eco me + eco you: Recent Episodes
eco me + eco you
This is an informative, intense, slightly off topic, somewhat awkward and hopefully funny discussions between two friends trying to live more sustainably
In our final episode of the year, we take time to reflect on where we are in our journey, including the biggest changes we’ve each made. We also discuss what makes us the happiest about living more sustainably and recap a few highlights from what we have seen in the news this year.
A HUGE thank you to everyone for listening in, see you soon for Season 3!
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SHOW NOTES
Blog Post - S2 | E8 the smear & zero waste period products
News - Government moves to ban plastic fruit stickers, cutlery, and cotton buds – Stuff NZ
UYO café Guide
Ethique Blog - Is your ‘reef-safe’ sunscreen really reef safe?
Our Favourite Podcasts
S2 | E9 - The eco guy (our first interview)
S2 | E8 - The smear & zero waste period products
S2 | E5 - Being more sustainable in the workplace (Including our trips to Rarotonga)
S1 | E10 - How to travel more sustainably
S1 | E03 - Hello periods and using a menstrual cup
LINKS
Contact us | ecomeandecoyou@gmail.com
Join the conversation | Our Facebook Group Chat
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With wedding bells fresh in our minds after Nic got married last month, we dive into wedding chat and how she consciously tried to have a more sustainable wedding.
We cover a range of topics including catering, renting and hiring dinnerware and props, flowers, outfits for the whole wedding party and gift registry ideas for a good cause.
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SHOW NOTES
Podcast - Hitched Spotify
Blog Post - guest post sustainability in the floral industry
Eco Friendly Celebrant - Kerry Sorensen-Tyrer / Keep NZ clean
Florist - Where Rosemary Grows
Florist - Bloomsday
The Good Registry
LINKS
Contact us | ecomeandecoyou@gmail.com
Join the conversation | Our Facebook Group Chat
Follow us | Instagram @theecosociety, @_nic_nack or Facebook The Eco Society
Photo by | Photo of Nic & Matt by Misi Chan
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This episode starts with some general chit-chat before we dive into some more sustainable and mindful gift ideas for the silly season, including for your eco conscious friends, your less eco conscious friends, guys & little ones. We also talk about what is on our wish lists.
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SHOW NOTES
Makers & Local by ecomailbox
DIY lavender & vanilla sugar scrub
Oxfam Shop
Podcast - S1 | E04 - Having a more sustainable Christmas
LINKS
Contact us | ecomeandecoyou@gmail.com
Join the conversation | Our Facebook Group Chat
Follow us | Instagram @theecosociety, @_nic_nack or Facebook The Eco Society
Photo by | Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
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This week we mix things up with our first ever guest...
Highlighting the lack of male representation in the low waste space, we interview Nic's fiancé, Matt, about his journey and his thoughts on why living more sustainably is a female dominated movement.
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SHOW NOTES
Men’s Grooming Products - Lambert’s Luscious beard oils
LINKS
Contact us | ecoyouandecome@gmail.com
Join the conversation | Eco me + Eco You Facebook Group
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Photo by | Photo by Romain Lours on Unsplash
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We have a deep and meaningful chat about how Krystal’s smear test results led to more tests and getting her period for the first time in 4 years.
This inevitably leads to more zero-waste period chat, including talking about period proof underwear and reusable pads for the first time.
SHOW NOTES
Cervical screening information – New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom, USA and Canada
Podcast - S1 | E03 - Hello periods and using a menstrual cup
Blog - The Eco Society Zero Waste Period Blogs Series
Products - MyCup, The Hello Cup, and I am Eva
Just some of the amazing organisations fighting period poverty – The Good Fund, The period place boutique market, Positive Periods
Links
Contact us | ecoyouandecome@gmail.com
Join the conversation | Eco me + Eco You Facebook Group
Follow us | Instagram @theecosociety, @_nic_nack or Facebook The Eco Society
Photo by | Photo by Charles 🇵🇭 on Unsplash
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SHOW NOTES
This week we check back in on what’s been happening with the news, but first we dive into a discussion around how our eco journey has been going for us lately, including Nic’s plans to compost (again) and her efforts to eat less meat.
There are some interesting things happening in the news, like Googles goals for carbon-neutral shipping, scary visual facts about the number of plastic bottles going to waste, and Lush’s carbon positive packaging! Plus, there is lot of talk about how businesses need to be more responsible and have a sustainable action plan to stick around.
Links
Visualizing the Scale of Plastic Bottle Waste article
School Climate Change Strike
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Rather than a review of a single product, we are doing a general overview of our favourite on-the-go low waste essentials, including free alternatives and how to get multiple uses from them. We talk about the different options you can use for takeaways and Krystal shares her least favourite non-essential items. And of course, multiple reminders to use what you have first!
SHOW NOTES
Links
Shop On the Go essentials on The Eco Society
Shop Bento Ninja – The Sushi set
Zero Bag
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A popular topic that I’m often asked about, we discuss how you can be more sustainable in the workplace and how you can get others on board, including talking about what is happening in Nic’s workplace.
