BONUS Episode – Small Plate: Earth Day
About the episode
Happy Earth Day! In this bonus episode, Earthy B’s Rebecca Kimber shares her thoughts on sustainability and the circular economy — and how we can all be just a little bit more environmentally minded in the kitchen.
MEET OUR GUEST
Rebecca Kimber is a blogger, content creator, digital marketer and circular economy enthusiast. She has a bachelor’s degree from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. She writes at EarthyB.com, a circular economy and sustainable living blog and podcast for conscious consumers. She writes about products and services that are better for our health, wealth and planet, and her EarthyB podcast features clean economy, circular economy and sustainable living leaders who share their stories along with tips to help you reduce your personal environmental footprint.
Episode highlights
1:17 – What is a circular economy?
6:37 – Lessons learned
8:18 – Ugly produce
9:21 – Symbolic gardens
10:46 – Kitchen Questions
12:07 – Closing thoughts
Our favorite quotes from the episode
“I wanted to be a really good sustainable mom, and I wanted to shop locally, and I wanted to do all of those things ... Then I realized what a total struggle that is.” – Rebecca Kimber
“I'm hoping that in the next 10 years things will improve through innovation, through better policies, through incentives, and really just from people understanding and caring about this.” – Rebecca Kimber
“The more that I've looked at this, the more I think that creativity is going to really be what is the root of this whole movement.” – Rebecca Kimber
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