The Joyful Flamingo
The Joyful Flamingo Podcast guides and empowers women to tune into themselves and zoom in on their own well-being through laughter, connection, knowledge, and celebration! We’re here to create a tsunami of self-discovered, self-loved, and self-understood women who show up in this world unapologetically and joyfully so that we can pass the torch for generations to come! Join us to start leading your most vibrant, aligned and joyful life.
The Joyful Flamingo
If We Take Care of Mother Earth, She Will Take Care of Us
In today's episode, Emily talks about the things we can do as ordinary families to lead a more eco friendly and sustainable lifestyle... because when Mother Earth thrives, we do too! Everything we need to do to help Mother Earth with her well being are often the very things we need for our OWN well being too! Listen in to get Emily's top ten things to help your family shift into taking care of the earth and ourselves a little bit better.
Time Stamps:
0:48 - Intro
2:00 Why this episode took Emily a while to wrap her brain around
4:10 - What we're ACTUALLY doing to our planet
6:23 - Why in taking care of Mother Nature, we're actually taking care of ourselvse
8:45 - RE-PURPOSE
12:15 - GO PAPERLESS
13:55 - RID OF SINGLE USE
17:11 - BUY IN BULK
19:19 - GROW/MAKE YOUR OWN FOOD
21:20 - REDUCE FOOD WASTE
23:50 - CLEANING AND PERSONAL CARE ITEMS
25:48 - SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY WITH OUR WALLETS
28:56 - SAVE ENERGY IN OUR HOME
30:02 - USE YOUR BODY MORE
31:06 - SPEND MORE TIME IN NATURE
32:30 - Wrap Up / Reminder about pause in production
Resources Used to Create this Episode:
12 Ways to Live More Sustainably
30 Ways to Become a More EcoFriendly Family
Top 10 Sustainable Lifestyle And Green Living Tips For Families |
Sustainable Family: How we plan to live a more sustainable lifestyle
#DYK? Some interesting facts about the environment
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*DISCLAIMER*
Just a reminder, that I am not a medical or psychological professional. Each one of my episodes has been inspired by my own experience and journey through life and is brought to you through my own opinions and my own lens. Any suggestions or advice offered here do not substitute proper conversations with your own healthcare professionals for either your physical or mental wellbeing.
Fun fact, or not, did you know that the amount of wood and paper we throw away each year is enough to heat 50 ,000 homes for 20 years?
My mind was blown when I read that. I could go on and on with crazy statistics and facts about what we're doing to our beautiful planet. But today isn't a doomsday message.
Today's episode is filled with ideas of how you and your family or your husband can live a more sustainable and eco -friendly life. Because let's face it, when Mother Earth thrives,
we thrive. The things we need to help her with her well -being are often the very things we need for our own well -being. So, keep on listening.
Well, hey there, friend, and welcome to the joyful Flamingo podcast. I'm your host, Mother Earth. and I am obsessed with empowering women to tune into themselves to zoom in on their own well -being so in turn they can lead their most vibrant aligned and joyful lives.
I want to create a tsunami of self -discovered self -loved and self -understood women to show up in this world unapologetically and joyfully.
and to pass the torch on for generations to come If any of that feels aligned with your vibe stick around. I'm so glad you're here. Now Let's go find our joy Hey,
hey, hey joyful flamingo flock welcome to the pod today How are my flock? He's doing feels as though summer is here and even though the kids have one more month of school I think we're all starting to feel the shift,
are we not? You know, the days are longer, the sun is warmer, the colors are brighter. There's just so many blessings that are surrounding us right now. Today is an episode that's been on my mind for a while.