We catch up on what we’ve been up to, including our respective trips to Rarotonga where we talk about Krystal’s fav eco find and some great initiatives that could help the island reduce their waste.
SHOW NOTES
Precious Plastic - Open source machines, tools and infrastructures to fight plastic pollution from the bottom up. For free.
FSC - responsibly managed forest, both environmentally and socially
PEFC - sustainable forest management through independent third-party certification.
Smashed Avocados - Pop up Store in Wellington, where you can find our The Eco Society goodies
Links
Contact us | ecoyouandecome@gmail.com
Join the conversation | Eco me + Eco You Facebook Group
Follow us | Instagram @theecosociety, @_nic_nack or Facebook The Eco Society
Photo by | Photo by Daria Shevtsova on Unsplash
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In this episode we catch up on what’s been happening around the world in eco news, discussing our top four news subjects with you. This includes AirNZ’s plans to reduce their plastic waste, Glastonbury festival going plastic free, the UK’s ban on single-use plastic items and the tourist boat trip cleaning up Amsterdam’s canals.
And as usual, we go a bit off-topic and also chat about clean energy, fossil fuel companies suing climate change policies and the estimated increase of plastic waste in the ocean.
SHOW NOTES
Links
Caliwoods
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In this episode, we tackle a topic that we have been wanting to talk about for a while - eating fewer animal products. We discuss why eating less meat is good for the planet, how we can work on reducing it in our daily lives and talk about how our meat-eating habits have changed over the years.
We finish up talking about Krystal’s new purchases, buying less new things and op-shopping for the Nic’s wedding.
SHOW NOTES
Links
Blog Post - Why we choose to eat less meat to live more sustainably
Watch – Before the flood
Change One Challenge – Plus 10% discount on The Eco Society Store
Veja Shoes
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This week we are recording at my house and in style, we go slightly off topic with what we have been up to and discuss Women in Urbanism Aotearoa’s latest campaign to highlight the epidemic of everyday sexism and harassment in our public spaces and on our public transport #EndPublicHarassment
Then we finally get onto talking about how we don’t need a specific cleaning product for each surface or area, as well as discussing refill and DIY cleaning options and alternatives to plastic and disposable cleaning brushes, and clothes as well.
Plus we catch up with how plastic free July is going… including our epic fail.
SHOW NOTES
Links
UYO – use your own café guide
GoodFor – Super Seed Crackers
Women in Urbanism Aotearoa
Ecomax Toilet Brush
Nic’s magic cleaning cloth
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S2 Episode 01 | Welcome back & Plastic Free July
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So, we took a bit of a break from the podcast, but we are back for round 2! In this episode, we dive straight into how our sustainable journey has been going, like our new bokashi bin, eating less meat, Nic’s 100 days of reducing waste and learning not to get upset with things that are out of our control.
We also take a bit of time to celebrate the official ban of the plastic bag, as well as talk about what Plastic Free July is, how you can get involved and what we plan on doing for the month.
So, check out the new podcast, and let us know below what you are going to do during Plastic Free July. You can also join the conversation over on our Eco me + Eco You FB Group
SHOW NOTES
Links
Your guide to the plastic bag ban – The ECO Society (to link)
Take the Plastic Free July challenge | Plastic Free July Aotearoa via WasteMINZ
Change One Challenge – Plus 10% discount on The Eco Society Store
100% Renewable Power Company Ecotricity (I said it wrong in the podcast)
Contact us | ecoyouandecome@gmail.com
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In this episode we talk about oral hygiene, including a product review for one of our fav range The ECO Brush. We discuss making the switch to bamboo toothbrushes, why bristles are still nylon and a little bit on charcoal infused bristles. We also tackle the fluoride toothpaste conversation and discuss a local recycle programme for your old toothpaste tubes and brushes and so much more.
We also have something a little different which we are super excited about – We’ve teamed up with The ECO Brush to do a special giveaway for our podcast listeners.
The ECO Brush team have given us a double starter kit to giveaway to one lucky listener. This includes 2 x 12 pack bamboo toothbrushes, 2 x Travel cases, 2 x ECO Floss and 2 x Floss refill packs.
To enter simply listen to the podcast and follow the instructions on The Eco Society Blog page here.
SHOW NOTES
Links
- Terracycle Oral Care Recycling Programme
- The Eco Brush Website
- Zero Waste Josephine dental routine post
- Waste Free Sarah toothpaste recycling post
Contact us | ecoyouandecome@gmail.com
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In this episode, we’re sharing and discussing a few stories in the news, both locally and internationally, that we find amazing and inspirational – and this is a lot to share, from local teacher wearing one dress for 100 days and big corporations closing the loop on packaging.
Plus, we share an update on our sustainable journey for this month, as well as how our beach clean up went.
Apologies, there are a number of profanities used in this episode as we get extremely passionate about the subjects.
Thanks Nic & Krys
SHOW NOTES
Links
- Greta Thunberg - UN Climate Change COP24 Conference
- Greta Thunberg - TED Talk - The disarming case to act right now on climate change
- JAM JAR BEACH CLEAN on Facebook or on Instagram
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Discussing why composting is better than landfill, how we currently compost and what we want to improve on. We discusses plans to go to a composting workshop, and we set Nic a challenge.
