Hello, my name’s Mardi Lee and welcome to The ReNewy Living Podcast! The ReNewy Living Podcast is a sustainability show that helps you simplify sustainable living from a localised perspective. Join me, as we learn together how to naturally embed sustainability into our unique lifestyles.
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The ReNewy Living Podcast: Season 2
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15. Flipping the Concept of Supermarket Shopping
In this episode, I’m chatting with Jayne Travers-Drapes, founder of Box Divvy. They’re flipping the concept of how we think about fruit and veg shopping by changing the way your purchasing power works. Their un-supermarketing approach is all about supporting local communities and cutting down on food waste. Let’s find out about this fresh approach to eating well and doing good.
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14. What Makes Natural Deodorant Great?
In this episode, I chat with Phoebe and Aaron Breckell, the founders of Woohoo Body. Based in Newcastle, but known across the country, they’ve created a natural deodorant and skincare company that’s making a big difference to the planet, giving you a healthy deodorant that works.
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13. Why Fair Trade Matters
In this episode, I’m joined by Yvie Scott, fashion entrepreneur and founder of Aware: The Social Design Project. Yvie launched her Fair Trade business to create meaningful change through ethical fashion and social justice. We explore what it means to run a values-driven business, why supporting communities is her passion, and how Fair Trade can inspire meaningful change.
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12. Balancing Collective Living with Individual Ideas
It would seem that the challenges of living a lighter footprint lifestyle would be the same for everyone who lives in an eco village. However, even though there’s the common goal of living sustainably, there’s plenty of scope for residents to individualise what sustainability means to them.
Sally Maguire, resident of Shepherd’s Farm shares her insights of what it’s like to live in an eco village, also known as a land share community.
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11. Closing the Loop on Food Waste
Unlike the availability of recycling and general rubbish collections, commercial kitchens face big challenges with their food waste.
David Sivyer is the founder of Feedback Organic, an organisation focused on reducing food waste from food-based businesses. Starting in Newcastle as a grassroots initiative, Feedback Organic aims to create community-inclusive circular food systems that scale.
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10. A Sustainable Clothing Journey: From Farm to Fibre
Decades of globalised production have left us disconnected from our clothes and the journey it takes to get to us. Rebecca Muscat from Three Muscats Fibre Farm in Singleton, Hunter Valley is a passionate textile and fibre artist. She’s deeply connected to every step of her craft and her story reminds us that behind every piece of clothing, there’s a process, a history & a whole lot of heart.
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9. Less Plastic Toys for More Sustainable Play
If you have young kids, do you feel your house has been overtaken by too many toys?
Bringing us good news about the value of less plastic toys for more sustainable play are two highly experienced early childhood educators from Uniting Preschool Caves Beach, Director Michelle Ryan and educator Raquel Ayerst. At the heart of their preschool practice is sustainability, social justice and creativity.
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The ReNewy Living Podcast: Season 1
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8. Repair Cafes Help to Fix, Mend & Connect
Repair cafes are dedicated to helping you extend the life of your belongings. Thanks to local volunteers, Sam Doove and Gabrielle Clappison, places like the Lake Mac Repair Cafe ensure your items get a second chance, lasting for many more days and years to come.
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7. Natural Soap Making Inspired by Nature
Have you ever thought about how your soap is made? Soap making has been around for thousands of years, but the rise of industrialisation, globalisation, and cluey marketing means we’ve lost that connection with real soap ingredients and soap making.
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6. Circular Economy from a Localised Perspective
We’re joined by Thomas Michel and Bianca Bartlett from Newcastle NSW circular economy start up The Full Circle Collective. Hear about what the circular economy really mean and how there are excellent examples of circular economy initiatives in the region.
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5. What Makes a Beauty Salon Sustainable?
We’re joined by Emma Summerhayes from Newcastle sustainable beauty salon, Slow Skin Co. She talks of how values, ethics and decisions guide a sustainable service to clients.
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4. How Smokva Community Garden Cultivates Connection & Growth
We’re joined by Adrian Garner from Smokva Community Garden in Wickham. Adrian shares his local knowledge and experience on how community gardens are more than just a space for plants.