Quite honestly, since the very beginning brainstorming phases of the podcast as a whole, this topic has been on my mind. where we're all starting to feel the shift, where we're all starting to feel the shift, and truly, today is the day and truly, today is the day where we're all starting to feel the shift, and truly, today is the day myself out of finishing the writing and the releasing process of this episode because
it almost felt overwhelming to even know where to start. I really wanted to find an expert that we could bring on to talk about this topic with me. because although I'm super passionate about it,
I still consider myself to be a beginner in the area and I really wanted somebody else's expertise. What was happening was I was getting stuck in the writing process without having to guess.
So, you know, I was feeling like, oh, I couldn't possibly do an episode on this without mentioning that or without mentioning that, I was just driving myself nuts. and then I would just stop the writing process altogether.
I've come back to it because what I've realized is that baby steps are actually what makes the progress happen, especially when it comes to an area that needs our attention so desperately.
So what I decided was I was just going to give it a go. I was going to give you all at least the very beginning first few steps that you could take to becoming a more sustainable household.
I know there's going to be so many more parts of this topic that we're going to want to cover in the future, but instead of trying to make it perfect before releasing it all, I just really wanted to get the conversation rolling because if we don't take action,
if we wait for the perfect time or the perfect scenario or the thing that feels most comfort for us. it's just not gonna happen. Here we go, we're gonna get this conversation rolling about leading a more sustainable life,
leading a more eco -friendly life. And I wanna start today off by sharing two statistics that I recently stumbled upon that also made my jaw drop.
So that one in the teaser of the show I gave you, but listen to this one. The world's 7 .6 billion people. represent just 0 .01 % of all living things.
Yet, since the dawn of civilization, humanity has caused the loss of 83 % of all wild mammals and half of plants.
Isn't that insane? Where 7 .6 billion people on Earth? Of course, this number fluctuates a little bit. day to day to day to day, right? We represent only 0 .01 % of all the living things on Earth,
but since humanity started, we've caused the loss of 83 % of all wild animals and half of plants. That's insane to me. And then,
here's another one. If Earth's history is compared to a calendar year, modern human has actually only existed. for about 37 minutes. So if you're comparing,
you know, Earth's history to a calendar year, the modern human has only existed for about 37 minutes, therefore, one third of Earth's natural resources has been consumed in what would be considered 0 .2 seconds by modern humans.
Again, it's just like so mind blowing. It's like we have this beautiful place. that has been around so much longer than us.
And yet what we're doing to it, it's happening so quickly. Maybe we don't feel like it's happening quickly because it's not in comparison to our average lifespan,
but when you really consider how long our planet has been here, how long we have been here and what we're doing to it in the past. 100 whatever years,
that's scary. If those two stats don't catch your attention, truly I'm not sure what is going to help us wake up. We really need some massive shifts to happen.
And if we start and start to set the model and the example for our kids, that next generation and then the one after that and the one after that and the one after that,
it'll all just get better. and better at protecting this planet we call home. And let's talk about why, like why is it important to start adopting some of these things into our lifestyles to become more eco -friendly,
to become more sustainable? How does it even affect us? The reason is in those stats, like don't you want to pass along an incredibly beautiful earth to our kids? One that we're proud to pass along?
Not to mention that so many of the things that we're going to talk about today are not only good for the well -being of the planet, but also therefore for our own well -being. So in taking care of Mother Nature and Mother Earth,
we're taking care of ourselves. And sometimes I think people feel like sustainable living kind of feels impossible, right? Maybe it feels too expensive or too time consuming or too complicated when you have a young family.
I'm here to give you a really great place to start. I finally figured out after months of trying to write this episode that the way to introduce the topic on the pod is best by showing you how a beginner,
AKA myself and my own family have started because it's just tiny little baby steps. And I thought that's the perfect way to introduce this topic because that's where a lot of us are sitting. anyway.
It'll show you just how much can actually be done on a very simplistic level in your own home. And it won't feel as overwhelming or as daunting as some of us think it may be.
As ordinary average humans on this beautiful planet Earth, what little baby steps can we take today to start living a more sustainable life? Maybe you're way further ahead than this episode.
