Start Small Podcast

01/07/2023

Just checking on my bees. All 20 000 of them. We will add the super ( an extension over the brood chamber ) this weekend stay tuned

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10/03/2023

Who is getting inspired to save some money this spring and organize your life? Put 🙌 in the comments and let’s encourage each other to start small Follow .smallpodcast for more sustainable living content

28/12/2022

Who’s with me? 2023 is the year to get organized!! Do you need help? Follow .smallpodcast for tips and stay tuned for ways you can work with me to live your most organized and sustainable life !!

28/12/2022

If you’re like me you just want to pack up Christmas quickly but now is the time to slow down and do it with intention. Pack it in an organized way, donate any decorations you didn’t use. Can you get away with using less decorations? What about regifting some of your nicer decorations to adult kids or passing them along to a store front or local nursing home.

22/11/2022

It’s about taking small steps !! You can start today!! Turn into our podcast ( link in bio) and learn more.

07/11/2022

Love this!!!
Posted • .1 NOT YOUR FAULT >> If you’re a designer-maker, the climate crisis is absolutely not your fault.

71% of all the carbon released into the atmosphere since the industrial revolution has been emitted by just 100 companies.

Countless governments had the chance to solve this issue before you were even born.

And there are billionaires mass-producing crap and sending rockets to Mars while our home planet burns.

None of this is your fault. It’s just not.

But/and…

While 55% of todays emissions could be eliminated by moving to green energy, 45% come from producing every day products — a tiny proportion of which you make.

So you have the opportunity to make a difference — if you choose to.

An analysis of successful social movements has shown that only 25% of people need to to make a stand before large-scale social change occurs.

So if you want to be part of the solution — part of that 25% — sign up for Net Zero via the link in my profile and learn how to reduce your own carbon emissions as well as those of the people around you.

If you’re in, I can’t wait to meet you. We can do this!

CAPTION >> The words “The climate crisis is not your fault…” are set in black Futura text on the first slide above an illustration of a flame. The words “…but you do have a unique opportunity to make a difference” are on the next above an illustration only three leaves on a stalk. Both slides have a paper-brown background.

SOURCES >> 100 Companies: The Guardian, 45%/55%: Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 25%: Science Magazine

05/11/2022

This is a great way to look at the gifts you’re buying this year and see if it is E.L.F approved !!

Environmentally Friendly, Local or Fair Trade!!

Gifts from are a great place to start!! Compostable packaging, made here in Canada and using Fair Trade ingredients!!

Tag in the comments another business that meets one or all of these categories!!

01/11/2022

Send me a message if you have any questions, suggestions or comments

01/11/2022

01/11/2022

Welcome to the Start Small podcast!! Here you will find amazing interviews and tips on how you can take small steps to live a more positive, healthy, fair and sustainable lifestyle!! We love to talk to small businesses that are making a difference and experts on all things sustainable and eco. We don’t have to be perfect! We can take small steps that together will have a big impact. Tune in and let us know if you want to be a guest to share your story. Find us here

Debbie VanGrieken