Little Green Pod
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Little Green Pod
Little Green Pod is for busy people, like you, who know they could do more to help save the world. Join host, and exhausted mum-of-two, Fi Poole, on her quest to find quick and easy ways to live a little greener.
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39 Episoden
36 | Maybe, baby?
Should you be breeding if you care about climate change? Climate scientist Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick weighs in, while wondering whether to have a thir...
35 | First aid to cure sick people and the planet
How green are your drugs? Fi talks medicine and first aid supplies with Grace Wong from Pharmacists for the Environment. Plus winter wellness recipes...
34 | Bush to Brazil — making hairy decisions to suit you
Waxing, threading, shaving, sugaring, laser and electrolysis. Fi asks cosmetic chemist Amanda Foxon-Hill for help to figure out the greenest way to de...
33 | Driven to change
Fi can’t afford an electric car, or a hybrid, so she visits her mechanic for tips to make her trusty old petrol guzzler a little eco-friendlier.
INTRODUCING The Pineapple Project
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32 | Bringing home baby
How to care for a newborn AND the planet. Sustainability educator and mum Laura Trotta talks nappies, food, toys and what ‘stuff’ babies actually need...
31 | Low pawprint pets
Fi wants a rescue dog but wonders if she should eat it. While pet care industry boss-lady Anneke van den Broek shares tips to reduce our dogs’ and cat...
30 | Sharing is caring
Tools, toys, cars, clothes, compost, books and bikes — Fi discovers sharing is caring for each other and the planet. Share economy expert Darren Sharp...
29 | Eco sex — we're rooting for you, Planet Earth!
Solar vibrators, vegan condoms, organic lube and dry rooting. Fi gets green between the sheets with sex therapists Martha Lee and Cyd Crossman. Adults...
28 | Kids parties can be waste-free AND fun
From invitations, to catering, decorations and presents. Fi asks earth mama Erin Rhoads, AKA The Rogue Ginger, to help her plan a planet-friendly part...
BONUS | How you can stay safe and still be kind to the planet
It's mid-COVID19 isolation time and Fi is popping in to say hi. She lets us know that some of the episodes we’ve put out like No Thyme for Food Waste,...
27 | Taking the 'sham' out of 'poo
Fi says goodbye to shampoo and discovers fellow ABC personality Richard Glover has been 'poo free for years. Luscious-locked blogger Lucy Aitken-Read...
26 | Hot house, cold house, green house, your house
Insulation, draught-proofing and window treatments. Green-DIY expert Lish Fejer shows Fi how to heat your home in winter and cool it in summer, withou...
25 | Get your money's worth
Banks, superannuation and insurance. Fi learns how to invest in the planet from ABC finance expert Alan Kohler and Market Forces researcher Will van d...
24 | Fifty sheds of green
From mowers to insecticides to weed killers. Fi calls in help from gardening consultant Steve McGrane to give her shed an eco-makeover. What to keep,...
23 | Bulk food shopping
Fi conquers her fear of the bulk food shop and learns why it’s the eco way to buy. Get your jars ready — they don’t have to match.
22 | Courageous conversations
How to handle a climate change denier, knock back plastic at your favourite sushi place, and inspire an apathetic friend. 2040 filmmaker Damon Gameau...
21 | Recycle right
Should we bother recycling? Fi follows her plastic, glass and paper to the local recycling centre and gets some tips on how to make sure her efforts a...
20 | Fighting fast fashion
Culling, shopping, swapping, renting, mending and choosing better materials. Fi learns how to become an eco-fashionista from Melinda Tually — head of...
19 | Workin' it for the planet
Fi visits the plastic-free headquarters of fashion label Spell and the Gypsy Collective for inspo on how to make our workplaces eco-friendly.
18 | Green schooled
From the canteen to the classrooms to the playground. Fi’s son campaigns for change at his school after getting some eco inspiration from Bali’s Green...
17 | Let's do (package-free) lunch
Learn to pack waste-free lunchboxes to save you and your kids from the school naughty corner. A strict pre-school and crunchy wholefood family send Fi...
16 | Natural pest killers
From mosquitos to mice to spiders and snails. Indigenous ranger Mark Flanders and ecologist and author Jackie French show Fi how to repel and quash cr...
15 | Solar on
Fi meets the 'Off Grid Guy' Michael Mobbs who shares tips for switching your home to solar and battery power.
14 | Dying with the planet on your mind
Eco friendly coffins, shrouds, and aquamation versus cremation. Fi visits a bush cemetery and asks natural death expert Zenith Virago how to die green...
13 | Bleeding green — plastic free periods
Menstrual cups, period undies, reusable pads and free bleeding. Plastic-free period global campaigner Ella Daish teaches Fi how to manage Aunt Flo.
Travelling light
Flights, cruises, hotels, souvenirs and elephant rides. Fi and travel journalist Melanie Grevis-James talk green transport, destinations and how to ho...
11 | I'm dreaming of a green Christmas
From trees to presents, food, to decorations. Eco-educators and authors Lauren and Oberon Carter share 12 tips to make Christmas greener.
10 | Sustainable seafood
Sustainable seafood Are there really plenty of fish in the sea? Fi takes a tour of the Sydney Fish Market and finds out how to shop for seafood withou...
09 | Happy green campers
From torches to tents, camping to glamping, Fi finds out how to camp green. Eco blogger and seasoned camper Tammy Logan shares her tips to tread a lit...
08 | Greener gardens
From apartments, to suburban blocks, to acreages, Gardening Australia's Costa Georgiadis shows Fi how to pull out your green thumbs wherever you are.
07 | Glug guilt-free alcohol
Organic wine, craft beer and green spirits. Alcohol educator Clare Burder teaches Fi how to chug-a-lug for the planet. Cheers to that!
06 | Single-use switches
It's time to banish single-use products for good. Rocket scientist and zero waste hero Anita Vandyke shows Fi how to ditch the disposables.
05 | Clean and green
Cleaning products that won't wreck the earth. Fi learns which natural cleaners work, with some DIY recipes from eco domestic goddess Krissy Ballinger....
04 | No thyme for food waste
Love food, hate waste? Best-selling cookbook author and waste warrior Sarah Wilson shows Fi how to use every last fridge scrap and save it from landfi...
03 | Green beauty routines
Do we really need all those products? Should we just get Botox? Fi busts some beauty myths with Natalie Isaacs, founder of One Million Women and forme...
02 | What's at steak? Conscious carnivores
One of Fi's kids is vegetarian, the other loves meat. Farmer, chef and author of On Eating Meat, Matthew Evans, shares his tips on how to eat green. S...
01 | Mind Your Nannas
Mind your nannas From food prep, to fashion to frugality. Fi visits a gaggle of grandmothers to find out how they lived green (before it was a 'thing'...
INTRODUCING — Little Green Pod
Fi Poole is a busy mum who ain't got time for making beeswax wraps or tending to worm farms. But she knows she needs to do better by the planet, and s...