Maybe you know all of this, or maybe you are going to hear a lot of things that you have heard before, but at least it'll serve as a reminder that although you know this information,
it doesn't change anything unless you actually take action on the information that you know and actually put it into place. So maybe this episode just serves as the catalyst for you to actually start.
doing the things instead of just knowing the things. Okay, so I've kind of made a list of like 10 or 11 overarching things that we can do that don't feel daunting,
that feel fairly simplistic and feel fairly easy for an average everyday family to make impact. Number one, repurpose items.
This seems so basic, doesn't it? I'm not talking about-- recycling here. Sure, it is great to recycle. But what about upcycling? So using things you have already,
or using things that at least are already in existence somewhere, whether they belong to you or somebody else, using it in a different way to minimize the waste.
Furniture is a really great example. It's actually funny, a couple of days ago we were in our therapist office, and there was a brand new desk there and it was beautiful, like it was flawless. And I said to the therapist,
oh my gosh, where did you get that? And he said, oh, Habitat for Humanity, the Restore. I was shocked, like it looked flawless. And I thought to myself, that was second hand.
He said it was like 30 bucks or something. Buy in second hand and then putting your own twist on it or bringing it into your own home. It's second hand. Many things from going to the landfill But it also saves your pocket right because oftentimes when you are purchasing second hand you are saving money as well So,
you know, you can do things like Refinishing furniture putting new hardware on furniture furniture in and of itself is a great example of how Repurposing things can go such a long way Also trends come and go right?
You're gonna see things in people's homes and you'll be like, oh wow, that's so 70s retro but it was like just built yesterday. We don't need to do that. There are things that are 70s retro that we can actually purchase from the 70s.
It also goes for how you get rid of the things that you no longer want in your home. When you come across something that you no longer need or want in your home, try and sell it.
Yes. we love to give back. So if you're donating amazing too, but the reason I say sell something is two fold, well, maybe three fold. One person's trash is truly another person's treasure.
So someone in your network that you know might go, "Oh my gosh, I want that so bad." And what a gift to be able to give something to somebody or sell it at a small price for somebody so that they can then inherit a piece that they truly deserve.
that you no longer need. If you're using, you know, your social media to help you with that, it's a win -win. Someone gets a wicked price and a wicked deal on something that they love. You get an extra dollar in your pocket.
Something gets reused and repurposed. And to be honest, this way, I actually think it ensures that that item actually gets used again because sometimes when we drop it off at a good or a value village,
we actually don't know if it's even put on the floor of the store. Whereas when you're doing it yourself, whether it's through a garage sale or a swap and shop or whatever it is, you know where it's going.
The next best thing to do obviously would be to donate it somewhere that you're hoping it's going to be swiped up by somebody else as well. Why not see if the people in your life want it first tradesees?
Clothing is another great example of this. Who has ever been to a clothing swap before? Who wants to be part of a clothing swap this summer? How amazing to be able to offer to people your pre -loved items that maybe they just don't fit you anymore or maybe the style doesn't suit you anymore,
whatever it may be, try to repurpose items. There's so many things already out there in the world instead of buying new items. the time.
I'm not saying there's never a place or a time to buy new, but try and start repurposing items as much as possible. The second thing, go paperless. And I know there's so many of you out there right now that are like,
oh my gosh, of course, we've been paperless for 10 years or whatever. But I'm actually going to counter that argument because I think most of us assume that we are basically paperless,
but we're actually not. a huge culprit of this is eliminating a necessary mail that comes to your mailbox. Things like banking updates,
magazines from your alma mater. Oh my gosh, I still get these flyers that you randomly signed up for or didn't even realize you signed up for or maybe you haven't signed up for it and they're in your mailbox.
Look through your mail each week and see if there is a way of eliminating that paper from coming to your mailbox. Other things like printed receipts. Stop printing receipts.
