ECOapartment: Recent Episodes
Amy Dupuis
This podcast provides information and motivational stories on how to make environmental changes in your home, even if that home is an apartment.
For more information or product reviews, visit our website: ecoapartment.wordpress.com!
Hosts Amy Dupuis, Gillian Campbell, and Laura Perry talk about public transportation in the city and their preferred way to get around. They also talk with Grant Wingo, a highway engineer for the Cook County Department of Transportation, and ask all the transit questions.
For information on the wheelchair-accessible routes in Chicago, go here.
To advocate for more wheelchair accessibility on public transit, start here.
City walkability scores, go here.
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Learn all about water...the source of life, when co-hosts Amy Dupuis and Laura Perry talk with Gillian Campbell, water connoisseur.
Water source map
Renter's Guide to Sustainability
- How to install an aerator
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Listen to hosts Amy Dupuis and Laura Perry discuss the meat industry and all its pros and cons with Rancher Natalie Berkman. TRIGGER WARNING: There is talk of killing animals towards the end of this episode after the ad break.
Natalie gives great information about the meat industry from an insiders view along with tips to find meat you can feel good about, including finding your local butcher shop or visiting EatWild.com. She is a part of the Country Natural Beef co-op, which you can purchase from here. They ship nation-wide.
For our Chicago-local listeners, here is a list of farmers' markets around the city to support our farmers.
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Listen to hosts Amy Dupuis and Laura Perry go room by room and discuss the ways they have gone plastic free in their own homes.
Bathroom
EcoRoots
Viori
David Toothpaste
Georganics
Myro
MeowMeow Tweet
Violets are Blue
Kitchen
Recycling plastic bags
Recycling non-traditional plastics
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Listen to hosts Amy Dupuis and Laura Perry discuss their favorite environmental shows, movies, and books.
Here is a list of all the shows, movies, and books discussed in this podcast:
Kiss the Ground
What the Eyes Don't See
Project Drawdown
Down to Earth
How to Save the Planet
A Question of Intent
Zero Waste Home
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Welcome to Season 2 of Eco Apartment! Today's episode introduces two new team members, co-host Laura Perry and Lariza Diaz, and talk about green cleaning products to use in your home, among other things.
If you have questions on any of these products, check out our website and send us an email. Or comment on this podcast.
Here are the links to all the products we talk about today:
Sweeping Dimensions cleaning service
Viori Shampoo and Conditioner
Unni Compostable Trash Bags
Method Cleaner
Meow Meow Tweet package free shop
Alchemist's Wife soaps
Murphy's Oil Cleaner
Bona Cleaner
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Listen to host Amy Dupuis talk to Jeanne Kuntz about environmental justice to wrap up the first season of EcoApartment. Jeanne is a long time advocate for environmental justice and a gifted educator and communicator.
Prefer to read? Look out for a blog post on our website about environmental justice later this month.
Want to learn more? Here are some videos and speakers that Jeanne often references in her sessions about environmental justice.
- Will Grant Four Levels of Action
- Solutions that offer a just and equitable future are already in play. And what happens in the USA has far-reaching influence in the world. Catch this BBC clip featuring remediation in South Los Angeles, Urban Heat Island.
- Van Jones helps us see that simple solutions (just recycle those water bottles) often fail to see the bigger picture in his TED Talk, The Economic Injustice of Water Bottles.
- Environmental justice is only one layer of the issues that must be addressed in order for our planet and our relationships with our fellow human beings to heal. The Compassion Project is showing us one of the ways we can do that.
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Listen to host Amy Dupuis talk to long time vegan Amanda Breedlove about how she made the switch and is sticking to it.
For more information on the water and every savings that comes with a plant-based diet, check out our website!
We will be putting out a blog post later about more of the benefits of becoming a vegan, so keep an eye out for that!
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Listen to host Amy Dupuis talk with Liz Wimmer of the Illinois Green Alliance about Project Drawdown and energy efficiency in the big city.
Here are some links to products and information referenced in this week's episode:
Climate Action Ambassadors: https://illinoisgreenalliance.org/initiatives/climate-action-ambassadors/
Lighting Discounts: https://www.comed.com/WaysToSave/ForYourHome/Pages/LightingDiscounts.aspx
Peak Time Savings: https://www.comed.com/WaysToSave/ForYourHome/Pages/PeakTimeSavings.aspx
Energy Assessments: https://www.comed.com/WaysToSave/ForYourHome/Pages/EnergyAssessments.aspx (they are even doing some of these virtual now)
Home Energy Efficiency Tools (info on smart plugs, mechanical timers, etc. from past Illinois Green Volunteers): https://illinoisgreenalliance.org/news-and-resources/energy-efficiency-ambassadors/
Community Solar Resources:
· https://illinoissolar.org/Community-Solar-Resources-IL
· https://www.citizensutilityboard.org/community-solar-illinois/
· https://www.comed.com/SmartEnergy/MyGreenPowerConnection/Pages/CommunitySolar.aspx
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Listen to host Amy Dupuis talk with Laura Perry about her experience with vermicomposting!
To hear Laura's full account of her vermicomposting experience, check out our latest blog post here.
For information on Uncle Jim's Worm Farm, visit their website here.
For information on Collective Resource, visit their website here.
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Get some energy saving tips from host Amy Dupuis for Energy Efficiency Day!
Kasa Smart Plug
Mechanical Timers
Solar Panels
Visit the website for more environmental tips, ecoapartment.wordpress.com.
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Host Amy Dupuis talks with Chicago architect Taylor Schaub about common roadblocks and issues when making environmental choices. Taylor will also discuss her Renter's Guide to Environmental Living, which will be available on our website later this year.
Collect Resource composting: https://collectiveresource.us
Block Bin composting: https://www.blockbins.com
ECOapartment website: https://ecoapartment.wordpress.com
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Listen to host Amy talk with Ashley Marinko of Illinois Green Alliance about the fashion industry, and maybe learn soon ways to improve the carbon footprint of your wardrobe.
For the fabric guide referenced in the interview, go here.
For more information on fast fashion, watch this video.
Check out the EcoApartment website for other things you can do at home for the environment.
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