The Planetarian Life Podcast Planetarian Life

As mothers, we do everything we can to give our kids the brightest future imaginable, but when it comes to climate change, it can be daunting, if not downright impossible, to know where to start. This week I sat down with Amy Hill and Sarah Smiley from my local branch of Mother’s Out Front to discuss how to: 


Make change with little knowledge or experience.
Find your inner activist.
Make time for advocacy.
Talk to kids about climate change .

If you’re curious or ready to dive deep, connect with Amy and Sarah and other Mothers Out Front via the links below. Find out where your talents can be used in the climate revolution. 



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Meal Planning Reimagined with Casey Barber



I am not the type to sit down and plan my meals out for the week, but that doesn’t mean I don’t meal plan. This week I sat down with food writer, founder of goodfoodstories.com, and self-proclaimed cat lady Casey Barber to talk about expanding our definition of what meal planning can look like. We discuss: 


Avoiding kitchen burnout.
Making cooking fun again. 
How to save time, money, and energy.
Feeding your family fast, without “planning” ahead.



You can find Casey at https://www.caseybarber.com/ and access her Meal Planning system at makeyourownmealplan.com. 

Have you ever pulled a container out of the fridge only to find it looks like a science experiment gone wrong? Food that goes bad wastes our money, harms the planet, and frankly, doesn’t make anybody feel good about themselves. This week I sat down with Jacquelyn Ottman, the nation’s foremost expert on green marketing and eco-innovation, to discuss:


Top tips for keeping food from going bad.
Simple ways to repurpose leftovers.
Why you’re probably reheating food wrong.
The real impact of food waste on the planet.

To find out more about Jacquie, visit her website.

Learn more about Jacquie's award-winning book, the New Rules of Green Marketing.

Learn more about Jacquie's new e-book, "How to Make Credible Green Marketing Claims".

Follow Jacquie on Twitter: Twitter.com/jacquelynottman.

Add Jacquie to your network at Linked In.

Subscribe to Jacquie Ottman's Green Marketing Blog.

Learn more about the growing global community of waste haters at WeHateToWaste.com.

Cooking can be intimidating. And approaching a new style of cooking or reducingCooking can be intimidating. And approaching a new style of cooking or reducing a staple in your diet can add to the stress. This week we sat down with intuitive cooking guru, Leanne Brown, author of the viral cookbook Good and Cheap which was downloaded 15 million times, to talk about her philosophy of embodied cooking. We discuss:


Eating well on $4 a day.
Cooking as meditation.
Overcoming fears and anxieties in the kitchen.
The importance of making bad food.

Visit her Embodied Cooking website here

Check out her cookbooks here

30-40% of US food is wasted, some of which is beyond our control. But we have control over more than you might think. We sat down with food stylist and recipe developer Christine Tizzard of Zero Waste Kitchen to to discuss:


Top reasons for food waste.
Creative solutions to food waste.
Is “zero” waste the goal?
The power of substitutions.
Managing leftovers.

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Christine on Instagram

Whether you’re an omnivore or herbivore, bland food is boring. But it’s especially true that plant-based food is way more fun when infused with flavor. This week we talked with writer and foodie, Broderick Smylie, about how he gave his Veganuary a flavor boost. We discuss:


Tricks to flavoring plant-rich foods.
Infusing your culture into your cooking.
How incorporating spices & sauces by small creators is a game changer.
The lesser known roots of veganism.

Tune in to get inspired!

Follow Broderick on Instagram and subscribe to his Substack here.