 article ...
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Year 2, Ep. 2: A Book-Buying Ban and Unread Shelves from 2020-01-28T14:00
This week, I talk about my plan with my husband to stop buying books and DVDs for six months, and what this means for the climate (hint: not much). I talk more generally about deprivation as a s...
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Year 2, Ep. 1: Back on the Scales from 2020-01-14T14:00
It’s a new year and I’ve been on a climate diet for 10 months now. So today I step back on the scales and see how my carbon footprint has changed. I find I've lost nearly 2 tons from the challen...
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Episode 28: Clean sheets and a clean slate for Christmas from 2019-12-18T14:27:22
This week, I have to change my plans for December to gripe about setbacks at the junk house. But I share a great idea for a DIY advent calendar that reduces food waste, cleans out your pantry, a...
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Episode 27: Buy Nothing Day from 2019-11-26T14:00
Hey everyone, this Friday, November 29, is Buy Nothing Day and the Global Climate Strike! I talk about Buy Nothing Day, why it's important, and how to get involved. Learn more at adbusters.org a...
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Episode 26: Go-To Recipes from 2019-11-20T16:11:19
This week, I challenged myself to cook and eat one type of local, seasonal vegetable I've never cooked before. Well, I failed, but primarily because I wanted to cook up vegetables I ...
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Episode 25: Food Miles and Local Produce from 2019-11-12T14:00
What's got a higher transportation footprint, bananas or strawberries? This week I figure out the importance of food miles to our carbon footprint and give some tips on how to reduce our transpo...
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Episode 24 - Where's the Beef? Meat and Climate Change from 2019-11-06T13:55:29
To kick off a month of food-themed episodes, I start by going to the meat of the issue. I look at how important our diet is for climate change, and what parts of our diet have the highest ...
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Episode 23: Plastic from 2019-10-29T14:00
This week, I talk a bit about plastic, drawing heavily from the Guardian's excellent series "The United States of Plastic." I pledge to stop buying beverages in single-use plastic bottl...
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Episode 22 - Extinction Rebellion Week in Berlin from 2019-10-15T13:00
This past week, I spent most of my free time at Extinction Rebellion's DelibCamp in Berlin. I spoke with protesters, listened to workshops, and helped out in my small way. I want to ...
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Episode 21 - How Bad Are Bananas? from 2019-10-08T13:00
This week is the first meeting of the Climate Book Club, where I talk about "How Bad Are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything" by Mike Berners-Lee. The book is packed with the climate imp...
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Episode 20: The magic of yard sales with André Krüger from 2019-10-01T13:00
The second half of conversation with my husband about cleaning out his family's house this summer. He shares his experience holding a yard sale and gives tips on what steps to take to get people...
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Episode 19: Talking Junk with André Krüger from 2019-09-24T13:00
I finally talk to my husband about his herculean effort cleaning out his family's house this summer. He shares tips on how to sort things and save junk from the landfill. And vegetar...
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Episode 18: Upcoming climate actions with Marie Budde from 2019-09-17T13:00
This week I talk with sustainability manager and activist Marie Budde about upcoming climate actions taking place worldwide. She tells me how she stays informed, how she decides what events to g...
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Episode 17: A Pest-Proof Pantry for the Planet from 2019-09-10T13:00
Sorry, but I have to break into my own podcast with an important bulletin!! I discovered a moth infestation in my kitchen this past week, forcing me to throw out several packages of flour, grain...
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Episode 16: Junk and the Circular Economy from 2019-09-03T13:00
This month I’m talking about junk, and how finding it a new home can help save resources--and climate emissions. This week I talk generally about the circular economy, and share some tips from m...
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Episode 15: Food Waste with Emily Stubits from 2019-07-16T13:00
This month I’m focusing on perspective, turning the podcast from My Climate Diet to Our Climate Diet. This week I talk with a former student about food waste. And I share an article from t...
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Episode 14: Travel with Eco-Sensibility with Olivia Shoemaker from 2019-07-09T13:00
This month I’m focusing on perspective, turning the podcast from My Climate Diet to Our Climate Diet. This week I return to the question of travel, getting some advice from a former ...
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Episode 13: To Marjorie- Travel and Green Banks from 2019-07-02T13:00
This month I'm looking at perspectives, sharing my thoughts with others and tips from my former students. Today I'm excited to share a letter from a listener packed with questions on issues that...
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Episode 12: June Wrap-Up – Go Climate Finance! from 2019-06-25T13:00
I talk about what I've learned in covering climate finance for a month: individuals can make a big difference, if they have money, and live somewhere with green banks. And I talk about the recen...
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Episode 11: U.S. Green Mutual Funds Stink from 2019-06-18T13:00
This is the third episode in my month of climate finance. This week I look at the measurements available to evaluate the climate performance of financial investments, check out how green my U.S....
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Episode 10: German Green Banks Rule! from 2019-06-11T12:00
This week, I look into green banks in Germany and open a German checking account! And I find that doing so will save me over 1 ton of carbon dioxide this year.
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Episode 9: More Money, More Emissions from 2019-06-04T13:00
This week marks the first of a series of four episodes on money and climate change. I start by going back to a classic article by Bill McKibben that looks at how important money is in fueling th...
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Episode 8: Cosmetics and Climate Change from 2019-05-28T13:00
This week I look more generally at the effects of cosmetics on the climate. I find that I'm not the only one who knows little about the impact of cosmetics on the climate. And I give one listene...
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Episode 7: DIY deodorant with Josh Huffman, Part II from 2019-05-21T13:00
This week I share the second half of my chat with my friend Josh Huffman about homemade deodorant. He gives me some tips to perfect my recipe as well as more general advice about making your own...
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Episode 6: DIY deodorant with Josh Huffman, Part I from 2019-05-14T13:00
This month I'm focusing on cosmetics. This week is the first half of an interview with my friend Josh Huffman, who has made his own deodorant for over six years. He talks about how he got starte...
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Episode 5: Spargelwoche from 2019-05-07T13:00
This week I'm eating local in Lower Saxony. I talk about the importance of food miles and food groups and buy a kilogram of delicious white asparagus (or Spargel).
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Episode 4: Potato, potato from 2019-04-23T07:41:39
My first week of eating local: I talk about what's in season in April, what's always available, and how easy it is to cook potatoes.
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Episode 3: e-Waste, or, Failure as Success from 2019-03-28T21:57:13
I totally blew it on my challenge this week -- to properly dispose of a bag of e-waste I've collected over the past year -- but somehow managed to come out ahead anyway.
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Episode 2: Fridays For Future from 2019-03-21T17:28:34
This week I talk about my experience at Fridays For Future in Berlin on March 15, 2019, a massive student-organized protest for climate action that took place on six continents with over 1 milli...
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Episode 1: The Weigh-In from 2019-03-14T09:55:31
The first episode of the podcast is up! In this episode, I introduce myself and explain why I'm going on a climate diet (spoiler alert: to reduce my environmental impact!). Then I do my first we...
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Introducing My Climate Diet from 2019-02-18T11:00
Join Lisa Pettibone as she starts a diet to shed unwanted pounds--of greenhouse gas emissions. Launching March 12, My Climate Diet shares practical tips to do your part in reducing your climate ...
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