Do you really need it to be printed? Do they have an email option? Get an email to you even for tax purposes if you're an entrepreneur. I email so many receipts to myself. That's actually an easier way for me to sort them for my accountant for your end.
Other things that we don't even think about. Post -it notes. Oh my gosh, how many post -it notes do I use? It's bad. It is bad. I love stationery. But can we swap those post -it notes for a whiteboard,
right? The paper that your kids use for crafting. Stop using brand new paper. Use goose paper. There are so many things that we think, oh yeah, we're paperless for sure because of the day and age that we live in,
but we're not. And there's definitely space and room for more growth in that area. That's the second suggestion. The third is to get rid of single -use items.
So again, this seems basic. Have you actually implemented it? I think that's the biggest question we need to start asking ourselves.
Sure, we know that we shouldn't be using single -use items, but what can we do? and where do we need to stop using those single use items if we're not even thinking about it when we're doing it?
So we're talking things like plastic wrap, paper towels, straws, sandwich bags, snack bags, produce bags, coffee cups and lids, water bottles.
You know, the list goes on and on and on and on and on. And they're really, truly incredibly simple to replace. Swap that plastic wrap out for beeswax wrap or glass containers or silicone covers.
In our house, we use a lot of mason jars and we've had those mason jars for years and years and years and years and other glass containers that eliminate also the amount of plastics that are coming in and out of our home.
Invest in a really good stainless steel water bottle and stainless steel reusable straw. I again have had mine for probably almost a decade and they're still going strong. Invest in a great leak -proof travel mug that you bring with you to your favorite coffee shops over and over again.
Of course we know that we should be doing this but how often do we actually do it? I can't remember the last time that I went to a coffee shop where I brought my own travel mug and I have one.
What are we doing? Is that you too? There are other things that we don't even realize. You know, the grocery store right now, we don't obviously have plastic bags anymore,
but you know what? We do have produce bags. A lot of people are still using produce bags. Norwex is a company that actually has really great reusable mesh produce bags that you can take with you to the grocery store so you're not using those single use plastic bags.
And then another big area where single -use items are used is in kids' lunch pails. You know, the sandwich bags or the snack bags or a little yogurt cup that's like a single -use one.
We really have to try and get away from that. And our family has found a really amazing product. It's called Planet Lunchbox. It's a really easily opened stainless steel lunch pail with different compartments for everything that you may need.
(upbeat music) easily in the dishwasher at the end of each day. And then we also found these reusable fabric sandwich bags and they're lined with kind of a wipeable fabric on the inside and they use Velcro to close it and seal it.
That's what we use in the lunch pail and that means that there's almost almost not fully but almost zero waste for each lunch. All of this is going to produce less waste,
less waste. when you do the darn thing. Knowing the information and using the information to take action is actually a different story. The other thing is food related.
So there's actually a lot of things that we need to talk about about food here. The first is buying in bulk, but only buying in bulk non -perishable things.
So you don't want to buy in bulk that then has a ridiculous amount of food waste at the end of it because you weren't able to eat it in time. Buying in bulk non -perishable things so that they last for a long time,
but it means much less packaging overall. So again, staying away from those single serving things. that you can buy maybe in bulk. The yogurt's a really great example.
Instead of buying those single servings, buy a really big bucket of yogurt and transfer it into a mason jar every day or whatever it is that you're replacing your single use items with.
Shopping at places like bulk barns so that you can bring your own containers with you to fill them up on items that you use frequently. Like-- think things like flour, salt, sugar, nuts,
seeds, all of these things. You can even get snacks there like granola bars and cereals and it actually is shocking. If you haven't got into bulk barn recently go in because there is such a vast variety of things that you can get there and you can bring your own containers in.
Sure, maybe it's going to be a little bit of an investment up front to ensure that you've got that right. kind of storage, but it's going to reduce so much waste and eventually you'll get into the habit of it and you'll start using other items for storage where you can actually see everything you have in your pantry without being overwhelmed and bombarded by the packaging.