Nic leads the conversation on bee-friendly gardens, and we chat about our plans to grow our own vegetable garden, and Krystal talks about her plant babies.
Apologies in advance for the audio.
Thanks Nic & Krys
SHOW NOTES
Links
- Free composting workshops and resources from Compost collective
- Share your kitchen waste with Share waste
- For the Love of Bees is a concept that helps seemingly unrelated ecological projects become one cohesive action via the lens of bees For the love of bees
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Sharing our successes over Summer, our view on how supermarkets have ditched the plastic bag and the holt on soft plastics recycling.
The reality of reef safe and plastic free sunscreen, zero waste road trip snacks, our travel essentials and why we can no longer relax at the beach.
Thanks Nic & Krys
SHOW NOTES
Contact us | ecoyouandecome@gmail.com
Join the conversation | Eco me + Eco You Facebook Group
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Starting with how sustainable our month has been, I realise I’m far more of a plant based eater than I thought and Nic talks about using a shampoo bar for the first time.
Then we dive into a very detailed conversation about how to travel more sustainably, including ditching plastic when flying, travelling with others and learning to say “no”.
For our 10th Episode, we talk about the things we have enjoyed the most since starting the podcast.
SHOW NOTES
Contact us | ecoyouandecome@gmail.com
Join the conversation | Eco me + Eco You Facebook Group
Follow us | Instagram @theecosociety, @_nic_nack or Facebook The Eco Society
Addressing the issues with fast fashion, why ethical and sustainable fashion is important and tips on how to find brands that meet your values.
We talk about fabrics and the nasty micro plastics they can produce and I talk honestly about my purchases for the year.
Thanks, Nic + Krys
SHOW NOTES Contact us | ecoyouandecome@gmail.com
Join the conversation | Eco me + Eco You Facebook Group
Follow us | Instagram @theecosociety, @_nic_nack or Facebook The Eco Society
Link blog post | How ethical is the outfit you are wearing right now? and The dirty truth about our love for fast fashion!
Starting our episode with an in-depth discussion about our recent wins and fails, including chatting about our Zero waste party.
Then we dive into our experiences using safety razors and talk about beauty alternatives and some cool brands you can try.
Thanks, Nic + Krys
SHOW NOTES Contact us | ecoyouandecome@gmail.com
Join the conversation | Eco me + Eco You Facebook Group
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Link blog post | My struggle with finding plastic free beauty products
The things we struggle with and the sacrifices we have made since moving to a more sustainable lifestyle, and the things that have helped us along the way.
PS we finally decide on a name.
Thanks, Nic + Krys
SHOW NOTES Contact us | ecoyouandecome@gmail.com
Join the conversation | Eco me + Eco You Facebook Group
Follow us | Instagram @theecosociety, @_nic_nack or Facebook The Eco Society
Link blog post | My struggle with finding plastic free beauty products
Sharing how we do our food shopping, talking food waste and a few tips to ditching plastic at the supermarket. We also touch base on shampoo & soap bars and some of the things we plan of changing next.
SHOW NOTES Link blog post | Our package free adventure to the grocery store
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How we manage to live without a car and how Nic manages to own one car between 2 people. What other alternatives we use to get around and the cost difference.
Thanks, Nic + Krys
SHOW NOTES Contact us | ecoyouandecome@gmail.com
Join the conversation | Eco me + Eco You Facebook Group
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Link blog post | Life without a vehicle & how we get around without it
With the festive season fast approaching we talk about having a more sustainable Christmas, including decorating, gift giving & wrapping. We also talk about Nic's next steps are on her eco journey.
Thanks, Nic + Krys
SHOW NOTES Link blog post | Gift giving, wrapping and decorating guide to follow.
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Shop Product | All our Eco Goodies
Nic talks about how she is going 6 months after using The Hello Cup. We go more in-depth about how it works, the amount of waste and money she’s saved and how period poverty is a thing!
Thanks, Nic + Krys
SHOW NOTES Contact us | ecoyouandecome@gmail.com
Join the conversation | Eco me + Eco You Facebook Group
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Link blog post | Hello zero waste periods!
Shop Product | Shop Product | The Hello Cup
Welcome back. Talking about the plastic bag, why it is an environmental burden, alternatives & the difference between degradable, biodegradable & compostable. Since recording this NZ announced a ban on plastic bags.
Thanks, Nic + Krys
SHOW NOTES Contact us | ecoyouandecome@gmail.com
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Link blog post | Alternatives to plastic bag bin liners.
Introducing ourselves, why we started a podcast and other random things. Dabbling in a bit of everything from feminism, creative outlets, and friendship. We also talk about our original name over a bottle of wine.
Thanks, Nic + Krys
SHOW NOTES Contact us | ecoyouandecome@gmail.com
Join the conversation | Eco me + Eco You Facebook Group
Follow us | Instagram @theecosociety, @_nic_nack or Facebook The Eco Society
Link blog post | Hello zero waste periods!