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3. The Library of Things: Reducing Waste Through Sharing
Hear from volunteer Lanah Maruff of The Share Shop, to understand what a Library of Things is and how it builds a positive community, reduces waste and saves you money.
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2. Behind the Op Shop Donation Door
Hear from Lifeline retail employees, Dalys Harper and David Ison as they talk frankly about what happens behind the scenes of operating an op shop. Find out the benefits, challenges and surprises of op shops.
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1. A Local Tiny Forest with Big Benefits
Anna Noon of the Groundswell Collective is instrumental in establishing Lake Macquarie’s first tiny forest. With her team, she aims to bring people together to create a better planet, and shares her expertise & insights on tiny forests.
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Hello and welcome to the ReNewy Living Podcast! I’m your host, Mardi Lee
Thanks to Awesome Newcastle for their seed funding financial contribution and immense confidence to bring elements of Series 1 for your listening pleasure.
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Mardi from ReNewy Living (left) with Sally Maguire (right) from Shepherd’s Ground Community Farm and Village. In conversation on Series 2 of The ReNewy Living Podcast.
ReNewy Living is always keen to chat with guests from the Newcastle region who are doing good things for people and planet.
We’d love to chat on the phone first if you:-
- are an individual who’s knowledgable about one or more areas of sustainability
- are a business or organisation who either is 100% sustainability-focussed or has a strong environmental mission/ project or social justice. All whilst keeping sustainability as the core theme.
- Live in the Newcastle region. This includes the council areas of Central Coast, Lake Macquarie, Newcastle, Port Stephens, Maitland, Cessnock and the Upper Hunter.
If you have a topic idea or unsure whether it’s possible to be a guest, I encourage you to reach out via email – info@renewyliving,com.au – or via the Contact page…
Blogposts from The ReNewy Living Podcast…
How a Native Plant Nursery Protects Local Biodiversity
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Circular Economy from a Localised Perspective
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What Makes Natural Deodorant Great?
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Flipping the Concept of Supermarket Shopping
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A Local Tiny Forest with Big Benefits
This article is a summary of the podcast conversation A Local Tiny Forest with Big [...]
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Balancing Collective Living with Individual Ideas
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Jan
Natural Soap Making Inspired by Nature
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Nov
A Sustainable Clothing Journey: From Farm to Fibre
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Practical Permaculture
Episode 70 Values Aligned Sustainability | Mindful Consumption
Sharing my journey into sustainability, exploring the importance of community empowerment, creative workshops and the principles of permaculture in daily life and dive into the beauty of gifting preloved items.
Available on Apple Podcasts, and Spotify podcasts
November 2024
Pod like a Pro
How to Find your own Style and Voice in Podcasting
How I got over the overwhelm for starting a podcast and find my own style and voice just by launching the pod.
Available on Apple Podcasts, and Spotify podcasts
September 2024
Creativity: Uncovered with Abi Gatling
What does Sustainability have to do with Creativity?
Topics include op shopping, being resourceful, the concept of play for creativity and why and how we should embed creativity into our everyday.
Available on Apple Podcasts, and Spotify
June 2023
Living Smart Podcast
Getting Creative with Rubbish
How resourceful we can be with seeing waste and marine debris as a resource and stepping stone to tap into our creativity.
Available on Apple Podcasts, and Spotify
September 2021
Why a Newcastle-Based Sustainability Podcast?
Newcastle NSW is the largest regional centre in NSW and the seventh largest city in Australia. We have a lot to offer in Newcastle in relation to living sustainably.
As a for-purpose environmental enterprise, ReNewy Living is the voice for our region for sharing ideas and resources about the diversity of sustainability. ReNewy Living aims to empower each other to do what we can do, based on our circumstances, evolving knowledge and phase of life.
Wouldn’t it be fabulous for communities across Australia and around the globe to reflect and learn from our experiences?!
If you’re passionate about initiating change at both personal and community levels, and eager to learn from diverse interpretations and practices of sustainable living, then this podcast is for you!
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