So if you're bringing your own containers and bring something that's transparent, something like glass where you can go, oh, I know exactly what's in that. It's so great for the earth,
but it's also great for our brains because it helps us organize our spaces in our kitchens and it helps us see what's available to us. There are certain items that you can't buy in bulk.
Think about cucumbers. Every time I look at a cucumber, I'm like, why? Why is that cucumber so tightly wrapped in so much plastic? Here's another way of reducing waste.
that has to do with food. We talked about buying in bulk. Now let's talk about growing and making your own food. Not only is this reducing the garbage that comes along with purchasing the things at the grocery store,
but also when you start to grow your own food, if you're able, you're eliminating carbon emissions because you've grown it on your own property and then you've put it right onto your plate from your own property.
So there's no shit. or packaging that is involved in that process. Things like growing your own vegetables, your own herbs, your own berries, and then starting to think of things that can also be preserved or maybe frozen over the winter to be able to be used longer term and not just in the season you grow it.
Also starting to consider making staples that are used in your home over and over and over again. Things like bread, nut butter. nut milks, granola, trail mix,
muffins and baked goods, you know, those types of things. When you make them at home, using the bulk ingredients you purchased at the store and stored sustainably, then not only are you living a more eco -friendly life that way,
but you're also eating way healthier most of the time because there's so much less preservatives that are in your foods. There are other things that I would love to be able to grow my own of,
but I can't because I don't have the property for it. I don't have the resources, you know, things like eggs and my meat and my milk. If you live in town and you don't have the ability to have your own hens or your own cows,
buy locally, support a local farmer at the farmer's market or find a place that you can purchase these items from that actually is close in proximity to you so that you're not contributing to the emissions of getting your food shipped from far away.
And if you can't do that, at least try to eat seasonally. What is grown where you live at that specific time? And what has less of a carbon footprint to get it to the grocery store at that time?
As you can see, food and what we eat plays a major part in how we're leaving the earth to the next generation. And there's one more portion of it that we need to talk about,
and that's reducing food waste. Listen to these stats that I found. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, if food waste was a country,
it would be the third highest emitter of greenhouse gases after the US and China. The second thing is households are reportedly to blame for 53 % of all.
food waste in Europe right now. And when we waste food, all of the energy and the water that it took to grow and harvest and transport and package that food also goes to waste.
So it's not just about the food waste, it's about the resource waste that got that food to you. There are some things that we can do to be more aware of the waste that's happening with our food in our house.
One of the things we can do is start to freeze our food. So really keeping an eye on dates of when things are going to expire or the best before dates and starting to freeze that food before it goes bad.
We can also plan meals to make sure that we're buying more efficiently and making sure that we're not buying a bunch of stuff that we're not going to be using. Using leftovers as ingredients for new meals.
So like, I'm the worst culprit of this. I'll be like, Oh, we don't have anything to make. Well, we may not have any new ingredients. We have a crap ton of leftovers that I could probably use to whip up something,
right? Composting our food waste rather than throwing it away. And then using and organizing your fridge wisely. So this is something that I'm kind of obsessive about.
I have these produce containers, and they're clear so that I can see exactly what's in there and I can see if it's going yucky or not because the worst thing about the fridge is that when you put something in front of something else in the fridge and you can't see what it is,
it goes to waste because you forget it's there. Another amazing hack for this is using lazy susans in your fridge. When you use a lazy susan, you can easily rotate it to see what's in there so that you're not missing out on something that's been in there for a long time.
And then lastly, what are your vegetables? Keep the stems of your vegetables in water so that they last longer. These are all just like little things that we can do to eliminate or not eliminate but reduce at least our food waste.
Now let's move away from the food realm. Mom, we know that that's a big area of concern that we're going to need to really work on in terms of living. a more sustainable lifestyle, but let's shift into the use of personal care products and cleaning products because these are a big culprit too.
