Why Get Wasted: Innovative Solutions for Climate Change
Why Get Wasted is a weekly interview podcast about the people and companies working on climate change solutions. Each episode features a different guest who explains what their organization does and how it is trying to reduce environmental impact. Listeners also get practical tips for living a more eco-friendly and sustainable life. The show is hosted by Liz Entin, founder of Why Get Wasted, a service that helps events cut down on waste and leave a positive impact on the planet.
Episodes
Non-Toxic Furniture and Fabrics with Patricia Davis of Silver Needle & Thread
Guest: Guest: Patricia Davis, Owner of Silver Needle & Thread
Host: Liz Entin, Why Get Wasted
Patricia Davis is the creator and owner of several companies to include sntHOME Interior Design, Silver Needle & Thread Custom Sewing, TAG Custom Bridal, CATA (Consumers Against Toxic Apparel) and The Jacksonville Organic Business Directory. She is also the Textile Verifier for The Pure I
Hope in Dark Times with Rev. Dr. Jessica Hetherington, Climate Chaplain
Guest: Rev. Dr. Jessica Hetherington, Climate Chaplain
Sign up for her newsletter: Faith. Climate Crisis. Action.
Website: jessicahetherington.ca
Host: Liz Entin, Why Get Wasted
Rev. Dr. Jessica Hetherington is a public theologian and climate chaplain who inspires people of faith to transform their lives and actions in response to the climate crisis. An ordained minister in the United Ch
Solutions for Fabric Scraps (and all fabrics!) with Amelia Trumble of Retold Recycling
Guest: Amelia Trumble of Retold Recycling
Host: Liz Entin, Why Get Wastedwww.whygetwasted.com
Amelia Trumble is the co-founder and CEO of Retold Recycling, a Shark-Tank approved convenient mail-in service for recycling any and all unwanted clothing and household textiles, responsibly diverting waste from landfill. The company has now diverted over 168 tons of textiles out of landfill since th
Living Sustainably as a Parent with Gabriela Fiorentino of Nest Earth
Guest: Gabriela Fiorentino, Nest Earth
Host: Liz Entin, Why Get Wasted
www.whygetwasted.com
Gabriela Fiorentino is the founder of Nest Earth. She started her career in sustainable architecture and urban design, but everything changed when she became a mom. Gabriela realized the irony of working to build a better world while raising kids in a way that still contributed to pollution. She knew s
Reinventing Recycling with Laura Dobos of Boxifly
Guest: Laura Dobos of Boxifly
Host: Liz Entin, Why Get Wasted
Fueled by a passion for sustainability and a mission to address the low recycling rates in the United States, Laura launched Boxifly in Austin, TX. Witnessing excessive waste from online shopping after becoming a parent and years of corporate business travel, she realized there were limited solutions for hard to recycle items. After imm
Handcrafted and Ethical Fashion with Nazia Siddiqui of Transcend
Guest: Nazia Siddiqui, Transcend
Host: Liz Entin, Why Get Wasted
Support Transcend on Kickstarter
Nazia Siddiqui is the founder and designer of Transcend, a fashion brand inspired by her deep-rooted passion for textiles and art, cultivated by her mother during her early years in India. Growing up, Nazia was immersed in the vibrant and hands-on experience of shopping for fabrics and creating custom
Clothes that Grow with Kids with Julia Billings of Wildhaven Wools
Guest: Julia Billings, Wildhaven Wools
Host: Liz Entin, Why Get Wasted
Julia Billings is the founder of Wildhaven Wools, a waste-reducing kids clothing brand.
Wildhaven makes innovative kids clothing, from sustainable materials, to help kids spend more time in nature so they fall in love with Mother Earth. Her love of nature comes from her childhood in Alaska and her career as an environmental
Toilet Paper That's Good for the Planet with Joslyn Faust of HeyBamboo
Guest: Joslyn Faust, HeyBamboo
Host: Liz Entin, Why Get Wasted
Joslyn Faust is the founder of HeyBamboo, an eco-safe toilet paper made entirely of bamboo.
“During the pandemic I learned a lot about toilet paper that surprised me,” says Faust. Like, approximately 27,000 trees are cut down every day to make toilet paper. That’s 15 million trees and 15% of our Earth’s forest literally getting flus
Eco-Friendly Food in NYC with Sonia Ketkar of LiveGreen NYC
Guest: Sonia Ketkar, LiveGreen NYC
Host: Liz Entin, Why Get Wasted
Sonia Ketkar is the founder of LiveGreen NYC, a platform that helps consumers make local and sustainable food choices from buying and storing food to disposing it. We host online and in-person educational events and workshops and provide a directory of NYC-based resources, brands and businesses that are working toward sustainable f
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