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Bridget & Jordan dive into one way to have a more sustainable period: menstrual cups!!!
Blood is the stuff of life, which is great, but for women, it can literally be a pain about once a month. With that cycle, in this century, comes tons of disposable products, such as tampons & pads. These are full of chemicals & full of problems.
We want to share with you our longest experience with a reusable product in hopes that it will change how you & our planet experience your pretty unavoidable period.
That special time of the...2021-04-1737 minGreen TeaSo Fresh So CleanWe all want to be so fresh, so clean… & if you’re listening to this podcast, you probably want to do it more sustainably. Bridget & Jordan are in the same boat. This month, the Green Tea Girls tried three different brands of shampoo & conditioner bars. Bridget discusses the ins & outs of Pela’s baby, Habitat Botanicals, & Jordan spills the tea on a Appalachia Proud brand, Rock Bottom Soap Company as well as a United Kingdom favorite, Faith In Nature. They dive a little bit into the problem with Palm Oil (“O rang tan” in my bedroom video linked), give y’all an idea...2021-04-101h 07Green TeaReduce, Reuse, RethinkReduce, Reuse, Re— wait a minute! Who ARE you?! Recycling is a misleading & even more confusing phenomena in our society. It’s been drilled into our heads since we were kids (if you’re 23), but it doesn’t seem to be living up to the hype. In this episode, we *reduce* the concept to make sense of how it works (or doesn’t work) in the United States & discuss how the term’s *reuse* has lost its original charm.
Recycling is the last action in the slogan, “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,” & we think it should be emphasized as the last option in trying to be...2021-03-1937 minGreen TeaCarbon ConversationBuzzwords are hard!!! Listen in to this week's episode as we discuss the meaning of some commonly used phrases and terms in the sustainability realm. We'll explain the meaning behind terms like carbon footprint and carbon offsets, and hopefully make the topic of global warming via greenhouse gas emissions a bit more approachable. A part of this episode is also dedicated to outlining what a B Corporation is & how it may affect who you purchase your sustainable products from in the future!
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· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2021-03-0639 minGreen TeaSippin’ SustainablyHydrate or DIEdrate! How you hydrate matters! If you haven’t made the sustainable swap from plastic straws to reusable silicone, stainless steel, glass, or bamboo straws, stop sippin’ & start listenin’! In this episode, Bridget & Jordan spill the tea about the reusable straws they’ve tried, the various materials they’re made from, & how to incorporate them into every sippin’ situation you enter! Let’s sip our tea sustainably! The known straw brands mentioned were: Final Straw, GoSili, & Room Essentials. Shout out to @kaseyfarrelll, @ab.garr, @b.buechlein, & @gretabug24 ¨̮
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· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast...2021-02-2735 minGreen TeaDeo For Your BORegardless of where you are in your sustainability journey, you probably get sweaty armpits every now & then... if you don’t, teach us your ways!!! If you do, this episode will give you Jordan’s & Bridget’s perspective on two natural deodorants (NOT antiperspirants!!!) Native Plastic Free & Equate Beauty. We follow the outline (ish) discussed in our first episode, FormaliTEAS, & spill the tea about the companies, ingredients, use-ability, effectiveness, cost, & more. Listen in to learn more about a couple sustainable options on the market of deo for your BO... & hear us mispronounce phthalates. A lot...
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·...2021-02-2051 minGreen TeaGreen Tea (Trailer)2021-02-1300 minGreen TeaFormaliTEAsAn introduction to Jordan & Bridget as well as what kind of Green Tea to expect on this podcast.
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· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app2021-02-1330 min