And there are loads of brands that can be used instead to clean your home or to clean your body that are way better for the environment. In our home, we use mostly something that's called Norwex for cleaning products.
If you haven't heard of it, I really encourage you to take a look. get in contact with me. It is a social marketing company, which means that I have a consultant that I work with and I can absolutely pass her name along. I've been using Norwex products for years to clean my home.
That in combination with some essential oils. We do at home have a product for toilet bowls that I'm sure is probably not eco -friendly. That's like one where I'm like, I feel like it just needs a good dose of something to get it clean.
But if anyone's got a name out there of something that is a little bit more eco friendly for toilet bowl cleaner, please let me know. The same goes for cleaning our bodies. We need to be using products that have sustainability policies embedded into their business plans.
Yes, waste from the packaging, that's one part of it for sure. It's also how they make their products, how they source the resources and their ingredients that are going into their products.
but then also what natural resources are being depleted in creating those and what ingredients are being used that then are very hard to break down in the landfill.
All of these things are things we need to consider when we're shopping for our personal care products and for our cleaning products. In our home, you know, for personal care, everything that goes on our bodies in here is from our bond.
You know, it's a clean, conscious and connected company. And that's the name of the game for Arbonne. They really are all about leaving the earth a better place than which they found it. And I am all for supporting companies that have high standards.
And that kind of brings me to my next point. We got to start supporting a sustainable lifestyle with our wallets. One of the reasons that I love Arbonne is because it's a B corporation company.
So if you've never heard of that term before, a B corp is a company that's been verified to meet super high standards of social and environmental performance,
transparency, and accountability. Shockingly, there are actually not very many B corp companies out there because the certification process is super grueling. It's because...
more and more seen all the time. And it's really important to show as a consumer where our priorities lie because if you can,
if you start looking out for those B Corp symbols, they'll start to pop up more and more for you. And if you can try and support other brands that are dedicated to leaving the world a better place, then we're supporting with our wallets the right places that are doing that.
right things. Another way to support sustainability with your wallet is by purchasing from the slow fashion industry. Oh man, fast fashion friends, I think it's gotta be another full other episode.
And look, I know this can be tricky because we see a cute item on social media and we want it because it's so cute. But look, it's shit stuff, a lot of it is not quality. So then we get it for one season and we need to repurchase something.
again and again and again for the next season because it's so poorly made. So what we need to start kind of thinking about is looking for higher quality staples that you can add to your closet for a long time.
And I know that the biggest factor for a lot of us is the price, right? We look at something and we go, Oh, I can't afford that. I think we just kind of need to shift the way and how often we spend because oftentimes we look at something that supports slow fashion industry and think,
oh, I can't afford that because it's five times more expensive. But if we purchase one of those items that's going to last us so much longer instead of buying five or six or seven items that won't last,
it actually kind of evens itself out. We really want to... start looking for quality things, shopping local brands instead of shopping for clothes on Amazon,
you know, spending more money on one piece that's going to last you a lifetime rather than purchasing lots of items at a cheaper price point over and over and over again. And look, I don't know, I went down this rabbit hole of trying to figure out how to sew last night.
Mike was like, what are you doing? And I was like, I have literally spent two hours trying to figure out if I feel like I could make my own linen pants and shirts. And I've never sewed a lick of anything in my life." But for me,
I'm kind of like interested by the whole idea of creating something with my hands that I can then wear over and over and over again and supporting slow fashion instead of fast fashion. I have three more things to mention that I think are going to be super easy to put into my life.
energy in your own home. Oh my gosh, super easy to do this and better for our bank accounts when we're really being mindful of the use of less water, using more natural light.
So making sure during the day, why do we have all these lights on? We have natural light coming in from the windows, opening up our windows for a natural breeze instead of always resorting to turning on the air conditioning.
