Hello, my name’s Mardi Lee and welcome to The ReNewy Living Podcast – Season 3!
The ReNewy Living Podcast celebrates local sustainability by sharing the stories of people, place and projects from regional communities across Australia. Hosted by Mardi Lee from ReNewy Living and based in Newcastle NSW, the podcast takes a ‘start-where-you-live’ approach. The stories offer an inspiring glimpse into how local solutions can build healthier, more connected, and resilient communities.
Each episode encourages critical thinking, inspires you to take action and connects you with like-minded communities so that you can thrive locally.
This podcast is for everyone choosing to live more sustainably, wherever you are from around the world! Join me as we learn together on The ReNewy Living Podcast!
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The ReNewy Living Podcast: Season 3
Catch up on Season 1 here… and Season 2 here…
Stories in Season 3 are from the people in the communities of Maitland, Dungog, Lake Macquarie and Newcastle NSW. These episodes explore local sustainability through topics like community gardens, waste to art, caring for wildlife, valuing food security, making values-based decisions and grassroots climate action.
17. From Waste to Wake-Up Call: Art that Hits Home
I’m speaking with Marina DeBris, a Lake Macquarie artist who creates visual story installations to highlight the rubbish problems on our beaches. Over the last decade or so, her solo rubbish-collecting efforts have become a valuable, small-scale commentary about our society and culture.
Listen to 17. From Waste to Wake-Up Call: Art that Hits Home on Spotify podcasts or Apple podcasts.
18. The Community Garden where Veggies meet Biodiversity
Joining me is Katie Ryan from The Groundswell Collective. Katie’s role at The Shelley Street Community Garden is helping guide the garden from purely food production to something more suited to the area. The garden is moving towards building an ecosystem that supports native species, the permaculture principles and the whole community.
Listen to 18. The Community Garden where Veggies meet Biodiversity on Spotify podcasts or Apple podcasts.
19. Easy Wins for a More Energy Efficient Older Home
My guest is ReNewy Living community member Gayle from Valentine NSW. Gayle’s an active member of her local Sustainable Neighbourhoods Group and has a wealth of hands-on experience retrofitting her homes. She’s here to share real, practical advice from her own retrofitting journey.
Listen to 19. Easy Wins for a More Energy Efficient Older Home on Spotify podcasts or Apple podcasts.
20. Sustainable Home Renovation Design That Puts People First
Renovating your home is exciting—but it can also be overwhelming. Is it possible to create your dream design without a massive environmental footprint? That’s exactly what we’re talking about with my guest Natalie Van de Merwe, an eco architect from On Home Ground.
Listen to 20. Sustainable Home Renovation Design That Puts People First on Spotify podcasts or Apple podcasts.
21. Practical Steps to Decluttering after Loss
Decluttering your home is tough enough, right? Finding the time, energy, and headspace when you’re feeling your best is a challenge on its own. But what happens when the responsibility shifts? I’m chatting with ReNewy Living Community member Rowena from the Central Coast of NSW. She recently navigated the emotional and practical challenges of clearing her dad’s estate after his passing.
Listen to 21. Practical Steps to Decluttering after Loss on Spotify podcasts or Apple podcasts.
22. What’s Threatening Lake Macquarie’s Green Sea Turtles?
Did you know that in Lake Macquarie the local green sea turtles are at risk. It’s not just specific to the Great Barrier Reef. There are at least three reasons why our sea turtles are being impacted so badly. So what’s happening and what can we do about it?
My guest is Tania Rossiter from Hunter Wildlife Rescue which is an organisation that’s spent more than 45 years rescuing and rehabilitating native wildlife.
Listen to 22. What’s Threatening Lake Macquarie’s Green Sea Turtles? on Spotify podcasts or Apple podcasts.
23.”Sustainable Interior Design is Made to Wear In, Not Out
Using healthy and sustainable materials in your interior design is an overlooked and not considered yet important element in your daily living.
I’m chatting with Nadine Samwell from Eco Edition. Nadine helps homeowners with better choices for healthy and sustainable materials for new builds and renovations. All with the aim of making it simpler and easier for you.
Listen to 23.Sustainable Interior Design is Made to Wear In, Not Out on Spotify podcasts or Apple podcasts.
24. Connecting Community through Good, Clean & Fair Food
Have you heard about the Slow Food Movement? It’s a global movement that believes everyone has the right to good, clean and fair food.
Helping us understand the movement from a localised perspective, I’d like to introduce you to Amorelle Dempster from Slow Food Hunter Valley. The volunteer-led grassroots organisation helps connect their community with the local farming community, plus make available just simple local and delicious food.
Listen to 24. Connecting Community through Good, Clean & Fair Food on Spotify podcasts or Apple podcasts.
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Blogposts from The ReNewy Living Podcast…
Balancing Collective Living with Individual Ideas
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Behind the Op Shop Donation Door
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Sep
What’s Threatening Lake Macquarie’s Green Sea Turtles?
This article is a summary of the podcast conversation “22. What’s Threatening Lake Macquarie’s Green [...]
18
Jun
Jun
Easy Wins for a More Energy Efficient Older Home
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27
May
May
A Sustainable Clothing Journey: From Farm to Fibre
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Dec
Dec
The Community Garden Where Veggies Meet Biodiversity
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20
May
May
Why Fair Trade Matters
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Jan
Jan
Closing the Loop on Food Waste
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03
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The Yellow Shelf Podcast
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Available on Apple Podcasts, and Spotify podcasts
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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
Be a Guest on The ReNewy Living Podcast…
Mardi from ReNewy Living (left) with Sally Maguire (right) from Shepherd’s Ground Community Farm and Village. In conversation on Season 2 of The ReNewy Living Podcast.
ReNewy Living is always keen to chat with guests from the regions who are doing good things for people and planet.
We’d love to start with a phone chat if you’re:-
- an individual who’s knowledgable about one or more areas of sustainability
- a business or organisation who’s either 100% sustainability-focussed or has a strong environmental mission/ project, or social justice aim. All whilst keeping sustainability as the core theme.
- based in a regional or rural community. I’m beginning with Newcastle NSW – my hometown – but I’m also keen to connect with others across regional and rural NSW and Australia.
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…
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