Unplugging our cores. once things are charged so that it's not wasting that hanging our laundry in the sun even if we don't have a laundry line hanging them over chairs in the backyard or whatever you can think up to get your laundry out of the dryer and into the fresh air lights off whenever you leave a room like it's literally all the things that Arthur the yard bark taught us in that one episode about Arthur the
yard. Does anyone watch Arthur? I don't know. We don't even watch Arthur, but it's a book that we read. And I used to watch Arthur and I remember this episode. He did this whole science fair thing, what we can do.
Again, it's that concept of we know, we know. So why don't we do? And I'm including myself in this. This is why I consider myself to be a beginner, a very passionate beginner.
Almost done here. Use your body more. It's a win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win. Because so many of these things are not just good for the overall health of our earth,
but also for ourselves. Do you have a bike? Start to use it. If you don't have a bike, make your legs the main mode of transportation throughout this spring,
summer, fall season, while it's easy to do so before the snow hits. It gets us outside. It allows us to enjoy. nature, which has been proven to have unbelievable benefits to our health,
which again, whole other episode. If you really start to think about, okay, could I maybe walk there? And maybe it's not all the way to work, but maybe you have to drive to work and then you want to go and grab a coffee in your travel mug.
And instead of driving to get that coffee, you take your 15 minute break or whatever it is. you have so that you can take a walk, move your body, start to incorporate using your body as a mode of transportation again.
This kind of leads me to the last suggestion that I have for all of us today and it's to spend more time outside. And at first you might be thinking, how does spending time outside actually lead to a more sustainable lifestyle?
Well, it's incredibly difficult to feel a connection to a connection. that we're trying to take good care of when we don't actually step out into it regularly.
When we don't fully bask in all its glory. So think of it this way, we got to feed our kids every single night for dinner. And although it feels overwhelming and daunting often, it's just something that we do because we have a bond to that child,
we want them to thrive, we want them to grow. Maybe if it was somebody else. child who we didn't see regularly, maybe it would feel even more daunting. And it wouldn't feel the same way,
right? The same thing goes here from Mother Nature. When we don't feel a true connection to her, we don't realize the magnitude in which she provides for us or the magnitude in which we're then therefore harming her.
But when we get outside, that will make it so much easier to see the beauty in her and to see what it is we're actually doing to her if we're not taking these simple steps to proactively conserve her.
Man oh man is it not perfect and a lot of it I know you're probably thinking these things are already things I know but maybe me on the mic over here speaking it out to you,
maybe it's the little nudge we all need to actually take the steps to doing the things. There are so many other ways to deepen the sustainability efforts that our families are choosing.
Some are bigger financial investments, some are huge lifestyle changes, but the point remains that the things that we talked about today, they're completely doable. And there are really great things.
to start. That's the key though. Starting, actually taking action. And if you live with somebody, maybe you have kids at home or a spouse at home or roommates, getting everybody on board can hold you accountable more.
It kind of makes it a family or community activity. Turning some of these, you know, to -dos that we have on this list of being more sustainable, we can turn them into get -to -dos.
you know, get to plant a garden, creating little hobbies or lifestyle changes that feel good for us, get to move our bodies more. When you treat Mother Earth better,
in turn you're treating yourself better and that's what we're all about here. So don't forget to leave a rating or a review on Apple podcasts as we round out this first season.
Oh my gosh, it cannot believe it when I think about it. I'm like, how-- are we here? How are we at? I think this is episode 28. We have two more episodes to come before we take a pause in production. That is after episode 30 airs and that's on June 12th.
So that's our last episode before we take a little hiatus from production. And then you'll have time to catch up on the episodes you may have missed out on or relisten to your favorites or maybe just anxiously await the newest drop of our next season.
Whatever it may be, in the meantime, know that I am so incredibly grateful for you all. Thank you for being part of the joyful Flamingo Flock.
Until next time. Each one of my episodes has been inspired by my own experience and journey through life and has brought to you through my own opinions and lens.
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